Hey journos. Details below for submitting your work for the prestigious duPont award. Some indie colleagues and I won this last year for Trey Kay's independent radio documentary The Great Textbook War and I have to say, it was a great thrill. Go for it!
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Honoring the Best in Broadcast & Digital News Programming
DEADLINE – JULY 1, 2011
Eligibility Period: July 1, 2010-June 30, 2011
www.dupontawards.org
WE INVITE YOU to submit entries in the following categories:
WHAT MAKES A DUPONT WINNER? The duPont Jury honors outstanding journalism. We look for excellence in reporting and evidence of commitment to important stories. We especially encourage the submission of daily news stories and breaking news coverage as well as feature stories, a series of related reports or selections from a correspondent's beat reporting in a given year.
ELIGIBILITY Programs must have appeared on air, on line or in theaters for the first time between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011.
ENTRY DEADLINES Long-form entries running longer than 2 hours must be
submitted by June 15. All other entries must be submitted by July 1.
ENTRIES WILL BE JUDGED by a Board of Screeners, many of whom are past duPont Award winners. The best entries are then referred to the duPont Jury. Finalists will be selected in November and the winners will be announced in December 2011.
ENTER ONLINE The entry form for the duPont-Columbia Awards is now available online at www.dupontawards.org
We encourage digital submissions of media. Please see the Web site for more details.
QUESTIONS? Call us at 212-854-5047, e-mail us at dupontawards@jrn.columbia.edu, or visit our Web site www.dupontawards.org for answers to frequently asked questions.
Abi Wright
Director, Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards
John Chancellor Award
Graduate School of Journalism
Columbia University
212-854-5047
www.dupontawards.org