2011 Excellence In Journalism Contest
The 2011 Excellence in Journalism contest is now open for submissions.
The entry fees are the same as last year:
- $10 for active Connecticut SPJ members
- $25 for non-members and news organizations
- $50 for the three top awards
Click here to enter the contest.
CONTEST CATEGORIES
All categories are open to all Connecticut journalists. Entrants will be judged against similar media types (listed below). The exception is the CTSPJ Special Awards, in which entrants are judged against all other entrants, regardless of media type.
To enter, the work must have been published or broadcast during the 2011 calendar year.
MEDIA TYPES
For each category, please indicate what category your news organization falls in:
• Daily Newspaper above 50,000 circulation
• Daily Newspaper at 18,000 – 50,000 circulation
• Daily Newspaper below 18,000 circulation
• Regional non-daily
• Community non-daily
• Magazine
• Special Supplement
• Television
• Radio
• Online– Independent (includes for-profit and not-for-profit organizations that publish and stream video exclusively online on a regular schedule. The primary purpose of the website must be to inform, rather than to sell or promote a product, or advocate a political point of view.)
• Online – Affiliated (The online product for a news organization that also has a print or television/radio product. The material must appear exclusively online.)
SPECIAL AWARDS…………..(open to all Connecticut journalists, judged against each other)
- Stephen A. Collins Public Service Award: This is a special award open to all media for a story or stories having a significant impact in the public interest. Entries must include supporting documentation such as letters, editorials, evidence of a change in public policy, etc. showing how the entry had an impact.
- Theodore Driscoll Award for Investigative Reporting: A single story or formal series containing information, obtained through reporter initiative, not readily available to the news media or public.
- First Amendment Award: A single story, column, or series which increases understanding of the public of the role of the press in a free society.
CATEGORIES …………….. (open to all Connecticut journalists, judged according to media type)
Editorial
- General Column: A single column (other than sports, opinion or Op-Ed) that does not express a strong opinion or point of view on an issue or an event.
- Opinion Column: An opinion column clearly states an opinion on an issue or an event. It must appear in any section other than the Op-Ed or Sports pages or portion of a broadcast.
- Single Editorial: A single editorial represents the opinion of the publication, station, or news website as an organization. It can be written by one or more than one person.
- Editorial Cartoon: A single cartoon that appears online, in print or on a broadcast.
- Op-Ed Column: An Op-Ed column must have been published in the Op-Ed section of a paper or news site, or designated portion of the broadcast. It must have a byline or author.
Reporting
- In-Depth Series: a formal series helping the reader understand situation beyond information provided in a normal news story. Limit 1 series per person.
- In-Depth Reporting: a single story helping reader understand situation beyond information provided in a normal news story
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Investigative Series: a formal series containing information obtained through reporter initiative that was notreadily available to the news media or the general public. Limit 1 per person.
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Investigative Reporting: a single story containing information obtained through reporter initiative that wasnot readily available to the news media or the general public.
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Spot News: a single story involving coverage of a spot news event written under an immediate deadline. Non-daily and magazine classes are not eligible for this category.
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Feature: A single story written for some factor other than timeliness.
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Feature Series: A series written or produced for some factor other than timeliness.
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General Reporting – Single: A single news story not covered by any other category.
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General Reporting – Series: A formal series of articles or broadcasts that do not fit into any other category.
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Business: A single story about a business topic.
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Arts&Entertainment: A single story dealing with the arts.
Sports
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Sports Column: A column that appears in the sports pages or portion of a broadcast.
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Sports Feature: A sports story written for some factor other than timeliness
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Sports News: A single sports story.
Photography
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News Photo
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Feature Photo
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Sports Photo
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Photo Layout: the photo layout category is not a design category. It is for photos only; not their arrangement. It generally should be for the work of one photographer.
Layout
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Headline: All three headlines submitted for each headline entry must be the work of a single individual but not necessarily from the same publication. Entries involving the work of more than one person will be declared ineligible.
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Page 1 Layout: A category for the person who arranged the text and the illustrations, not for the writers and photographers of the materials on the page. Only the layout person should be listed.
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Non-Page 1 Layout: A category for the person who arranged the text and the illustrations, not for the writers and photographers of the materials on the page. Only the layout person should be listed.
Graphics
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Informational Graphic – Design: a static graphic that appears in print, online or in a broadcast to augment reporting on a topic. Entrant should be person who designed the graphic.
Multimedia
- Video Storytelling: Excellent use video medium to either tell a story alone, or bolster written reporting.
- Interactive Graphic – Reporting: Use of free Internet tools to present data or reporting in an interactive format
- Interactive Graphic –Design: Creation of a functional interactive graphic using tools such as Flash or HTML.
- Audio Storytelling: Excellent use of digital audio production for online storytelling, including podcasts, audio
interviews.
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