PLCPD Annual PopDev

Media Awards
by Ramon San Pascual, MPH
December 2009
The Philippine Legislators’ Committee on
Population and Development Foundation,
Inc. (PLCPD) is a non-stock, nonprofit,
membership-type organization
established in September 1989 by a
group of progressive legislators from the
Senate and House of Representatives.

PLCPD primarily works within the halls of

Philippine Congress, developing policy
champions and generating viable,
responsive, and people-centered public
policies on population and human
development.
 Vision
Improved quality of life for all
Filipinos through population
and human development
legislation.
 Mission
• advance substantive population
and human development policies
at all levels of legislation.
• establish partnerships towards
broadened people’s participation
in advancing legislation on
population and human
development.
• raise the awareness of the general
public to encourage active
participation in population and
human development legislation.
Pop’n and HumDev Policy
Issues
• reproductive health
• governance and fiscal reforms
• gender equality and equity
• environmental concerns
• Education
• agrarian reform and rural
development
• trade and investments
• Labor
• housing and urban development
• child rights
• human rights
 Institutional Goal

Stronger policy actions on

population and human
development issues
 PLCPD Programs

• National Advocacy & Policy

Development

• Local Governance & Development

• Integrated Resource and

Communications
 General Assembly

Board Finance
of
Trustees
Human
Executive Director Resource
&
Deputy Executive Admin & General
Director Services

Mancom Sustainability

Center for
Local Governance Integrated
Advocacy &
Development Resource
Policy
Center Center
Development
 Objectives
• GIVE RECOGNITION to media
practitioners who have helped
disseminate relevant
information and positive values
on popdev;
• ENCOURAGE mass media to
actively examine popdev
issues;
• PROMOTE EXCELLENCE in
popdev journalism; and
• HEIGHTEN public awareness
and knowledge of popdev
issues.
 Categories for the 5th
PopDev Media Awards
1. PRINT and ONLINE
- Best News Reportage (should
consist of a body of work or a
series of at least three spot
news reports).
- Best Opinion or Editorial
Piece
- Best Investigative Report
- Best Feature or Magazine
Article
 Categories
2. TV
- Best TV Documentary
- Best Magazine Program or Talk Show

3. RADIO
- Best Radio Program – News,
Commentary (should consist of a series
of at least three separate news reports
or commentaries) or Special Production
of Media Agencies
 Categories

4. PHOTOJOURNALISM
- Best Single Photo
- Best Photo Essay

5. CITATIONS for Blog (text) and Photo

Blog (Single Photo and Photo Essay)
 Mechanics

• The contest is open to all print,

broadcast, online, and photo
journalists nationwide. Entries should
have been published between August
16, 2008 and September 15, 2009 in a
publication (print or online) that has
been in existence for at least one
year. Deadline for submission of
entries is September 26, 2009.
 Mechanics
• In the context of the approaching
Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs) deadline on 2015, the
International Conference on
Population and Development (ICPD)
15th year celebration, and the
upcoming 2010 elections, we would
like to see articles that stress the
importance of the MDGs and the ICPD
as electoral issues that must be put in
the public agenda.
 Mechanics
• Entries must deal on the following
population and development issues:
 MDGs
 ICPD
 Public health especially reproductive
health
 Reproductive health policy and
governance
 Economic growth and poverty
 Climate change
 Housing and urban development
 Sustainable development
 Mechanics

• Entries may also tackle:

 Environment
 Education
 Gender
 Maternal health
 Adolescent reproductive health
 Family planning
 Food security
 Reproductive rights
 Migration
 Population ageing
Timeline of Activities
TIMELINE ACTIVITIES

Sept. 15 Cut off for entries

Thank you
Sept. 26 Deadline for submission of
entries on all categories
Oct. 7-8 Entries forwarded to AC

Oct. 26 Convening of the AC

(screening of entries)
Oct. 27-28 Short listed entries forwarded
to BOJ
Nov. 17 Convening of BOJ
(announcement of winners)
Dec. 2 Awards night
Thank You