Bright Leaf Awards: 12 Years Of Agricultural Journalism Launched In Cavite

Philippine Information Agency

TRECE MARTIRES, Cavite March 14 (PIA) The municipality of Kawit welcomed Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corporation’s (PMFTC) Bright Leaf caravan with its launching held at the Island Cove Hotel and Leisure Park, Binakayan last March 12.

The event gathered Cavite-based information, communications and media journalists/representatives who were invited to participate in the 12th Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards.

The Bright Leaf Awards gives recognition to the most important and outstanding agricultural news stories that were able to raise the discourse of critical agriculture issues and celebrating the best photographs that captured the spirit of Philippine agriculture in a single frame.

Its legacy of more than a decade being the premier agriculture journalism competition in the country, it has notably grown from only 82 entries during its first year in 2007 to hundreds of entries in search of the best paradigm of agriculture journalism in 2018.

During the event, Agriculture Program Coordinating Officer Region IV-A of the Department of Agriculture Ms. Eda Dimapilis was the guest speaker. Dimpalis, together with PMFTC External Affairs Director Bayen Elero-Tinga, encouraged the participants to join the competition.

This year’s competition, aptly themed “12 years of Bounty for the Season”, introduces a new and special category – the Best Online Story which will be awarded to the best agriculture news or feature story published in an online news website.

Ms. Elero-Tinga added, “The addition of this new award category is in keeping with the current trend of readers getting their information speedily in the digital space.”

Categories for entry submission are: Agriculture story of the Year; Agriculture Photo of the Year; Tobacco Story of the Year; Tobacco Photo of the Year; Best Television Program or Segment; Best Radio Program or Segment; Best Agriculture News Story National;Best Agriculture News Story-Regional; Best Agriculture Feature Story National; Best Agriculture Feature Story-Regional; Best Online Story. (GG/Ruel Francisco, PIA-Cavite)

'Best Online Story’ Included In 2018 Premiere Agri Awards

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BRIGHT LEAF CARAVAN CAVITE LEG: PFMTC Inc. and Dept of Agriculture-Cavite officials pose with Cavite journalists, including government’s PIA and PNA representatives, during the 12th Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards’s launch at Island Cove Hotel and Resort on Monday, March 12.

 

KAWIT, Cavite – The 12th Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards, a private-sector led premiere agricultural journalism competition in the country, announced on Monday that it has included the latest and special category, the “Best Online Story,” for the competition this year.
 

Officials from the agricultural company PFMTC Inc. – the Philippine affiliate of Philip Morris International has embarked on its Bright Leaf caravan during a media conference with Cavite-based journalists at the Binakayan Hall of Island Cove Hotel and Resort here.
 

The Bright Leaf organizers said they would also visit other parts of Calabarzon, the Visayas and Mindanao after their successful launching in Bulacan last month.
 

PFMTC Inc. Communications Manager Didet Danguilan-Santiago shared that the awards established in 2007 is meant to recognize the most important and outstanding agricultural news stories in print, radio, television and online aimed at raising the discourse of critical agricultural issues and celebrating the best photographs that captured the spirit of Philippine agriculture in a single frame.
 

Santiago said the online category was added this year owing to the current trend of readers getting their information speedily in the digital age through the internet.
 

With the theme “12 Years of Bounty” for the season, Bright Leaf invites journalists to submit entries for the Agricultural Story of the Year, Agricultural Photo of the Year, Tobacco Story of the Year, Tobacco Photo of the Year, Best Television Program or Segment, Best Radio Program of Segment, Best Agricultural Story-National, Best Agricultural Story-Regional, Best Agricultural Feature Story-National, Best Agricultural Feature Story-Regional and Best Online Story.
 

The award which also aims to provide a venue where journalists may keep up with the programs of the Department of Agriculture (DA) has invited Agriculture Program Coordinating Officer of DA Region IV-A Eda Dimapilis to brief the Cavite media.
 

Dimapilis presented an overview and shared insights on the current status of agriculture in the province and what best stories to write about or feature.
 

Interested journos may submit their published Agricultural stories and photos, TV radio programs or segments aired or published between Sep 1, 2017 and Aug 31, 2018 to Bright Lead either via email (secretariat@brightleaawards.com) or submit through website (www.brightleadawards.com).
 

Aspirants may also send by courier their entries to Bright Lead Awards 2018, Juicebox Shop Inc., Unit 2F Phoenix Heights Condominium, 40 Henry Javier St cor Danny Floro St, Pasig City 1600.
 

Journos are welcome to submit more than one story per category but a story cannot compete for two different categories.
 

Deadline for submission is on Sept 1, 2018.
 

