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Award Categories
SPOT NEWS
Coverage of an unscheduled
event for which there was no advance planning or notice, broadcast or telecast
within 24 hours of the event. A single story or composite of all coverage
of an event aired within 24 hours may be entered.
Maximum Length:
15 minutes.
Judging Criteria:
Depth of coverage:
Information developed in limited time period (under deadline pressure; use
of station resources such as graphics, live interviews, audio/video to help
the story).
GENERAL REPORTING
Best reporting on a
single topic. May be in-depth, investigative, enterprise, or coverage
of a planned event. Single stories or composites are allowed.
Used in a regularly scheduled newscast.
Maximum Length:
15 minutes.
Judging Criteria:
Significance of the
report; depth; originality; public interest; results; contains information
discovered by a deliberate journalistic effort.
SPORTS REPORTING
Best reporting on a
single topic. Will be awarded when merited.
Maximum Length:
15 minutes.
Judging Criteria:
Significance of the
issue; impact on the community; quality of the report.
SPORTSCAST/PROGRAM
A regularly scheduled sportscast or program airing on any day in the contest year.
Maximum Length:
60 minutes.
Judging Criteria:
Overall content, presentation, writing, editing and use of audio and/or video.
NEWSCAST
A regularly scheduled
newscast airing on any day in the contest year. Only one entry is allowed
per news organization. Entry will represent the station's best effort
at producing a newscast.
Maximum Length:
60 minutes.
Judging Criteria:
Overall content, presentation,
story selection, writing, editing and use of audio and/or video tape.
DOCUMENTARY/SPECIAL
Single program scheduled
outside of a newscast, showing commitment of the station to a community issue.
Support material and results of the effort may be included with the entry.
Maximum Length:
30 minutes.
Judging Criteria:
Depth of reporting;
significance; originality; impact of the project on the community; depth
of the station's commitment to the project; service to the community.
SERIES
Multi-part reports on
a single subject or continuing coverage of a single news event, broadcast
in a regularly scheduled newscast.
Maximum Length:
30 minutes.
Judging Criteria:
Significance of the
series; depth; originality; public interest.
BROADCAST WRITING
Stations are asked to
submit a tape and accompanying scripts that demonstrate excellence
in writing. The writing must convey the feeling and significance of
events to the listener or viewer. It may represent individual or collaborative
efforts. Stations may include up to three examples, exactly as broadcast,
dubbed onto a single tape
Maximum Length:
15 minutes.
Judging Criteria:
Clear, concise writing
that conveys the feeling and significance of events.
HARD FEATURE (Note Change)
A planned story on a news-related topic in which the reporter, producer or photographer put considerable time and effort into the production of the story.
Maximum Length:
15 minutes.
Judging Criteria:
Quality of writing;
use and quality of audio/video; originality.
SOFT FEATURE (Note Change)
A story providing an imaginative and colorful look at an event or individual(s). Entry may be human interest stories, personality profiles, trend stories, or any other type of feature that is not a breaking news story.
Maximum Length:
15 minutes.
Judging Criteria:
Quality of writing; use and quality of audio/video; originality.
WEATHERCAST (Television Only)
Best weather coverage
over a 24 hour period. Entrants must submit any two regularly scheduled
weathercasts that aired 24 hours apart (i.e. Monday/Tuesday, Tuesday/Wednesday,
etc.). Students need only submit one weathercast.
Judging Criteria:
Content; clarity, accuracy,
and overall presentation.
TALK/PUBLIC AFFAIRS
The category provides for a variety
of locally produced entries in substance and form, serious or humorous. The
subject and format can be anything newsworthy, including talk show, caller
interaction, interview, debate, or other broadcasts, live or taped, outsid
a regular newscast.
Maximum Length:
Unedited 15 minutes.
WEB SITES
Submit at least three
(3) examples of functioning, cached or active URL's that demonstrate exceptional
news coverage and journalistic skill. Creativity, clarity, storytelling techniques,
and uses of audio, video or other internet technologies will be considered
by the judges.
INVESTIGATIVE
This award is given for enterprising
investigative reporting by a reporter or team. Entry may be a single
broadcast or a series of no more than three parts. This category is for short
reports; not documentaries.
Maximum Length:
15 minutes.
Judging Criteria:
Use of investigative
techniques, depth, timeliness, public interest.
SPORTS PLAY-BY-PLAY
An unedited
aircheck of play-by-play coverage of any sporting event produced by your station.
Commercial breaks should be removed.
Maximum Length:
15 minutes.
AUDIO (Radio Only)
Best use of audio in
a story which places the listener at the scene of an event. Accuracy
in conveying story, meaning and impact will be factors in judging.
PHOTOJOURNALISM (TV)
Best use of video and
sound in a story; best photography.
ALL DVDs, TAPES or CDs MUST BE CLEARLY LABELED AND INCLUDE STATION NAME, MARKET SIZE, CATEGORY, TITLE OF ENTRY, AND LENGTH OF ENTRY.
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