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JVOAEJ winners to be announced on June 28
The winners of the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism (JVOAEJ) for works published in 2006 will be known on June 28 during a program to be held at the AIM Conference Center Manila at Benavidez corner Trasierra Sts., Legaspi Village, Makati City.
The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) has organized the awards program since 1990. This year, program sponsors include the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Norway, The Asia Foundation with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and Ateneo de Manila University.
The awards ceremony will follow the Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar which starts at 9:30 a.m.. Selected finalists participate in a panel discussion about their articles and take questions from the audience of mostly journalism faculty and students.
As in the previous year, reports published by daily newspapers were judged separately from those published by non-dailies.  Thus, there are two sets of first, second, and third prizes for both investigative and explanatory categories.
The first-prize winner in each category will receive P70,000;  the second-prize winner, P40,000; and the third, P20,000. Finalists will each receive P10,000. The winners of the top prizes and the finalists will also receive a plaque.

This year’s finalists:

Explanatory Reporting Category

Daily Division

“Change oil” by Dave Llorito (BusinessMirror, April 27, 2006)

“Doing good in bad times” by Daxim L. Lucas and Clarissa S.
Batino (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 8-11, 2006)

“Traffic:  Time to count the costs” by Paolo Joseph L. Lising with Iris Cecilia C. Gonzales and Kristine L. Alave (BusinessWorld,  April  10-12, 2006)

“Guimaras oil spill” by PDI i-Team Fernando del Mundo-Chief,
Leila B. Salaverria, and Tina Arceo Dumlao with Dona Z. Pazzibugan, Carla P. Gomez, Margaux C. Ortiz, Tetch Torres, and Nestor P. Burgos Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 23-25, 2006)

“History is not teacher’s pet” by Jonathan M. Hicap (The Manila Times, September 17-18, 2006)

“RP detergent industry struggles to stay afloat” by Mary Ann
Ll. Reyes (The Philippine Star, November 8-9, 2006)

Non-Daily Division

“New Rx needed for generics movement” by Alecks P. Pabico
(Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, published in Malaya, September 27-28, 2006)

“Seeing red” by Carmela Fonbuena (Newsbreak, July 3, 2006)

“Tempest in a (feeding) bottle” by Vinia M. Datinguinoo
(Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism,  published in
Malaya, September 6-7, 2006)

“Incentives for the rich harm the poor” by Roel Landingin
(Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism,  published in
The Philippine Star, BusinessMirror, Malaya,  Manila Standard Today,
and Sun.Star Cebu, August 14-15, 2006)

“Divorce by religion” by Aries Rufo (Newsbreak, August 20, 2006)

“Preparing for disaster” by Vinia M. Datinguinoo
(Published in i Report on March-April, May-June 2006)
Investigative Reporting Category

Daily Division

“CSC reels from GMA prerogative to appoint execs” by Jerry E. Esplanada (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 27-29, 2006)

“Citrus farmers restive over mining project” by Melvin Gascon
(Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 15, 2006)

“Appointments raise questions in land row” by Felipe Salvosa
II with Maria Eloisa I. Calderon (BusinessWorld, February 7-8, 2006)

“Untangling the RSBS mess” by Fe Zamora (Philippine Daily
Inquirer, November 13-16, 2006)

Non-Daily Division

“The Romualdezes and Equitable Bank” by Lala Rimando with
research by Evelyn Katigbak (Newsbreak, June 3, July 3, 17, and 31, 2006)

“Boys Town wards cry sexual, physical abuse” by Tess Bacalla
(Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, published in The Philippine Star, The Manila Times, Malaya, and Sun.Star Cebu on June 12-13, 2006)

“Leyte sea roils from rape of WW2 ships” by Inday Espina
Varona with Yvette Lee and Christine Mangulabnan (Philippine Graphic, October 23 and 30, 2006)

“Making money from making peace” by Aries Rufo (Newsbreak,
July 31, 2006)

Canadian press freedom awards open
The Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) is accepting nominations for the International Press Freedom Awards, which is annually given to journalists or media organizations that have exerted efforts to keep media free.
Those interested to nominate must send a cover letter outlining how the journalist or media organization fulfills the stated criteria, biographical and professional information on the nominee,  samples of the nominee’s work, and contact details.
To be eligible for the awards, applicants must be nominated by an organization or individual. Self-nominations are not accepted.
Submissions may be in the form of video tapes, audio tapes, articles, or columns aired or published between July 1, 2006 and June 20, 2007.
Each award consists of a framed plaque and a cash prize of $3,000 (Canadian). They will be presented to the winners at a ceremony in Toronto in November 2007.
Submissions must reach CJFE by June 20, 2007.

Think tank offers $15,000 prize
For the sixth year, International Policy Network (IPN), a London-based think tank, is accepting submissions for its annual Bastiat Prize for Journalism.
The Prize is open to writers anywhere in the world whose published articles eloquently and wittily elucidate the role of the institutions of a free society. The $15,000 prize will be split among the first, second, and third place winners.
Submissions in English will be accepted until June 30, 2007. (Postal entries must be postmarked June 30 or before.) Submissions must be in the form of up to three articles totaling no more than 4,500 words, published between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007 in recognized printed news publications. Finalists will be invited to a ceremony in New York in October 2007, where winners will be announced.
The Prize is inspired by the 19th-century French philosopher Frédéric Bastiat for his compelling defense of liberty. Bastiat’s use of satire and allegory enabled him to relate complex economic issues to a general audience. In keeping with his legacy, Bastiat Prize entries are judged on intellectual content, the persuasiveness of the language used, and the type of publication in which they appear.
For an online submission form and further details, visit www.bastiatprize.org/.

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