Winners’ prizes include cash, trophy and an overseas trip. (Gladys Pino/PNA)

'Best Online Story' Included In 2018 Premiere Agri Awards

BRIGHT LEAF CARAVAN CAVITE LEG: PFMTC Inc. and Dept of Agriculture-Cavite officials pose with Cavite journalists, including government's PIA and PNA representatives, during the 12th Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards's launch at Island Cove Hotel and Resort on Monday, March 12.

KAWIT, Cavite – The 12th Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards, a private-sector led premiere agricultural journalism competition in the country, announced on Monday that it has included the latest and special category, the “Best Online Story,” for the competition this year.

Officials from the agricultural company PFMTC Inc. - the Philippine affiliate of Philip Morris International has embarked on its Bright Leaf caravan during a media conference with Cavite-based journalists at the Binakayan Hall of Island Cove Hotel and Resort here.

The Bright Leaf organizers said they would also visit other parts of Calabarzon, the Visayas and Mindanao after their successful launching in Bulacan last month.

PFMTC Inc. Communications Manager Didet Danguilan-Santiago shared that the awards established in 2007 is meant to recognize the most important and outstanding agricultural news stories in print, radio, television and online aimed at raising the discourse of critical agricultural issues and celebrating the best photographs that captured the spirit of Philippine agriculture in a single frame.

Santiago said the online category was added this year owing to the current trend of readers getting their information speedily in the digital age through the internet.

With the theme “12 Years of Bounty” for the season, Bright Leaf invites journalists to submit entries for the Agricultural Story of the Year, Agricultural Photo of the Year, Tobacco Story of the Year, Tobacco Photo of the Year, Best Television Program or Segment, Best Radio Program of Segment, Best Agricultural Story-National, Best Agricultural Story-Regional, Best Agricultural Feature Story-National, Best Agricultural Feature Story-Regional and Best Online Story.

The award which also aims to provide a venue where journalists may keep up with the programs of the Department of Agriculture (DA) has invited Agriculture Program Coordinating Officer of DA Region IV-A Eda Dimapilis to brief the Cavite media.

Dimapilis presented an overview and shared insights on the current status of agriculture in the province and what best stories to write about or feature.

Interested journos may submit their published Agricultural stories and photos, TV radio programs or segments aired or published between Sep 1, 2017 and Aug 31, 2018 to Bright Lead either via email (secretariat@brightleaawards.com) or submit through website (www.brightleadawards.com).

Aspirants may also send by courier their entries to Bright Lead Awards 2018, Juicebox Shop Inc., Unit 2F Phoenix Heights Condominium, 40 Henry Javier St cor Danny Floro St, Pasig City 1600.

Journos are welcome to submit more than one story per category but a story cannot compete for two different categories.

Deadline for submission is on Sept 1, 2018.

Winners' prizes include cash, trophy and an overseas trip. (PNA)

PMFTC BRINGS BRIGHT LEAF CARAVAN TO CAVITE

In its 12th year of celebrating the best and the brightest of agricultural journalism, Bright Leaf journeys to Kawit, Cavite.

KAWIT, CAVITE – After its launch in Bulacan last month, PMFTC brought the Bright Leaf caravan to Kawit, Cavite, on March 12, 2018 to invite Cavite-based journalists to participate in the 12th Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards.

As an agricultural company, the Bright Leaf is PMFTC’s way of honoring the most important and outstanding agricultural news stories that were able to raise the discourse of critical agriculture issues, and celebrating the best photographs that captured the spirit of Philippine agriculture in a single frame.

Eda Dimapilis, Agriculture Program Coordinating Officer of Region IV-A Department of Agriculture was the guest speaker, joining PMFTC External Affairs Director Bayen Elero-Tinga in encouraging the media to join the annual competition.

The Cavite launch was held at the Island Cove Hotel and Leisure Park in Binakayan.

In her remarks, Bayen shared with the media that this year’s Bright Leaf competition introduces a new and special category— the Best Online Story, which will be awarded to the best agriculture news or feature story published in an online news website.

“The addition of this new award category is in keeping with the current trend of readers getting their information speedily in the digital space,” she said.

For more than a decade, the Bright Leaf Awards has built a legacy of being the premier agriculture journalism competition in the country. From only 82 entries when it was first introduced in 2007, Bright Leaf now reaps hundreds of entries as the judges search for the best exemplars of agricultural journalism in 2018.

With the theme 12 Years of Bounty for the season, Bright Leaf invites journalists nationwide to submit entries to the following categories:

  •  Agriculture Story of the Year
  •  Agriculture Photo of the Year
  •  Tobacco Story of the Year
  •  Tobacco Photo of the Year
  •  Best Television Program or Segment
  •  Best Radio Program or Segment
  •  Best Agriculture News Story-National
  •  Best Agriculture News Story-Regional
  •  Best Agriculture Feature Story-National
  •  Best Agriculture Feature Story-Regional
  •  Best Online Story

For more information about the caravans and the Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards, you may contact the Bright Leaf Secretariat through their mobile numbers (0945) 477 2035 or (0929) 195 0620, their landline (02) 9755236, or send an email to secretariat@brightleafawards.com. You can also visit the Bright Leaf website at www.brightleafawards.com or its Facebook page www.facebook.com/brightleafawards/ to learn more information about the competition and past winners.

