AWARDS: Casey Medals for coverage of children and families
Apply now for the 2006 Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, honoring
distinguished coverage of children and families. First-place winners in 14
categories receive $1,000 and are honored at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.
Award categories include newspapers, magazines, television, radio,
photojournalism and online. Work must be published or broadcast between Jan.
1 and Dec. 31, 2005. Entries are due on March 1, 2006. Download the rules
and an entry form at http://cjc.umd.edu/pdf/awards/2006_Casey_Medal.pdf
The Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families (CJC) is a nonprofit,
nonpartisan program of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the
University of Maryland, College Park, and is funded by the Annie E. Casey
Foundation. More than 2,000 journalists have applied for Casey
Medals since 1994. For more information about previous winners, visit
http://cjc.umd.edu/awards/index.html
