HRH Prince Moulay Rachid challenges journalists to tackle poverty and hunger issues

Rabat – Morocco, January 18, 2008 – To tackle the poverty and hunger challenges of the day, His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid is joining forces to sponsor journalism competition the Harry Chapin Media Awards (HCMA).

His Royal Highness underlines that the biggest challenge facing global governance is to convergence all organizations and processes dealing with poverty issues together in the sense to see emanation of effective impact on the development.

Through the journalism competition which is funded by the Marrakech International Film Foundation and Euromed Audiovisual II Program by European Union (EU), His Royal Highness is working to foster networks to reduce poverty that can be efficient and permanent only if promotes the principles of economically viable, environmentally sound, and socially acceptable sustainable development.

Journalists who cover issues of hunger and economic poverty are invited to apply to the Harry Chapin Media Awards. Last day to apply is February 1, 2008.

The submitted work should cover issues such as economic inequality and insecurity, unemployment, homelessness, domestic empowerment, sustainable development, food production, agriculture, nutrition and the struggle for land, explained the organizers in a press release. Criteria for the Harry Chapin Media Awards Include: the impact of the work on its audience and on its awareness of the problem, the quality of the writing, visuals, and presentation, whether the work promotes the empowerment of people, whether the work is a new idea or an important restatement of the old, whether the work reaches a broad audience and/or reaches its targeted audience and/or whether the work is solution oriented and informative.

Awards will be cash prizes of US$1,000 - $2,500, and the competition is open to journalists working in various fields. The panel of judges for the Harry Chapin Media Awards consists of journalists, researchers, and experts in the fields of hunger and poverty. They will determine the distribution of prizes and their decisions will be final.

All entries for the 2008 HCMAs must have appeared in the media between January 1 2007 and December 31 2007 and international entries must be submitted in English. The fees for taking part in the competition are as follows: One Entry - US$25 Two Entries - US$40 Three to Five Entries - US$50.

Anyone may nominate a work, which they consider worthy of a media award. Just fill out the enclosed application sheet and WHY will solicit the appropriate publisher or broadcaster to enter the work. No entry fee is required. For more information and to apply click here http://www.comminit.com/es/node/266524/36.