This was made known on Thursday, January 14 at a media briefing held at the company’s corporate office in Isolo, Lagos by the Managing Director of Promasidor, Mr. Olivier Thiry. “This year, we have merged the ‘best report on children’ and ‘best report on nutrition’ categories into one. Also, a new category called ‘online reporter of the year’ has been introduced. The new category was introduced due to the steady rise of the new media”, he said.
Other categories open for entries are ‘education reporter of the year’, ‘best CSR and industry reporter of the year’, ‘future writer of the year’, ‘best photo story of the year’ and ‘brand advocate of the year’.
Besides, the winner of the ‘best photo story of the year’ who gets a high-end camera; other winners of the various categories would go home with iPads and supplies of Promasidor products. Furthermore, the overall winner of all the categories will be sent on an all-expense paid four-week certificate course in Journalism at Thompson Foundation in London as well as a one-week work placement in a prominent British news organisation.
Last year’s overall winner of the award, Mr. Taiwo Alimi of The Nation newspaper, has since attended the course. He won the grand prize for his story ‘Where the blind dare to dream’ about Bethesda Home of the Blind (BHB), a non-governmental facility which houses and trains 72 visually-impaired young Nigerians run by one Mrs. Chioma Ohakwe.
Enahoro also emphasized that awards for all the categories would be based on creativity, accuracy of facts, educational value, depth of research and analysis, quality of information and newsworthiness.
Since its inception, the Quill Awards has witnessed a steady rise in the number of entries received – from over 100 in the first edition to about 400 last year.
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