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Changes to National Newspaper Awards Announced
Thursday, October 1, 2020
-- NEW "SUSTAINED NEWS COVERAGE" CATEGORY CREATED
-- FREE ENTRY FOR "BENEFACTOR" ORGANIZATIONS
TORONTO, Oct. 1, 2020 /CNW Telbec/ - A new category for sustained news coverage has been approved by the National Newspaper Awards Board of Governors.
The Board has also approved waiving the entry fee for all entries submitted by organizations that have paid their annual benefactor fee by December 1, 2020.
These and other changes were approved by the Board of Governors at a meeting on September 29, 2020.
Here is a summary of the changes effective for the 2020 contest, which covers work done during the current calendar year:
-- A new category, "Sustained News Coverage," has been created. It becomes
the 22(nd) category in the competition. This category is intended to
recognize exceptional ongoing reporting on a single story over a
prolonged period of weeks or months. The story may have had its origin
in a variety of ways, such as an initial unexpected event, a series of
events or the emergence of an important issue. This category is not an
alternative to Beat Reporting; rather, it is intended to recognize
ongoing coverage of a specific story that would not in itself constitute
a "beat" in any traditional sense.
-- Entry fees for "benefactor organizations" will be waived for all
entries. Benefactor organizations are news organizations that pay an
annual fee, as determined by the Board of Governors, by December 1. For
all other entries, the fee will remain at $50 plus HST per entry.
-- The entry period has been expanded by two weeks - entries will be
accepted between December 1 and January 15. As was the case for the 2019
competition, categories will be closed to entries on a staggered basis
starting January 9. Exact dates for each category can be found on the
NNA website.
-- Disclosure requirements regarding work done by freelance and contract
journalists have been changed. Journalists who provide work on a
freelance or contract basis remain eligible to enter the competition,
provided they meet eligibility criteria as set out in the Rules of
Entry. To assist administrators with determining eligibility, all
entries will now have a requirement to stipulate whether the submitted
work was done by an employee (permanent or temporary) or someone working
on a freelance or contract basis.
-- Procedures with respect to how entries are credited to those who did the
entered work have been adjusted.
-- New procedures have been established for the reporting of results by
chief judges in each category, to ensure the accuracy of results.
In keeping with longstanding practice, all changes approved by NNA Governors are in effect for the 2020 competition, which covers work published between January 1 and December 31, 2020.
More information about these changes is available online:
-- NNA website: https://nna-ccj.ca/
-- Rules of Entry: https://nna-ccj.ca/rules/
-- Categories: https://nna-ccj.ca/entry-categories/
-- Entry Instructions and Guidelines: https://nna-ccj.ca/tips-on-entering/
The National Newspaper Awards were established in 1949 to encourage excellence and reward achievement in Canadian daily newspaper journalism. The contest is also open to Canadian news agencies and other organizations (outside of broadcasting and magazine publishing) that publish original content at least five days a week.
Our thanks to Cision for sponsoring this news release.
SOURCE National Newspaper Awards
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