Deadline: 1 March 2024
The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) is accepting nominations for the Media Awards to honour journalists for their outstanding reporting on nursing and health-care issues.
Categories
In these categories, entries will be judged on news value, information and storytelling.
- Daily newspaper
- Best news story
- Best in-depth feature or series
- Community newspaper
- Best news story
- Best in-depth feature or series
- Radio
- Best news report
- Best in-depth report or series
- Television
- Best news report
- Best in-depth report or series
- Online
- Best news story
- Best in-depth feature or series
- Podcast
- Best episode
- Best series
- Multicultural
- Best news story
- Best in-depth feature or series
Eligibility Criteria
- Limit of one entry per person. Entrants may not submit a single entry to multiple categories.
- Winners of the last year’s awards are not eligible.
- Entries must be journalistic in nature, based on research and interviews. Opinion pieces and academic articles are not eligible.
- Materials prepared by RNAO staff or staff of health-related associations or organizations are not eligible.
- Trade publications, textbooks, or video/audio productions intended for health-care practitioners or audiences are not eligible.
- Stories published or broadcast in Ontario during 2023 are eligible. Entries are scored by an independent panel of judges consisting of nurses and journalists.
Rules
- There is no entry fee.
- If nominating a story on behalf of a journalist, you must inform the nominee prior to submission.
- A benchmark cumulative score will be determined before judging commences, and winning entries must surpass this predetermined score to be eligible. If no article in a particular category surpasses this benchmark, no award shall be given out.
- By applying for an award, you consent to RNAO using the contents of your submission to publicize the awards competition.
For more information, visit RNAO.
