Have you published an article on "skin cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment" in 2011? If so, why not apply for the 2nd International Journalism Award 2012 of the ESCF?

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Annually, skin cancer incidence has been continously increasing by five percent during the past decade. Meanwhile, skin cancer is the most common cancer. The main reason is the intensive sunbath that can cause serious, chronic photo damage of the skin. The morbidity and the health burden associated with skin cancer is underestimated. It is essential that sun protection starts as early as possible because every sunburn in childhood can increases the risk of later developing skin cancer.

The European Skin Cancer Foundation aims to increase the awareness and the knowledge of skin cancer in the general population. For this reason, the ESCF will give annually an award to journalists. They will be honored for their outstanding commitment on representing the subject of skin cancer and skin cancer prevention to the general public in order to increase awareness.

Candidates

Applications are open to journalists and editorial teams (giving all authors), and freelance writers in the two categories of media:

    Print Category:

• Local and regional articles
• Regional and national articles
• Articles from weekly / monthly publications
• Magazines (other than customer magazines and pure subscription tracks)

    Television Category:

• TV reports and broadcasts from 1'30 to 45 minutes
• Reports, documentaries and magazine reviews

Conditions

Authors may apply with one contribution per media category. The application can also be done as an endorsement by third parties. The contribution must be in German or English, be published between 01.08. 2011 and 31.07.2012 and not been awarded before. Everyday politics and articles from professional journals, books, and series will not be considered.

Endowment

The award is endowed with 5,000 Euro for each media category.

Evaluation Criteria

The award recognizes outstanding and easily understandable publications of a year. The focus of reporting should be on the following topics:

• Is the review based on scientific approaches?
• Was the research conducted carefully?
• How well is the specified target group addressed?
• How well the the journalistic quality and originality of the contribution?
• Does the contribution use appropriate language, style and form?

Opportunities for Applying

Submission of the contribution is possible by post or email

• Print review in PDF format (two documents)
• Video review in mpeg2 (DvvD9 / mpeg4 format, including the manuscript, the interviews written out and the moderation)

Details

• Name and address of the author or the editor
• Short biography of the author
• Short description of the contribution
• Title and Release Date
• Details to the target group

Deadline

is the 7/31/2012

Please send your application to:
journalistenpreis(at)escf-network[dot]eu

or

European Skin Cancer Foundation (ESCF)
Kaiserin-Friedrich-Haus
Keyword: Journalistenpreis
Robert-Kochplatz 7
10115 Berlin
Germany

Notes

Incomplete applications or applications that do not fulfil the requirements will not be considered. Submitted papers remain at the ESCF. The winners will be informed in writing. The name will be published in professional journals and on the ESCF-website: www.escf-network.eu.

Jury

The jury members are appointed by the ESCF and are independent in their judgments. Jury members are:

• Representatives from medicine: Prof. Dr. Eggert Stockfleth, Head of
  the Skin Cancer Center Charité (SCCC)
• Representatives of the ESCF (Birgit Hinrichs, Project Management
  ESCF; Stefanie Schnarr, PR ESCF)
• Representatives of the media: Sybille Seitz, rbb / ARD, Ralf
  Blumenthal, Professional Association of German Dermatologists

The decision is final. In particular, the jury is not required to define their decision with third parties.

The award ceremony is on the 13. September 2012 at the European "Non Melanoma Skin Cancer Day".