Uganda Arts News: Population secretariat to award journalists

Ultimate Media

The population secretariat, with support from the United Nations population fund has announced media awards 2008 to Ugandan journalists who cover population and development issues.

Both print and electronic journalists who have run or published their feature stories, news, documentaries, photographs, editorial, opinion and cartoon between September 2007 to September 2008 qualify for the award.

According to a press release issued today by the secretariat, the deadline for submission of entries is October 31.

Winners will be presented with their awards during the launching of the state of Uganda and world population report 2008 due on November 12.

Guidelines for submission includes; five entries for print media and two for electronic media. Electronic submissions should be on CD or tape while print submissions should be cut outs from newspapers.

All entries should be clearly marked with entrants name, contact details and language of submission and submitted to the population secretariat offices on second floor at statistics house in Kampala.