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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 24, 2006
HCP Partners with The Indian Express Group to Honor
Journalists For Excellence in HIV/AIDS Reporting in India
MAHARASHTRA, India —The Health Communication Partnership (HCP) has joined forces with The Indian Express Group to honor local journalists that demonstrate excellence in HIV/AIDS reporting.
 Through its Ramnath Goenka Foundation, Indian Express sponsors an annual awards event (www.expressindia.com/rngf/awards/2006_categories.html) to recognize print and broadcast journalists in a number of categories. Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh presented the prestigious awards at this year’s ceremony earlier this month, where the new HIV/AIDS category was announced.
HCP, based at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication Programs (CCP), implements strategic HIV/AIDS communication programs in Maharashtra with its local partner AVERT Society. These programs are supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
The new HIV/AIDS awards will recognize excellence for both English and Marathi print reporting. The winning article or series in a newspaper or magazine will be judged by the following criteria:
- Making an exceptional contribution to public awareness and understanding of HIV/AIDS issues.
- Being a substantive work that covers a story comprehensively and raises public consciousness and awareness about HIV/AIDS issues.
- Demonstrating general excellence, quality of writing, and coverage that most accurately, objectively, and sensitively portrays HIV/AIDS and leads to a greater awareness and understanding of HIV/AIDS issues.
- Using appropriate language, and taking into consideration gender sensitivity, and ethical and human rights concerns.
The two award winners, one each from the English and Marathi press, will be nominated to attend the three-week Leadership in Strategic Health Communication Workshop at CCP in Baltimore, USA in June 2007. Information about the 2007 workshop will be posted when it becomes available, but the program will be similar to the upcoming workshop in June 2006.
An independent panel of distinguished journalists and experts will judge the entries. Articles must have been written between May 1, 2005 - March 31, 2006 and the deadline for entries is December 31, 2006. For more information or to apply, please visit the section About the Awards.
HCP is a global communication initiative based at CCP in partnership with the Academy for Educational Development, Save the Children, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, and Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. In addition to the five core partners, HCP works with leading Southern-based health communication organizations as well as global programming partners from the corporate sector, international media, academic institutions, and faith-based organizations. For more information, visit the HCP web site.
For more information, contact Kim Martin at 410 659-6140 or kmartin@jhuccp.org.
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