By Dipo Olowookere
Business reporters working with media organisations based in Nigeria or with Nigerian audience have been urged to submit entries for the PwC Media Excellence Award 2017.
The PwC Media Excellence Awards celebrates and rewards excellence in business reporting in Nigeria.
The competition is open to professional journalists on a full time employment or freelance, working in Nigeria, who have produced a story that falls within the categories covered by the award and that is available on a platform whose primary audience is Nigeria.
The award recognises and rewards excellence in reporting in Tax Reporting, Capital Markets Reporting, SMEs Reporting, and Business & Economy Reporting.
Journalists selected in each category by panel of judges will be named the Journalist of the year in that category and will receive a cash prize of N500,000.
According to PwC Nigeria, which organises the event, the panel of independent, respected and experienced judges will be looking for entries that display well organised research and insight, demonstrate journalistic integrity, show originality and resourcefulness in crafting their story, show relevance to the Nigerian situation, and follow the provisions of the entry guidelines.
Entries are expected to be filed in on or before Wednesday, September 20, 2017.
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