DAJA was established in 2004 to build capacity among journalists working on key development issues. The annual awards honor the work and contributions of journalists actively engaged in the responsible dissemination of knowledge related to poverty reduction, and other areas that support long-term growth in Asia and the Pacific.
In 2008, the DAJA program began including a short training course to provide DAJA finalists an opportunity to discuss and debate key development issues and their impacts with their colleagues and leading experts. If you are interested in participating in the 2010 DAJA program, please register online. When you have registered, you will be sent instructions by email of how to login to your account to submit articles.
Statement of Terms and Conditions
* Entries must be the work of individual journalists from ADB developing member countries.
* Articles must be published works and must have appeared in a regional newspaper, magazine, or news wire service between 1 January 2009 and 31 July 2010.
* Articles must be submitted in English. Translations of articles originally published in other languages are acceptable. (ADBI will not translate articles.)
* Entries must be between 1200 and 2000 words in length.
* Articles must be submitted online.
* Journalists may enter one article in each theme/category. Journalists are entitled to only one theme award, but may also receive a special prize award (Development Journalist of the Year or Young Development Journalist of the Year). Winners and runners-up from previous DAJA competitions are eligible to compete again.
* No article submitted for prior DAJA competitions will be considered in the current year's competition.
* Journalists will be required to give permission to ADBI to publish/republish winning articles.
* The judges shall not be bound to award a prize in any category wherein they do not feel that the quality of entries merit it.
(More information HERE.)
In 2008, the DAJA program began including a short training course to provide DAJA finalists an opportunity to discuss and debate key development issues and their impacts with their colleagues and leading experts. If you are interested in participating in the 2010 DAJA program, please register online. When you have registered, you will be sent instructions by email of how to login to your account to submit articles.
Statement of Terms and Conditions
* Entries must be the work of individual journalists from ADB developing member countries.
* Articles must be published works and must have appeared in a regional newspaper, magazine, or news wire service between 1 January 2009 and 31 July 2010.
* Articles must be submitted in English. Translations of articles originally published in other languages are acceptable. (ADBI will not translate articles.)
* Entries must be between 1200 and 2000 words in length.
* Articles must be submitted online.
* Journalists may enter one article in each theme/category. Journalists are entitled to only one theme award, but may also receive a special prize award (Development Journalist of the Year or Young Development Journalist of the Year). Winners and runners-up from previous DAJA competitions are eligible to compete again.
* No article submitted for prior DAJA competitions will be considered in the current year's competition.
* Journalists will be required to give permission to ADBI to publish/republish winning articles.
* The judges shall not be bound to award a prize in any category wherein they do not feel that the quality of entries merit it.
(More information HERE.)
