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| The deadline is coming soon to register for
the 2004
The best journalism that is produced each year in the Americas is presented at the annual General Assembly of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA). The IAPA is an organization with a membership of more than 1,300 publications that for more than 60 years has been dedicated to defending and nourish freedom of the press in the Western Hemisphere. The competition for the annual IAPA awards is unparalleled in the industry. Newspapers and news agencies of some 33 nations of North, Central and South America and the Caribbean submit their best works in English, Spanish or Portuguese to the IAPA headquarters in Miami by the contest deadline of February 1. The adjudicating panel - made up of newspaper editors and publishers from the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Jamaica, among others - evaluates the entries in any of the three languages and chooses winners during the IAPA Midyear Meeting. The winners later receive diplomas and cash prizes of up to $2,000, presented during the General Assembly held the following October. Awards are made in 10 categories, including inter-American relations, human rights, news coverage, features, in-depth reporting, photography, cartoons, infographics, opinion and the newspaper in education. Also awarded is a special prize called the IAPA Grand Prize for Freedom of the Press, given to a person or organization that has made outstanding efforts on behalf of freedom of the press in the Western Hemisphere. In previous years, journalists from Colombia and Cuba have received the award collectively for their defense of this freedom. The prize has also been awarded to individuals, such as Jesús Blancornelas of Mexico for his commitment to publishing the truth about criminal organizations at his own personal risk. A publication need not be a member of the IAPA to take part in the contest, although we do encourage all the publications to assess our mission with a view to becoming a member. An essential requirement for entry is that the submitted work must have been published in 2003.
Sincerely,
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