The national Bank of Rwanda (BNR) in collaboration with the Media High Council (MHC) will reward journalists and media outlets that have excelled in economy reporting.Emmanuel Mugisha, the Media High Council executive secretary, said the awards are aimed at empowering professional journalism and encouraging specialised reporting.“The BNR: Economy Reporters Excellence Award will be offered to individual journalists and media outlets to recognise their performance in informing and educating their readership about economic issues,” Mugisha said in a statement. The best reporter will win Rwf2m and a trophy, while the first runner-up will walk away with Rwf1m and the winning media house will get a trophy, it added. Qualifying journalists should submit their entries to the Media High Council in “hard copy” format before July 7. Mugisha said articles on implementation of monetary policy, organisation, supervision and regulation of foreign exchange market, supervision and regulation of financial institutions notably banks, micro-finance institutions, insurance companies, social security institutions, collective placement and regulation and modernisation of payment systems will be considered.The articles should have been published online or in print between January 1 and December 31, 2012. To enter the contest, individual journalists should be permanent workers and recognised by the Media High Council, according to the statement. Any media house wishing to participate in the contest should submit all economy-related articles published between January 1 and December 31, 2012, together with copies of newspaper volumes where they were published, it added.For details check MHC and central bank websites at: www.mhc.gov.rw and www.bnr.rw, respectively.
