Call for nominations for the 2006 Nat Nakasa award
The Print Media SA's Media Freedom Committee, SANEF and the Nieman Society of Southern Africa are now accepting nominations for the 2006 Nat Nakasa Award for Media Integrity. Deadline is 15 May 2006.
Nat Nakasa was a prominent journalist and writer who died in exile. This annual award, with prize money of R20 000, recognises any media practitioner - journalist, editor, manager or owner - who has:
- shown integrity and reported fearlessly
- displayed a commitment to serve the people of South Africa
- tenaciously striven to maintain a publication or other medium despite insurmountable obstacles
- resisted any censorship
- shown courage in making information available to the SA public
- any combination of the above.
If you think anybody fits this definition, please submit your nomination before 15 May 2006, accompanied by a motivation for:
Attention: Cathy Pestana
The Nat Nakasa Award
c/o Print Media SA
PO Box 47180
PARKLANDS
2121
or
5th Floor, Nedbank Gardens
33 Bath Avenue
ROSEBANK
Tel: +27 (0)11 721 3200
Fax: +27 (0)11 721 3253/5
Email: cathyp@printmedia.org.za
