REMINDER: Submit to RNAO's annual Media Awards competition
TORONTO, Jan. 7, 2015 /CNW/ - The deadline for reporters, editors and producers to submit their best nursing and health stories in the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario's (RNAO) annual Media Awards competition is approaching quickly.
For over a decade, RNAO, the province's professional nursing association comprised of more than 40,000 members, has honoured outstanding journalism that helps to inform, analyze and contribute to a better understanding of nursing and our health-care system. Past winners have explored a variety of topics, including youth mental health, the do-not-resuscitate discussion and the integral role palliative care plays in the lives of terminally ill patients. Meanwhile, these are just some of the topics that have captured headlines in the past year: medical tourism (the practice of generating revenue by soliciting patients from abroad), physician-assisted death and euthanasia, and our nation's flailing home-care system.
The association is encouraging journalists from across Ontario to submit work that covers a nursing or health topic. This year's categories are:
Daily newspaper
- Best news story
- Best in-depth feature
- Best series
Community newspaper
- Best news story
- Best in-depth feature
Magazine
- Best story
Radio
- Best news story
- Best in-depth feature
Television
- Best news story
- Best in-depth feature
Online
- Best story
Exceptional reporting on an RN/nursing issue
- Best story
Entries must have been published in Ontario newspapers, magazines, online publications or broadcast on radio or television during the 2014 calendar year. Stories are judged on content, writing, creativity and their impact on communities. Winners will receive their awards in April 2015 at the President's Banquet of RNAO's 90th Annual General Meeting.
Submissions must be received at RNAO's head office (158 Pearl St., Toronto, Ont., M5H 1L3) no later than Friday, Jan. 16, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. Only one entry per person/per category will be accepted.
For more information, or to fill out an entry form, please visit: www.RNAO.ca/mediaaward
The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) is the professional association representing registered nurses, nurse practitioners and nursing students in Ontario. Since 1925, RNAO has advocated for healthy public policy, promoted excellence in nursing practice, increased nurses' contribution to shaping the health-care system, and influenced decisions that affect nurses and the public they serve.
For more information about RNAO, visit our website at RNAO.ca. You can also find us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
SOURCE Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario
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For more information about the awards, please contact: Melissa Di Costanzo, Communications Officer/Writer, Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) , Phone: 416-408-5606 / 1-800-268-7199 ext. 250, [email protected]
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