PLCPD enjoins Ilonggo writers to join pop-dev media awards

ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) Foundation Inc. is enjoining all Ilonggo writers to participate in the 5th PopDev Media Awards and be heard on what they think of the population issue in the country and in their respective community.

If chosen as winners, the Ilonggo writers will join the crop of best writers in the country who joined the annual popdev media contest since 2005.

Maida Ojeda of PLCPD said the contest is open to all print, broadcast, online, photo and citizen journalists nationwide. PLCPD is campaigning for entries from the Visayas and especially from the Ilonggo journalism community to participate and be heard.

Entries must deal with population and human development issues such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), public health especially reproductive health, reproductive health policy and governance, economic growth and poverty, climate change, housing and urban development, sustainable development, environment, education, gender, maternal health, adolescent reproductive health, family planning, food security, reproductive rights, migration and population ageing.

For the print and online category, awards will be given for Best News Reportage, Best Opinion or Editorial Piece, Best Investigative Report and Best Feature or Magazine Article.

For television, awards will be given for Best TV Documentary and Best Magazine Program or Talk Show.

For radio, awards will be given for Best Radio Program and entries could be news, commentary or a special production of media agencies.

For the photo journalism category, awards will be given for the Best Single Photo and Best Photo Essay. Citation will also be given for blog (text) and photo blogs (single photo and photo essay).

Deadline for submission of entries is on August 31, 2009. Entries should have been published, aired or posted between August 16, 2008 and August 15, 2009 in a publication or broadcast network existing for at least one year or in a blog site created since January 1, 2008.

by Lydia C. Pendon