Entries - International Video Journalism Awards 4th year

David receives his award for 8 days at the 3rd International Video Journalism Awards

So here's the details for peer fame and some money for your hard efforts.

The 4th International Video Journalism Awards, Mainz, Germany: "Unlimited access"

CALL FOR ENTRIES Deadline 15th of October 2008
http://www.vjawards.com

Go out - find a story – publish it:
The „4th International Video Journalism Awards” is calling for entries!

The Video Journalism Awards is looking for non-fiction videos from single authors, the so called videojournalists (short VJs). A VJ is responsible for the whole creative process starting from research and shooting as well as covering the whole process of editing and sometimes even the publication of the film.

A small camcorder and a laptop are the tools of the VJ, which is comparable to the pen and paper a newspaper journalist uses.

Sabine Streich, VJ organiser and an accomplished VJ ,VJ Trainer and publisher

The final deadline for entering films for the 4th International Video Journalism Awards is the 15th of October 2008. The awards are produced by vjawards.com , the host is ZDF German Television in Mainz.

The internet is converging all kinds of media, which is reflected by this year's theme "unlimited access".

The awards try to cover all known fields of video journalism: films from TV-stations and publishing companies and productions from an independent background are awarded with a total of 12.000 € of prize money going to the seperated categories "independent and online" and "TV production".

Recent developements that influence the VJ-scene and future perspectives are discussed in the supporting programme of the 4th International Video Journalism Awards.

DW Journalist Stephan Bachenheimer picks up his award for the brilliant film inside Guantanamo Bay

INTERNATIONAL VIDEO JOURNALISM AWARD

a) TV production – broadcast reports (2000 €)
A journalistic or documentary report with a maximum duration of 15 minutes, produced by one or more video journalists/video reporters, and which has already been broadcast.

b) independent or online video (2000 €)
A journalistic or documentary report with a maximum duration of 15 minutes, produced by one or more video journalists/video reporters, but which has not necessarily been broadcast.

GERMAN VIDEO JOURNALISM AWARD

a) TV production - broadcast reports (2000 €)
A journalistic or documentary report with a maximum duration of 15 minutes, produced by one or more video journalists/video reporters and which has been aired by a German-language television channel (please indicate the station and broadcast date). All genres.

b) Independent or online video (2000 €)
A journalistic or documentary report with a maximum duration of 15 minutes, produced by one or more video journalists/video reporters, but which has not necessarily been broadcast.

REPORTAGE AWARD (2500 €)
A feature report in the German language with a minimum duration of 15 minutes and a maximum duration of 29 minutes, produced by one or more video journalists/video reporters, but which has not necessarily been broadcast.

NEWCOMER VIDEO JOURNALISM AWARD (1000 €)
A journalistic or documentary report with a maximum duration of 15 minutes, produced by one or more video journalists/video reporters. The applicants must be under 30 years of age or currently enrolled in an institution of higher education. Those productions will be considered for awards whose appeal lies in a unique style of content or cinematography and indicate a great potential of the applicant.

Online- audience prize (500 €)
A specially developed open online voting system will allow the users to cast votes for their favorite entries.

Special mentioning of the jury
The jury nominates a film, that impressed them, and that might expand the term video journalism.

Dutch VJ based in Africa, Ruud Elmendorp, grabs an award for his daring "I am Joseph Kony", the leader of a rebel movement accused of massive atrocities.

Further information is provided on the website: http://www.vjawards.com

Note from David Dunkley Gyimah, one of this years jury members for the International Video Journalism Awards and a recipient of the International Video Journalism Awards in 2006 for 8 Days.

A high turn out marks the beginnings of the awards ceremony in Berlin

5 reasons to submit to the awards

Participating in the first "open access" awards and still one of the most respected

The potential of winning the award, recognition and prize money

Meeting fellow Video Journalists and making good contacts and friends

Seeing different styles of Video Journalism and solo film making across the world

Being at the heart of a movement in its nascent stages and which can only get bigger