The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) is proud to sponsor The PIND Prize for Niger Delta Development Reporting at the Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME). This will be the second time PIND is sponsoring this prize.
The PIND Prize rewards solution journalism reports on issues within the Niger Delta that align with PIND’s interests and focus areas which are: Reducing Poverty, Powering Coastal Communities, Nurturing Youth Employment, Fostering Stability, Empowering Local Organizations, Influencing Governments Policies, Programs & Practices, and Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI).
Following an intense judging process, a winner and two runners-up have emerged and will be awarded their prizes at the DAME awards on Sunday, December 10, 2023, at the Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos.
The PIND Media Solution Journalism Innovative Grant (PIND media grants) was initiated in 2019 to share PIND’s successful development models, approaches, and lessons from its experiences and partners in the Niger Delta region. The goal is also to highlight innovations promoting pro-poor development, advocacy, and awareness of significant issues limiting economic development and peacebuilding in the region. In 2022, PIND chose to channel the grant towards sponsorship of a media award in development journalism on the platform of DAME.
DAME, an annual media awards scheme, set up to reward outstanding performance in the mass media, was established in 1992 as a non-profit organization to stimulate and celebrate excellence, talent, and enterprise within the press. DAME is the most consistent media award in Africa, having held 30 uninterrupted editions, and has inducted over 560 names into its Hall of Fame in print journalism, broadcasting, and advertising.
With the media grants, PIND believes journalists reporting on the Niger Delta can go beyond routine coverage of the region to empower different stakeholders with information that can transform people’s lives, especially marginalized populations. PIND expects that the quality and quantity of coverage will promote understanding, practice and behavior change, recognition and the adoption of PIND’s development models.
Contact: Helen Bassey-Osijo, Knowledge Management & Communications Manager
About PIND
The Foundation for Partnerships Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) is a Nigerian non-profit organization working to promote peace and equitable economic growth in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region by forging multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder partnerships at the regional, national, and international levels. PIND works closely with numerous partners to implement collaborative market-based, community-owned programs to mitigate conflicts and boost economic opportunities for local businesses, ensuring that economic progress occurs in a systemic, inclusive, and sustainable manner. Since 2010, PIND and partners have strengthened and stabilized Niger Delta communities by reducing poverty, powering coastal communities, nurturing employment, fostering stability, and enabling development.
Learn more about PIND: https://pindfoundation.org
