DAME Awards

The Trustees of Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME)—Africa’s longest-running
media awards programme—invite entries forits 30th edition of works produced in 2020 in the following Print, Online, and Broadcast categories:

Reporting(12)

  • Agriculture Reporting
  • Business Reporting
  • Child Friendly Reporting
  • Education Reporting
  • Insurance Reporting
  • Investigative Reporting
  • Judicial Reporting
  • Lagos Reporting
  • Nutrition Reporting
  • Radio Reporting
  • Sports Reporting
  • Television Reporting

Commentary(3)

  • Editorial Cartooning
  • Editorial Writing
  • Informed Commentary

Aesthetics(3)

  • Best Designed Newspaper
  • Best Media Website
  • News Photography

Documentary-Drama(3)

  • Radio Drama
  • Television Drama
  • Television Documentary

Overall Awards(3)

  • Child-friendly Medium
  • Newspaper of the Year
  • Editor of the Year

 

The Winning Edge

  • Entries in the Reporting categories should conform to DAME’s ABCADER principle of Accuracy, Balance, Contextual Analysis, Depth of research, Engaging use of language, and Relevance of the subject.
  • Entries in the Commentary categories (Editorial Writing and Informed Commentary) will be judged on the basis of the essential sextets:
    Subject, Substance, Significance, Structure, Style, and Size while emphasis will be placed on the effective use of art and copy in Editorial Cartooning.
  • Entries for Aesthetics will be assessed on how art illuminates editorial presentation.
  • The Overall prizes reward the total performance of the news organisations in all categories offered.

Prize

  • individual Winners: DAME Plaque, Cash prize, Certificate of Merit, Professional tool (Laptop/Tablet) and books
  • institutional Winners: DAME Plaque, Certificate of Merit.

 

Mode of Entry

Entry materials should be uploaded on the DAME website www.dameawards.com on or before the close of business on Tuesday, October 05, 2021. Materials required include the links to the published works, a one-page profile of the individual/organization, and one-page background information on the entries. A work can only be entered in a category. Series will be counted as one. No one should enter more than two entries in any particular category.

For further information, please contact: 0802 350 8533, 0703 319 0190 or dame@dameawards.com.

 

Please click here to download DAME Call for Entries..