3rd Annual PopDev Media Awards is On

By MARIVIC A. ALCOBER (PIA 8)
March 14, 2007

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte  –  In cognizance of their exemplary efforts, the Philippine Legislators Committee on Population and Development Foundation, Inc. (PLCPD) and the United Nation’s Population Fund (UNFPA) invites print journalists to once again join the 3rd Annual PopDev Media Awards.

Print journalists who have articles featuring population and development issues published starting October 1, 2006 onwards are enjoined to participate in said Awards.

The search which is open to all print journalists from Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao and NCR, will give away a cash prize, trophy, and a study trip to a UNFPA project area in the country.

The Awards which took off last 2005 had chosen only three winners all over the country for that year. The following year, 2006 more than 200 journalists participated in said Awards and eight winners were chosen nationwide. Carolina "Rollie" Montilla, Editor-in-Chief of the local weekly Eastern Times, made Visayas proud when she bagged one of the awards which was the "Best Editorial Piece".

Most entries submitted in the previous years that were centered on population and development issues were on population and education; population and health services; population, economic growth and poverty; reproductive health and rights; family planning; and population, reproductive health policy and governance.