The Punta Cana-Macao Energy Consortium (CEPM), the San Pedro de Macorís Electricity Company (CESPM), InterEnergy Group and the Business Network for Environmental Protection (Ecored) are motivating journalists to compete in the 4th Annual Environmental Journalism Award 2018-2019. The competition has cash prizes worth RD$850,000. The cash awards this year are 142% more than the previous edition when the cash prize was RD$350,000.
The competition is held to motivate journalists to write stories that encourage sustainable environmental conservation. The sponsors understand that journalism plays a crucial role in raising awareness of individual or sectoral actions that can influence ecological protection and sustainable development in the country. The sponsors say the prize has already borne fruit, with many more journalists writing on the issues.
For this edition, the first place will receive RD$500,000.00, the second RD$250,000, and the third place, RD$100,000.00.
The call for entries is open until Monday, 30 September 2019 at 4pm at the ECORED offices. The journalistic works need to have been published from 1 September 2018 and 27 September 2019 in local, national or regional news media in the Dominican Republic, either in printed or digital format.
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Ecored
10 September 2019