Entries

Any of the following may be entered:

• Printed report or article
• Radio or television programme or insert
• Material distributed by means of podcasting or RSS feeds
• Web news pages
• Electronic news services,

provided that

• it is of financial or economic nature in the specified sections; and
• was published, broadcast or distributed in South Africa.

Awards will be given to winners in each of the sections, to the overall Financial Journalist of the Year and to the best newcomer. The best newcomer award will be presented for the best entry by a participant entering for the first time and with fewer than three years’ experience.

Journalists may submit separate entries for both audio and visual media. If warranted by the number and quality of entries, more than one award will be considered for these media.

Sections

The sections are as follows:

• Economy and industry – daily newspapers and internet news services
• Economy and industry – magazines and weekly newspapers

Both these sections will cover the in-depth analyses of and relevant comments and
exclusive reporting (scoops) on the economy and industries in the broadest sense,
including news and analyses needed to examine the mind shift and approach to
economics in developing countries; the position of the private sector, and the
approach and role of the State, and the impact on South Africa.

• Markets and companies – daily newspapers and internet news services;
• Markets and companies – magazines and weekly newspapers.

Both these sections cover thorough and incisive analyses of, and exclusive
reporting (scoops) on the prospects of and developments in markets and companies,
which could influence the merits and potential of the various investment mediums
and facilitate informed investment decisions.

• Personal finance – financial media
• Personal finance – non-financial media

In both these sections the emphasis is on the manner in which reports succeed in
interpreting complicated concepts and economic and financial policy, and in
explaining the implications for the lay person in a balanced and informative way.
Typical articles are aimed at elucidation, guidance/advice and broadening the
reader’s knowledge of and insight into the economy, the financial markets and
business and investment in general.

• Audiovisual media – including syndication and digital media

In this section, it is of the essence to integrate expert comment and discussion,
background research and balanced interpretation to broaden the insight of the viewer
or listener. These must include explanations, interpretations, analyses and
discussions of developments in the economic, financial and business sectors and
personal finance, which were broadcast on radio and television or distributed by
means of podcasting or RSS feeds, and in which the journalist/presenter/producer
made a significant contribution to the programme in terms of conceptualisation,
insight, research, text or script.

How to enter

Entries from print and internet media should be submitted, preferably, online or by
e-mail.  Audiovisual entries, with sound bytes and/or visuals, should to be submitted by mail or courier.

Only one entry, per participant, per section will be allowed, except for journalists in audiovisual media, who may submit sound bytes or visuals as separate entries or a combination. 

A participant may submit entries for more than one section, but each entry must have its own entry form and be submitted separately.

One entry consists of five articles, reports, recordings or transcriptions. Submitted entries will not be returned.

Please ensure that the dates on which the material was published, broadcast or distributed are clearly indicated (between 1 January and 31 December of the competition year).

Please note:  Instead of a Word-compatible attachment, a PDF of A4 or A3 format will be accepted provided the original document has not been reduced to fit the particular format.

 

1. Online submissions

Once you have selected the material to be entered, complete the Entry form: Print and Internet Media on screen, attach the selected files as indicated in Word-compatible format and click on “Submit”. Your entry will be acknowledged automatically.

Repeat this procedure for each new entry, if required.
 

2. E-mail submissions

If your workstation does not allow online submission but the material you want to enter is available in Word-compatible format, simply use ordinary e-mail. Send a message to Petra Steenkamp at petra.steenkamp@sanlam.co.za and insert the personal and other information requested on the entry form in the body of the
e-mail.  Clearly indicate the section for which you are entering, supply the headlines and dates of your material, add the material as attachments or paste it into the message and send. Repeat the procedure for each new entry if required.


3. Hard copy submissions 


If submitting hard copies is the only option available to you, proceed as follows. Hard copies must consist of original cuttings or photocopies of the material. Material should not be bound in files and must not exceed A4 format or be reduced or scaled down from A3 to A4. If required, cut material into sections and paste on A4 paper. Then complete the Print and Internet Media entry form, print it and mail or courier the entire package, marked "Sanlam Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism", to:

Petra Steenkamp
Group Communications
Sanlam Limited
PO Box 1
Sanlamhof 7532
(2 Strand Road, Bellville)



4. Audiovisual entries

Reporters, presenters and producers working in this field, may submit sound bytes or visuals as separate entries or combine it. Internet-based entrants may also submit audio and video podcasts. Entries must be mailed or delivered to the hard copy address given in paragraph 3 above.  Audiovisual entries comprise:

• The Audiovisual Media entry form – please print and complete the form and ensure that the sequence of files, as indicated on the entry form, corresponds with the sequence of content on supporting recordings.
  

• Supporting sound bytes or visuals in audio CD or DVD format – preferably copied onto a single CD or DVD.
  

• Scripts or transcriptions if available – or at least a summary of the content on each of the different recordings.