IAPA EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES FOR 2015 EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM AWARDS

MIAMI, Florida (January 16, 2015)- The Inter American Press Association reported today that due to the very high number of entries received and the great interest shown in participating it has decided to extend to January 23 the deadline for receipt of entries in the 2015 Excellence in Journalism Awards contest. To date 920 entries have been received. The new deadline is midnight on January 23, 2015 and there will be no further extension. The awards contest each year attracts the best and brightest of journalism in the Western Hemisphere. Publications and news agencies in some 33 nations in the Americas and the Caribbean submit their best works in English, Spanish or Portuguese. The 13 awards categories are: inter-American relations; human rights; news coverage; features; in-depth reporting; photography; cartoons; infographics; opinion; the newspaper in education, reporting on the environment, best multimedia coverage and best online news coverage. In addition the IAPA awards its Grand Prize for Press Freedom to a person or organization showing significant achievements on behalf of the cause of freedom of the press. The call for entries and contest rules may be obtained from the IAPA’s Web site, www.sipiapa.org/awards. It is not necessary to be an IAPA member to participate. Direct access: http://www.sipiapa.org/prem