IP Journalists Awards

Summary

The ARIPO Intellectual Property Journalists Awards aim to promote intellectual property by recognising the work of journalists on educating and raising public awareness about the benefits of intellectual property (IP) protection. The objective is to encourage quality journalism by acknowledging their excellence in shaping core values and attitudes and highlight emerging issues related to Intellectual Property rights in Africa.

The ARIPO IP Journalists Awards is an initiative that allows journalists from the 22 ARIPO Member States to submit their digital, print, radio, and television coverage of IP-related topics as a portfolio of evidence to ARIPO for evaluation and stand a chance to win prize money. Submissions shall be entered through the online portal created specifically for this purpose, following criteria set for the competition.

Upon evaluation of submission by the appointed judges panel, three top-scoring individuals will be selected.

Terms & Conditions

This guide provides you with all the information to submit your application and have a chance to be among the winners. Please carefully read the information to find out more about the competition’s categories and practical information linked to eligibility before submitting your news/feature entry to ensure that your application meets the criteria.

• - Entrants for the ARIPO IP Journalists Awards must be citizens from any of the 22 ARIPO Member States.
• - Must be between 18 - 60 years old at the end of the submission period
• - News/feature entries and entry forms should be submitted in English or any other language spoken in the ARIPO Member States, with an accompanying English translation.
• - Coverage submitted in the portfolio of evidence should have been published from January 2023 to August 2024.
• - News items published through paid collaborations with AfrIPI or ARIPO are not eligible for participation.

News/ Features Submission Criteria

News entries submitted should promote the social and/or economic benefits of intellectual property protection. The news/feature entry should have been published on any print, radio, television or digital media channel. All content related to intellectual property is welcome.

• - A minimum of 2 different news items covering different stories should be provided in the entry portfolio
• - The submitted portfolio items should attempt to unpack IP matters into simplified aspects for ease of understanding
• - Define one or more aspects of IP for the audiences
• - Explore how IP is part of everyday life
• - Provide relatable connections between IP and current social and business trends
• - Storytelling elements: quality of writing or production, story exclusivity, and effort will be considered

Supporting documents

Submitted applications should be accompanied by supporting documents original proofs, audio and TV clips, news links etc. 

ARIPO reserves the right to disqualify submissions that do not demonstrate proof of flight/publishing.

Application requirements

Applicants must confirm their compliance with the competition rules and agree to the privacy notice, which includes the following requirements:

• - News entry should be submitted by their original creators who will ensure they comply with all intellectual property regulations
• - Applicants reserve the right to submit more than one entry as long as each entry concerns a separate news piece.

Any non-compliance with the established rules will result in an application not being eligible.

Submission deadline: 14 September 2024.

Prizes

The winners shall be awarded as follows:

1st Prize 1 – USD$3, 000.00

First Runner up  – USD$2, 000.00

Second Runner up – USD$1, 000.00

COPYRIGHT & PRIVACY STATEMENT

By submitting their form, each entrant agrees to share their data with the competition’s jury committee and ARIPO Secretariat.

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