International Women’s Media Foundation Seeks Nominations for 2005 Courage in Journalism Awards and Lifetime Achievement Award

Posted by Ulrike Trux on December 17, 2004 at 10:24 AM

"The International Women’s Media Foundation is seeking nominations for its 2005 Courage in Journalism Awards and Lifetime Achievement Award. The only awards program exclusively for international women journalists, the Courage in Journalism Awards honor women journalists who have demonstrated extraordinary strength of character in pursuing their profession under difficult or dangerous circumstances, such as government oppression, political pressure, physical danger or other intimidating obstacles.

The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes a woman journalist who has a pioneering spirit and whose determination has paved the way for future generations of women in the media. Previous Courage in Journalism Award winners include Gwen Lister, The Namibian, Namibia; Mabel Rehnfeldt, ABC Color, Paraguay; Salima Tlemcani, El Watan, Algeria; Anne Garrels, NPR, United States; Sandra Nyaira, The Daily News, Zimbabwe; Jineth Bedoya Lima, El Espectador, Colombia; Bina Bektiati, Tempo, Indonesia and Marie Colvin, The Sunday Times, United Kingdom. Previous Lifetime Achievement Award winners include Barbara Walters, ABC News, United States; Helen Thomas, Hearst Newspapers, United States; Magdalena Ruiz, Radio Mitre, Argentina and Belva Davis, KRON-TV and KQED-TV, United States.
Nominations for the 2005 awards will be accepted by the IWMF between January 1, 2005 and March 15, 2005.
Candidates for the Courage in Journalism Award can be full-time, part-time or freelance women reporters, writers, editors, photographers or producers working in any country. Candidates for the Lifetime Achievement Award can be either working or retired journalists. All nominations must be in English and all nomination forms for both the Courage in Journalism Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award must be completed by a professional associate.
For further information about the awards and to learn how to nominate a journalist, visit the IWMF website at
The International Women?s Media Foundation is celebrating its Fifteenth Anniversary Year in 2004-2005. The IWMF was launched in 1990 with a mission to strengthen the role of women in the news media worldwide, based on the belief that no press is truly free unless women share an equal voice. The IWMF network includes more than 1,500 women in the media in more than 130 countries worldwide."