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| Twenty years ago, Amnesty International UK launched its annual media awards to recognise both established and emerging talents in human rights journalism. With 11 categories embracing newspaper, magazine, radio, TV, digital and student journalism, the awards acknowledge the significance of journalism in publicising international human rights issues and applaud excellence in this field. Each category is judged by a panel comprising senior Amnesty staff alongside academics, NGO workers, and people in the arts, media and entertainment industries and the legal profession. Next year, the Observer will be on the judging panel for the Amnesty student human rights reporter award. | Twenty years ago, Amnesty International UK launched its annual media awards to recognise both established and emerging talents in human rights journalism. With 11 categories embracing newspaper, magazine, radio, TV, digital and student journalism, the awards acknowledge the significance of journalism in publicising international human rights issues and applaud excellence in this field. Each category is judged by a panel comprising senior Amnesty staff alongside academics, NGO workers, and people in the arts, media and entertainment industries and the legal profession. Next year, the Observer will be on the judging panel for the Amnesty student human rights reporter award. |
| Amy Mackinnon, the 2012 winner of the student prize and a graduate of politics and Russian, said: "the award can only be paralleled by my degree in terms of the opportunities it has provided. As a direct result, I've worked with Channel 4's Dispatches and appeared on some of BBC Radio Scotland's Sunday morning news review shows, and I will soon be taking over as English language editor of GazetaE, the largest online Polish newspaper in the UK." | Amy Mackinnon, the 2012 winner of the student prize and a graduate of politics and Russian, said: "the award can only be paralleled by my degree in terms of the opportunities it has provided. As a direct result, I've worked with Channel 4's Dispatches and appeared on some of BBC Radio Scotland's Sunday morning news review shows, and I will soon be taking over as English language editor of GazetaE, the largest online Polish newspaper in the UK." |
| MacKinnon's winning article The Curious Case of John Oguchuckwu, about a Nigerian asylum seeker-turned-Scottish student deported from the UK before finishing his studies, was originally written for the Glasgow University Guardian, a student newspaper, and is available to read online. | MacKinnon's winning article The Curious Case of John Oguchuckwu, about a Nigerian asylum seeker-turned-Scottish student deported from the UK before finishing his studies, was originally written for the Glasgow University Guardian, a student newspaper, and is available to read online. |
| The competition is open to any student at a UK university, higher education college or further education college who will still be studying on 18 February 2013. Entries can be either a written article (up to 2,000 words), or a radio or film report (up to 10 minutes in length) on the subject of human rights, published in a student publication or broadcast on a student radio or TV station between 1 September 2012 and 18 February 2013. The judges will take into account quality of writing, filming or recording and depth and quality of research. | The competition is open to any student at a UK university, higher education college or further education college who will still be studying on 18 February 2013. Entries can be either a written article (up to 2,000 words), or a radio or film report (up to 10 minutes in length) on the subject of human rights, published in a student publication or broadcast on a student radio or TV station between 1 September 2012 and 18 February 2013. The judges will take into account quality of writing, filming or recording and depth and quality of research. |
| "The AIUK awards are a heartening reminder that, in the right hands, journalism can be a potent force for good," MacKinnon said. "The awards recognise the determination and courage of journalists who shine a light on dark practices around the world. The student category recognises the value of student journalism and serves to put human rights at the top of the agenda for the next generation of British journalists." | "The AIUK awards are a heartening reminder that, in the right hands, journalism can be a potent force for good," MacKinnon said. "The awards recognise the determination and courage of journalists who shine a light on dark practices around the world. The student category recognises the value of student journalism and serves to put human rights at the top of the agenda for the next generation of British journalists." |
| The prize is a fellowship with the Pulitzer Centre on Crisis Reporting and includes a $2,000 (£1250) travel grant to cover an under-reported topic of the winner's choice, plus two weeks' work experience at the Observer, a VIP invitation to the awards ceremony, and an Amnesty, NUS and Observer goodie bag. | The prize is a fellowship with the Pulitzer Centre on Crisis Reporting and includes a $2,000 (£1250) travel grant to cover an under-reported topic of the winner's choice, plus two weeks' work experience at the Observer, a VIP invitation to the awards ceremony, and an Amnesty, NUS and Observer goodie bag. |
| For more information on how to enter, visit amnesty.org.uk | For more information on how to enter, visit amnesty.org.uk |
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