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4th International Video Journalism Awards, Mainz, Germany:
"Unlimited access"

CALL FOR ENTRIES Deadline 15th of October 2008
http://www.vjawards.com <http://www.vjawards.com>

Go out - find a story – publish it:
The „4th International Video Journalism Awards" is calling for entries!

The Video Journalism Awards is looking for non-fiction videos from
single authors, the so called videojournalists (short VJs). A VJ is
responsible for the whole creative process starting from research and
shooting as well as covering the whole process of editing and
sometimes even the publication of the film.
A small camcorder and a laptop are the tools of the VJ, which is
comparable to the pen and paper a newspaper journalist uses.

The final deadline for entering films for the 4th International Video
Journalism Awards is the 15th of October 2008. The awards are produced
by vjawards.com , the host is ZDF German Television in Mainz.

The internet is converging all kinds of media, which is reflected by
this year's theme "unlimited access". The awards try to cover all
known fields of video journalism: films from TV-stations and
publishing companies and productions from an independent background
are awarded with a total of 12.000 € of prize money going to the
seperated categories "independent and online" and "TV production".
Recent developements that influence the VJ-scene and future
perspectives are discussed in the supporting programme of the 4th
International Video Journalism Awards.

INTERNATIONAL VIDEO JOURNALISM AWARD

a) TV production – broadcast reports (2000 €)
A journalistic or documentary report with a maximum duration of 15
minutes, produced by one or more video journalists/

video reporters,
and which has already been broadcast.

b) independent or online video (2000 €)
A journalistic or documentary report with a maximum duration of 15
minutes, produced by one or more video journalists/video reporters,
but which has not necessarily been broadcast.

GERMAN VIDEO JOURNALISM AWARD

a) TV production - broadcast reports (2000 €)
A journalistic or documentary report with a maximum duration of 15
minutes, produced by one or more video journalists/video reporters and
which has been aired by a German-language television channel (please
indicate the station and broadcast date). All genres.

b) Independent or online video (2000 €)
A journalistic or documentary report with a maximum duration of 15
minutes, produced by one or more video journalists/video reporters,
but which has not necessarily been broadcast.

REPORTAGE AWARD (2500 €)
A feature report in the German language with a minimum duration of 15
minutes and a maximum duration of 29 minutes, produced by one or more
video journalists/video reporters, but which has not necessarily been
broadcast.

NEWCOMER VIDEO JOURNALISM AWARD (1000 €)
A journalistic or documentary report with a maximum duration of 15
minutes, produced by one or more video journalists/video reporters.
The applicants must be under 30 years of age or currently enrolled in
an institution of higher education. Those productions will be
considered for awards whose appeal lies in a unique style of content
or cinematography and indicate a great potential of the applicant.

Online- audience prize (500 €)
A specially developed open online voting system will allow the users
to cast votes for their favorite entries.

Special mentioning of the jury
The jury nominates a film, that impressed them, and that might expand
the term video journalism.

Further information is provided on our website:
http://www.vjawards.com <http://www.vjawards.com>

We look forward to your submissions

For further guidelines on how to submit  videos please check out:
http://www.vjawards.com/call.html

 Regards from all of us,
VJAwards.com