Calling candidates for the PLAY THE GAME AWARD 2007
The world communication conference Play the Game wishes to pay tribute to an individual or a group of persons who in their professional careers or as volunteers in sport have made an outstanding effort to realise one or more of the following aims:
* to strengthen the basic ethical values of sport
* to encourage democracy, transparency and freedom of expression in world sport
* to create awareness of sport’s role in society at a local, national and international level
* to draw a many-sided picture of sport
* to support the right of the individual to choose and influence his or her daily sporting activities
The Award will be given to persons who have shown remarkable personal courage and commitment to creating a better sports community, for instance by uncovering corruption, doping and other malpractices in sport, or by inspiring to more joyful and healthy sports practices for people in general.
The Play the Game Award is presented during the 5th Play the Game World Conference from 28 October to 2 November 2007 in Reykjavik, Iceland. The winner will receive the award in front of an audience of internationally leading media professionals, academic researchers, managers and leaders in sport. The award consists of a piece of art and a speaker’s invitation including free travel, accommodation and board for Play the Game 2009.
Previous winners of the Play the Game Award are Canadian journalist and author Laura Robinson (2002) who was honoured for her courageous uncovering of systematic sexual abuse in Canadian junior hockey, and the Argentina anti-corruption fighter in world volleyball, Mario Goijman (2005).
This time, Mario Goijman will enter as a member of the jury for the 2007 Award alongside Søren Wormslev, representing The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), and the Play the Game Board, headed by Jens Brinch.
When presenting yourself or someone you know as a candidate for the Play the Game Award, please submit:
* a written motivation in English (max. 500 words)
* a CV or brief description of the candidate
* newspaper articles, audio tapes, video clippings, URLs or other documentation that supports the candidature
Please send your documentation by post or by email to
Play the Game
c/o Danish School of Journalism
Olof Palmes Allé 11
DK-8200 Aarhus N
Denmark
info@playthegame.org
Proposals can be sent any time before the conference. The final deadline for proposals is Wednesday 31 October at noon at the conference secretariat in Reykjavik.
The jury will consider all proposed candidates, but is also free to pick a winner of its own choice, to select more than one winner, or to decide that no candidate is qualified.
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