NEW YORK--(COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Nov 6, 2003--ESPN The Magazine, winner of the 2003 National Magazine Award for General Excellence, has announced the creation of the ESPN The Magazine College Journalism Awards -- honoring excellence in the coverage of sports by college students. The awards recognize exceptional performance in the presentation of published writing or photography that brings alive for readers the games, events, intricacies and personalities of sports. Submitted entries must be published in an affiliated newspaper, Web site or other publication by those recognized as full-time students by a domestic college or university.
''It has always been our mission at The Magazine to be the magazine for the next generation of sports fans,'' said Geoff Reiss, senior vice president and general manager, ESPN The Magazine. ''With that also comes a desire to seek out the next wave of editorial talent, and these awards will be an exciting new opportunity for up-and-coming writers and photographers.''
A jury of ESPN The Magazine editors, select professors, journalists and editors will judge entries across five categories: News Reporting, Enterprise Reporting, Feature/Profile Writing, Opinion/Commentary and Photography. Entries must have been published between April 1, 2003, and March 31, 2004. Winners will be announced in April 2004. A complete guide to entry forms, rules, and prize information will be available via ESPN.com (Search: Journalism Awards) in the coming weeks.
Added Gary Hoenig, editor in chief, ESPN The Magazine, ''The Magazine has succeeded in taking young people and molding them into great journalists, and we hope to continue that tradition with these awards.''
Category descriptions include:
News Reporting: Recognizes excellence in clear, efficient and expert reporting of a news event, including ''off-field'' events that involve athletes, coaches, administrators or teams; also coverage of games and events;
Enterprise Reporting: Recognizes excellence in writing based on substantial reporting and investigation of difficult-to-get-at information, shedding new light on, and furthering the understanding of, a subject, incident or trend that is not regularly exposed to public view;
Feature/Profile Writing: Honors work that brings alive and thoroughly explains a subject through fine writing and reporting -- be it an individual (profile), team, place, event, situation or trend;
Opinion and Commentary: Recognizes excellence in the writer`s expression of personal feeling about a subject. It honors the eloquence, force of argument and succinctness with which the writer`s view is presented. The piece may be serious, humorous or anywhere in between;
Photography: Honors excellence in the making of photographs that forcefully tell the various stories of sports -- including action, feature, news and portraiture.
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