Youth Jury 2012 >
Be part of the student judging panel
In 2012, the Children's Rights category - part of the One World Media Awards - will be judged by four students based in the UK. We're running a competition to find them - and if you win, you'll be selecting the winner and presenting the award at this year's ceremony with Jon Snow of Channel 4 News.
This is a great opportunity for any student looking to get a head start in the UK media industry, and particularly for anyone with an interest in telling international stories in their career. The One World Media Awards ceremony brings together some of the most successful international journalists and filmmakers working for UK outlets - an evening not to be missed!
What does it involve?
If you're selected as one of the four judges for 2012, here's what you'll be doing:
- late Feb 2012: receive around 10 entries for the Children's Rights Award - these will be a mixture of TV documentaries, radio programmes, print articles and online content. You'll need to consider which piece best fits the criteria for the award.
- Friday March 23rd: come to London for the panel session with your fellow judges. You will reach your decision on the winner and two runners up. (We cover your travel expenses.)
- Tuesday May 8th: attend the One World Media Awards evening at Kings Place in London, and present the award to the winner with Jon Snow.
How to enter
- First, please take a moment to read the eligibility guidelines (right).
- Next, please click here to download the entry form (Word file).
- As well as providing us with contact details, you'll need to answer the following question in 300 words or less: 'How can media contribute to children's rights?' We'll be particularly impressed if you can use any real-life examples to back up your answer!
- Email the completed form as an attachment to us at contact@oneworldmedia.org.uk, by 6.00pm on Monday 13th February.
We'll let the successful students know by 20th February.
2011 Youth Jury announcing the winner of the Children's Right Award at Kings Place
Eligibility
This initiative is being run in concert with the One World Media Student Programme, which works with 23 universities across the UK and enables students to cover stories from the developing world.
For this reason, in 2012 this opportunity is only open to students currently studying at one of our partner institutions - click here to see details of the universities we work with.
In addition, this is a youth initiative and in line with this, applicants must be aged 22 or under on 23rd March 2012. Undergraduates are therefore encouraged to apply - however, if you are a postgraduate and you fit within this age requirement, you are welcome to apply as well.
We welcome any questions about eligibility and the initiative in general - please email contact@oneworldmedia.org.uk, or call 0207 922 7943.
Click here to see the 2011 winners >