Call for nominations for the 2015 China Environmental Press Awards

The China Environmental Press Awards were founded by chinadialogue and The Guardian with the aim of rewarding objective, fair and in-depth Chinese environmental reporting; encouraging outstanding Chinese environmental journalists; and promoting environmentalism in China. In the previous five years a total of 77 journalists or teams of journalists have received prizes. 

This year will be the sixth year of the awards, and is to be held in partnership with the NetEase New Media Center.

In 2013 a new Young Journalist of the Year award was added, eligible for journalists in the first three years of their career. Given the increasing importance of “personal media” (such as a regular blog) this year a Best Personal Media award category will be included.

With the Chinese New Year celebrations now over, we are now welcoming nominations for the 2015 China Environmental Press Awards. What have been the best environmental reports published during 2014? We look forward to sharing these with you.

Requirements for submission:

Environmental reporting published in Chinese in article or pictorial form, in print or online, between January 1^st, 2014 and December 31^st, 2014, is eligible for submission, as are credible and influential personal media.

How to make a submission:

Items can be submitted by the publisher, the journalist, or a third party. 

Submission of pieces of reporting:

Please send an electronic version of the entry, and an Internet link, to cd_pressawards2015(at)126.com (replacing at with @), by April 1^st, 2015. Both the email subject and the filename of the electronic version should be in the format “CD [name of the piece] [journalist’s name] [publishing outlet]. (Any missing items should be replaced with a “0”. If more than one piece is submitted for a single journalist please append a number after the journalist’s name.) Please include a brief explanation for the submission covering the significance of the topic, the professionalism shown during information-gathering and writing, and the impact of the piece.

Submission of personal media:

Please submit the details of the personal media, including an Internet link, date it started, average visits per article, target audience, and an assessment of its impact, to the above address. Both the email subject and the filename of the document should be in the format “CD+Environmental Personal Media Submission”.

Period for Submissions

From January 15^th 2015 to April 1 2015

Awards:

Prizes are given for the Journalist of the Year, Best Investigation, Biggest Impact,  Young Journalist of the Year and Best Citizen / Personal Media Journalist, along with six to eight runners-up awards (the prize committee may adjust the categories in line with the submissions received.) 

This is the first time the Personal Media award, designed to encourage environmental personal media platforms which contribute to protection of the environment, will been given.

Events and publicity:

Prize-winning pieces will be translated by chinadialogue for publication both on its website and magazine, while media partner NetEase New Media Center will report live on the results and award ceremony. Short-listed articles will be promoted via our Weibo and Weixin accounts.