NEWS
AWARDS CONTEST
Eligibility:
The competition is open to all IBNA dues-paying members employed at any
electronic media facility in Iowa and adjacent markets. An IBNA member
not entering the maximum number of items in a given category may
"share" his/her eligibility with non-members at the station. Example:
The news director at a station is an IBNA member, but none of the rest
of the staff are members. The news director wishes to submit two items
in one category, but has no other entries. The member may fill the
remainder of the category with the work of other staff members (with
appropriate credit). Stations may submit additional written materials
explaining their entries; for example, station resources, special
circumstances to help put the entry in context, etc. All
entries must have aired during calendar year
2009 and must be submitted as they aired, without later editing.
The IBNA Board has instructed
judges to select first, second and third place award winners in each
category, whenever possible.
Submission of
Entries: A separate disc must be used for each
entry, clearly labeled with: 1) station call letters, 2) title of the
piece, 3) contest category. Entrants can include anchor lead-ins to
stories and give the judges facts important to the story. This
additional written material should be clearly identifiable. All
stations must specify their market size
(small, large, or student) on the entry form and on all discs. Entries
will NOT be returned; all discs become the property of IBNA. Those who
enter the 2009 IBNA News Awards Contest agree to allow IBNA to use
excerpts from their work in an awards video to be shown at the annual
convention, and later to be made available to members and educational
institutions, and for promotion of IBNA. NOTE: Entries
submitted without the name of a current dues-paying IBNA member on the
entry form, or submitted without entry fees, are not eligible.
Radio
(Professional): There are two radio divisions:
small market and large market. Large markets are defined as
Dubuque, Quad Cities, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Waterloo/Cedar Falls,
Des Moines, Sioux City, and Omaha/Council Bluffs, as well as radio
networks/news services. Any other city of license is considered a small
market. Submit entries on CD only; one entry per CD. Fees: $10.00
per entry. Limit: Three entries per category, except Best
Newscast, Best Sportscast, and Overall
Excellence, which have a limit of one entry per station.
Television
(Professional): There are two television
divisions: small market and large market. Large markets are
defined as Des Moines/Ames, Cedar Rapids/Waterloo, and the Quad Cities.
Any other city of license is considered a small market. Submit
entries on DVD only; one entry per DVD. Fees: $20.00 per entry. Limit:
Three entries per category, except Best Newscast, Best
Sportscast, and Overall Excellence, which
have a limit of one entry per station.
Student Entries:
All student entries, regardless of college or university size, are in
the same division. All other rules for professional radio and
television entries apply; the student entry fees, however, are one-half
that for professional entries.
