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Pakistan to have 2nd AGAHI Awards for Excellence in Journalism in current month

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Pakistan to have 2nd AGAHI Awards for Excellence in Journalism in current month

Islamabad : Mishal Pakistan will be hosting second round of annual journalism awards on September 21st, 2013 in Islamabad.  Agahi Awards 2013  will be celebrated in collaboration with leading press clubs across country, local and international media development bodies, regulatory authorities, private sector and other stakeholders, says a press release.

Pakistan to have 2nd AGAHI Awards for Excellence in Journalism in current month
The Agahi Awards are an annual series of awards for journalism in Pakistan, developed under the umbrella of the Credibility Lab at Mishal for creating an appreciation methodology for ethical and quality content. The evaluation methodology and criteria of the awards has been designed on the pillars of Media Development Indicators of UNESCO, in collaboration with the Center for International Media Ethics (CIME) and UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The Awards were inaugurated in March 2012 and have become the most prestigious awards for the journalism in Pakistan.

The Awards have created appreciation for journalism in more than twenty different categories including business and economy, conflict, corruption, crime, education, infotainment, the nexus between water, energy and food security, gender and governance, health, extremism and terrorism, peace, interfaith, dignity; thus creating media diversity across print, television, radio and the online media.

The Awards have two special categories  Current Affairs Anchor of the Year  and  News Channel of the Year  in Pakistan. Both these categories are on the basis of people s choice, which includes voting for these two categories by reaching out via social media engagement, SMS campaign and direct feedback.

To ensure diversity in content and more social issues to be highlighted in media, Mishal Pakistan in collaboration with Save the Children created the health category further dividing them into six sub-categories. This has not only increased the quantum of health content in media, but has also encouraged journalists to write more on the socio-economic challenges in Pakistan.

This year AGAHI Awards received an overwhelming response by the journalist community, where more than 1500 nominations were received from all over the country across more than 20 different categories. The jury will now be evaluating the entries in the coming days.

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