AJA’S DEADLINE APPROACHING

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Atlantic Canadian journalists are reminded to submit their print, radio and television stories and images to the 27th Atlantic Journalism Awards.

Entries are required to have been published or broadcast in an Atlantic Canadian medium during 2007, and postmarked no later than the submission deadline of Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008.

Panels of judges from across Canada will review the entries and select three finalists from each category. Finalists will be announced in early April and the gold awards will be presented at the annual gala dinner and awards show on Saturday, May 3, 2008, at the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel.

This year's Atlantic Journalism Awards categories are:

• Spot News - Print, Radio and Television
• Feature Writing - Print, Radio and Television
• Continuing Coverage - Print, Radio and Television
• Enterprise Reporting - Print, Radio and Television
• Sports Reporting - Any Medium
• Arts and Entertainment Reporting - Any Medium
• Atlantic Magazine - Best Article
• Atlantic Magazine - Best Cover
• Atlantic Magazine - Best Profile Article
• Photojournalism Spot News - Print, Television
• Photojournalism Feature - Print, Television
• VideoJournalist - Television
• Commentary - Any Medium
• Editorial Cartooning
• The Jim MacNeill New Journalist Award - Any Medium

Entry forms, regulations, category descriptions, tickets and other information can be found at www.AJAs.ca, or by calling (902) 425-2727.

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