Youthmedia.eu in collaboration with the Council of Europe is glad to announce this edition's winners.

Winners for each category as follows:

Written press

“Etre journaliste au Monténégro : punching-ball, missionnaire et poil-à-gratter” by Emmanuel Haddad from Barcelona, Spain.

Photo journalism

“Eviction of Protsiuk family” by Ramin Mazur from Chisinau, Republic of Moldova.

Radio

“Media freedom in Belarus” by Jerneja Zavec from Cirkulane, Slovenia.

Video journalism

“Burma - lives of journalists under dictatorship” by Eszter Cseke and Andras Takacs from Budapest, Hungary

The award was open to all young journalists under the age of 30 from 47 member states of the Council of Europe. Entries were judged according to three criteria: Understanding of the topic, originality and technical quality of the entry.

As you know, the contest will soon reach its deadline on August 1st. Hurry up and upload your entries!

Specifications :
Audio: max length - 5min, format : MP3
Video: max length - 10 min, format: AVI, Quicktime, 3GPP, WMV, MP4, FLV or MPEG

Print: max length - 1200 words

The Official Languages for the Award are French and English, all entries must be in either French or English

The 1st International Citizen Media Award intends to honor tremendous work in the field of citizen media and its products in the categories VIDEO, AUDIO and INTERNET that have been created by private, non-commercial producers

1st International Citizen Media Award 2011

Aims

The 1st International Citizen Media Award intends to honor tremendous work in the field of citizen media and its products in the categories VIDEO, AUDIO and INTERNET that have been created by private, non-commercial producers. The award distinguishes the dedication of these European, national and international producers and their reporting concerning locally, regionally, globally and socially relevant topics.

At the same time this prize should support the commitment of citizens, volunteers and activists to get involved in the development and setup of an active civil society.

Categories

The jury awards the prize in the following categories:

• Video (individual product, short movie, movie in a television broadcast, video podcast, etc.)
• Audio (individual product, radio spot in a radio broadcast, podcast, etc.)
• Internet (homepage, blog, portal, etc.)

Prizes

3 prizes per category:

1. 1st prize: 1000 € – trophy – certificate
2. 2nd prize: Participation in an international media camp or media seminar – certificate
3. 3rd prize: Digital photo camera – certificate

Participants

The competition is worldwide open for single participants, groups, associations, civil initiatives, school classes and especially for producers, actors and editorial teams in the field of citizen media work.

Content of products

The topic for the 2011 award is: POVERTY

Poverty is a worldwide problem which shows up in several facets. There are differences in the understanding of “poverty”. In industrial states poverty is interpreted different than in less developed countries. There are also different personal and social views and strategies to overcome poverty. Tendered products should medially present the different types of poverties as well as different ways to get out of it. The personal dedication of the producers is in the forefront of the jury’s interest.

Beside the personal interest, quality, medial implementation, activity, authenticity, extent and relevance of research, design elements and innovativeness are relevant. Special features of the products in the different categories (genres) will be especially considered by the jury.

Application

Applications can be send postally in the form of a CD, DVD, MiniDV cassette or an USB flash drive. Alternatively links to portals can be sent, where the audio and video productions can be downloaded permanently. Furthermore the possibility of uploading audio and video products up to the website www.europeanweb.tv is also given. There you can find instructions how to do so in the accordant rubric. Concerning internet projects a link adress is enough.

Source: http://www.youth4media.eu/