ECCB Launches Financial and Economic Journalism Awards Competition
Basseterre, St Kitts, October 23, 2002 The ECCB has announced the launch of a Financial and Economic Journalism Awards competition, to motivate media specialists to excellence in reporting of financial and economic matters and to recognise their contribution to a better understanding of these matters in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union. Awards will be offered in the four main categories of Spot News, that is coverage of a breaking news story; Feature Reporting, or an in-depth story of a development that can have significant financial or economic impact on a large group of persons; Continuing Coverage, an investigative series about an important economic or financial event, and for Commentary, that is an editorial whether analytical, interpretive, humorous or all combined. Winners in these categories will each receive a trophy and a cash prize of EC$2,500. A grand prizewinner, selected from the four, will receive a trophy and a cash prize of EC$5,000. The award for the grand prizewinner will be presented next year, at the annual Sir Arthur Lewis Memorial Lecture and Awards Ceremony. The competition is open to all practising journalists resident in the ECCU. Stories published or broadcast during 2002 and 2003 will be eligible for submission, with the deadline for submission being August 31, 2003. Details of the programme and entry forms will be available from the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank headquarters as well as from its agency offices. The launch of the journalism awards competition is one of the activities commemorating Financial Literacy Month .
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
P O Box 89, Basseterre,
St. Kitts
Contact Person: Elizabeth Tempro, Director - Corporate Relations Dept.
Phone: (869) 465-2537
Fax: (869) 465-9562
Email: eccbinfo@caribsurf.com
