Highway Africa Conference 2009 hosted at Rhodes University, Eastern Cape South Africa is set to host the 8th edition of the SABC-Highway Africa Digital Journalism Awards event. These unique and prestigious awards within the profession of journalism on the continent reward pioneering, innovative and creative use technology in doing journalism that serves Africa and its citizens. The Awards were pioneered 7 years ago to highlight the role that digital technologies play in journalism and the media.
This edition of the Highway Africa Conference, September 6-8, Rhodes University will award winners in 3 categories for the Highway Africa Digital journalism awards:
· Individual/Student – awarded to individual persons who design or appropriate new affordable applications of communication technologies to overcome the limitations of existing infrastructure and/or capital resources.
· Non Profit/Non Corporate – awarded to users of appropriate media technology to advance and assist communities and persons limited by infrastructure and/or technological access.
· Corporate – awarded to corporate groups for creative and appropriate adaptation of technologies within the continent to complete effectively in the wider environment.
OSIWA in association with Highway Africa present Digital Media Awards for Africa!
In April 2009, OSIWA awarded Highway Africa a grant to launch the Media Awards for Africa project. The project seeks to celebrate the creative, innovative and appropriate use of New Media and ICTs in journalism through the establishment of a Premier Award program that recognises excellence in New Media in Africa.
This exciting new partnership with the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA – www.osiwa.org) sees several new categories being added to the prestigious Highway Africa Digital Journalism Awards.
The Media Awards for Africa project aim to:
- encourage media professionals to produce well researched and informed stories on ICT usage and policies
- encourage innovative use of new media in journalism in Africa
Winners will be awarded in the following 7 categories:
- Best story on ICT use in communities
- Best female ICT reporter
- Best story on ICT policies in West Africa
- Best story on ICT and public governance
- Best story on ICT use by media
For more information please contact awards@highwayafrica.com
Website: www.highwayafrica.com
