JMI launches Child Rights Media Award

AMMAN — Jordan Media Institute (JMI) announced on Tuesday the launch of a Child Rights Media Award in cooperation with UNICEF and the European Union.

The award, based on the theme “Learning for all”, is focused on the importance of education rights, bringing attention to children’s issues at a time of regional conflict, the JMI said in a statement.

The judging panel encourages story submissions that reflect individual initiatives, with a preference for “character-led” stories that include the voices of children and those directly affected, the statement said.

The award is open for print and online written media. The stories, in Arabic or English, should be between 700 and 1,000 words long and should have been published between 2014 and 2015. All stories should be submitted with a short biography of the journalist to [email protected] by November 8.