Vision Pasifika Media Award accepting entries [Pacific Islands]

Posted on Aug 19, 2022 in Environmental Reporting

Environmental journalists across the Pacific Islands can submit entries for the 2022 Vision Pasifika Media Award.

In partnership with Aotearoa New Zealand, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP), the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA), Internews' Earth Journalism Network, and the Pacific Environment Journalists Network (PEJN), the Vision Pasifika Media Award 2022 aims to recognize the role of Pacific media in amplifying Pacific voices on climate change.

The contest has five categories: television news, radio production, online content, print media, and tertiary-level journalism students.

Stories published or broadcast between Jan. 1 and Aug. 25, 2022 that highlight the region’s climate change challenges and the way Pacific people are addressing them are eligible for submission.

Category winners will be awarded US$1,000. There will also be additional prizes.

Apply by Aug. 25.