2nd Sports Journalists Choice Awards Ceremony
- 15th December 2017
- Kampala (Venue to be confirmed)
Sports Journalists worldwide, like a couple of other professionals are a devoted crop.
Add to the nature of the demanding job, Sports Journalists endure all stormy prevailing environs to craft ideas and story tell in the best way possible with the due timeliness.
In Uganda, the idea of recognizing these unsung heroes was silent until last year when the Sports Journalists Choice Awards was conceived.
Eventually, the inaugural edition of the Awards was held last December with 5 categories recognized.
A year later, the same awards are back with more vibrancy.
On Tuesday, October 31 the 2017 edition of the awards were officially launched at Route 256 Restaurant in Lugogo Kampala.
This time round, the journalists will smile to a more glamorous event where the awards have been doubled to 10.
Leon Ssenyange, the brain behind the awards further hints about the prime objective;
The Sports Journalists Choice Awards are to encourage Sports Journalists uplift their reporting standards and also provide information that will be beneficial to the consumers of sports news.
For the second year running, the awards are only open to career local journalists (both print and broadcast).
New Categories
The five new categories added to last year’s awards are Regional Sports Journalist of the Year 2017, Sports Scoop of the Year 2017, Sports Website of the Year 2017, Sports Photograph of the Year 2017 and Sports Feature of the Year (TV, Radio, Print and Online).
The aforementioned group will join the initial 5 categories of 2016 which were; Breakthrough Sports Journalist of the Year, Sports Social Medial Journalist, Young Sports Journalist of the Year, Sports Hhotograph and overall Sports Journalist of the Year.
Entries
There are 7 categories where applicants will be required to submit online pieces produced between 1st December 2016 and 30th November 2017.
Categories for entries include; Sports Scoop of the Year 2017, Sports Website of the Year 2017, Sports Photograph of the Year 2017, Sports Feature of the Year (TV, Radio, Print and Online), Young Sports Journalist of the Year, Sports Photograph of the Year and Regional Sports Journalist of the Year.
All entries will be made online between Wednesday, 1st November till 30th November 2017.
Last year’s award winners included David Isabirye (Kawowo Sports), winner of an exceptional works by an individual, Elvis Senono (Breakthrough Award), Diane Bagala (Promising Journalist), Allan Darren Kyeyune (Sports Social Media Journalist) and Silvano Kibuuka (Sports Photograph of the Year).
