Make it your business

Here is another contest for student reporters, this time for Business Reporting, sponsored by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. Entry deadline is Feb. 1, so the deadline is fast approaching.

The SABEW Best in Business (BIB) contest was started in 1995 to help set standards and recognize role models for outstanding business journalism.

The 2007 Best In Business Contest is for work published during calendar year 2007. The contest opens Dec. 14, 2007 and the entry deadline is Feb. 1, 2008.

BIB 2007 Student Contest Rules
To recognize the good work being done at many colleges interested in business journalism, in 2005 SABEW added a Student Contest to the annual Best in Business contest. SABEW invites students to submit their best work.

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Chandler Award not for fans of “Friends” star Matthew Perry

It can be tough trying get recognition for religion coverage in your publication. Few contests offer such a specific category. But the Religion Newswriters Association does have a contest with a category specifically for Student Reporter of the Year. The first place award carries a $600 prize and up to $500 in travel to the RNA conference. Second place is $300 and third place is $150.

The award is called the Chandler Award and is…

awarded to the Student Writer of the Year for excellence in writing with emphasis on reporting skill and a grasp of religion issues that is fair, balanced and in accordance with journalistic standards. Named for Russell Chandler, former religion writer for The Los Angeles Times. This student contest is made possible through the Chandler Legacy Fund. Entry fee: $15. Deadline: May 1, 2008.

Full contest information and entry forms are available at the RNA website.

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Impress your administration — win an award! Part II

Prove to your administration that ethics aren’t dead at your publication — enter and win an award for that solid coverage of a particularly thorny issue the college president would prefer to just go away. The University of Oregon’s Payne Awards are just the place to get that recognition.

The Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism honor journalists who encourage public trust in the media by courageously practicing the highest standards of the profession in the face of political or economic pressures.

The Payne Awards seek entries from news organizations, individual journalists and student journalists in broadcasting, print or new media.

Nominations are being accepted until February 25, 2008, for ethical dilemmas encountered in 2007. Journalists and outlets can nominate themselves or be nominated by a third party.

Nomination forms can be found here.

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Impress your administration — win an award!

Here’s a contest opportunity for college newspapers. Deadline is Feb. 15.

2007 Betty Gage Holland Award
The Betty Gage Holland Award recognizes campus journalists and their publications for distinguished service to honor and protect the integrity of public dialogue on America’s college campuses. An award of $1,000 is made to the winning journalist(s) and an additional $1,000 to the sponsoring newspaper or magazine.

Of special importance to judges are news stories, institutional editorials, personal commentaries or columns that single out for public examination any act that results in distortion or pollution of the public discourse. Use of open records or “sunshine” laws by campus newspapers or magazines is deemed particularly meritorious if the result is to let the people see the people’s business being done.

Nominations for the award may be made by or on behalf of any journalist(s) regularly enrolled in a university or college at time of publication and also by or on behalf of any campus newspaper or magazine, whether independent or university supported, that published the pertinent material.

Nominations for the 2007 calendar year and supporting documentation must be submitted no later than Feb. 15, 2008.

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