12th Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards Launched

The Freeman

The 12th  Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards has been recently launched in Central Luzon, the country’s rice granary.

The Bright Leaf Awards is Philip Morris-Fortune Tobacco Corporation’s way of honoring the most important and outstanding agricultural news stories that were able to raise the discourse of critical agriculture issues, and celebrating the best photographs that captured the spirit of Philippine agriculture in a single frame.

“As one of the pioneer award-giving bodies in agriculture journalism, Bright Leaf continues to honor and give due recognition to journalists and photographers, who are the people behind the stories that pay tribute to the struggles and successes of our country's farmers and other producers. They are the brave messengers, who bring to public attention the importance of agriculture in our everyday lives,” said PMFTC External Affairs Director Bayen Elero-Tinga.

This year’s Bright Leaf competition introduces a new and special category— the Best Online Story, which will be awarded to the best agriculture news or feature story published in an online news website. The addition of this new award category is in keeping with the current trend of readers getting their information speedily in the digital space.

The launch took place at the Bistro Maloleno in Malolos, Bulacan and was well-attended by Bulacan-based journalists from print and broadcast news agencies.

In the last 12 years, the Bright Leaf Awards has truly built a legacy of being the premier agriculture journalism competition in the country. From only 82 entries in its first year, Bright Leaf now reaps hundreds of entries as the judges search for the best exemplars of agricultural journalism in 2018.

With the theme 12 Years of Bounty for the season, Bright Leaf invites journalists nationwide to submit entries to the following categories: Agriculture Story of the Year, Agriculture Photo of the Year, Tobacco Story of the Year, Tobacco Photo of the Year, Best Television Program or Segment, Best Radio Program or Segment, Best Agriculture News Story-National, Best Agriculture News Story-Regional, Best Agriculture Feature Story-National, Best Agriculture Feature Story-Regional and Best Online Story.

After the Malolos launch, Bright Leaf will be visiting key cities across the Philippines to engage media practitioners and invite them to join the Bright Leaf Awards.

There is no entry fee in joining the competition.  Journalists and photographers may submit as many entries for consideration.  However, an entry may not be submitted in more than one category. Entries should be published, aired, or broadcast between September 1, 2017 to August 31, 2018.

The deadline for entries is September 1, 2018.

Entries may be in English or any of the Philippine languages. For entries that are not in English, participants will need to submit an English translation.

Winners will be announced during the 2018 Bright Leaf Awards ceremony in November, and will be receiving cash prizes, iPads, and an all-expense-paid trip to an Asian country.

For more information, you may contact the Bright Leaf Secretariat through their mobile numbers (0945) 477 2035 or (0929) 195 0620, their landline (02) 9755236, or send an email to secretariat@brightleafawards.com. You can also visit the Bright Leaf website at www.brightleafawards.com or its Facebook page www.facebook.com/brightleafawards/ to learn more information about the competition and past winners.

12th Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards Launched

The Freeman

The 12th  Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards has been recently launched in Central Luzon, the country’s rice granary.

The Bright Leaf Awards is Philip Morris-Fortune Tobacco Corporation’s way of honoring the most important and outstanding agricultural news stories that were able to raise the discourse of critical agriculture issues, and celebrating the best photographs that captured the spirit of Philippine agriculture in a single frame.

“As one of the pioneer award-giving bodies in agriculture journalism, Bright Leaf continues to honor and give due recognition to journalists and photographers, who are the people behind the stories that pay tribute to the struggles and successes of our country's farmers and other producers. They are the brave messengers, who bring to public attention the importance of agriculture in our everyday lives,” said PMFTC External Affairs Director Bayen Elero-Tinga.

This year’s Bright Leaf competition introduces a new and special category— the Best Online Story, which will be awarded to the best agriculture news or feature story published in an online news website. The addition of this new award category is in keeping with the current trend of readers getting their information speedily in the digital space.

The launch took place at the Bistro Maloleno in Malolos, Bulacan and was well-attended by Bulacan-based journalists from print and broadcast news agencies.

In the last 12 years, the Bright Leaf Awards has truly built a legacy of being the premier agriculture journalism competition in the country. From only 82 entries in its first year, Bright Leaf now reaps hundreds of entries as the judges search for the best exemplars of agricultural journalism in 2018.

With the theme 12 Years of Bounty for the season, Bright Leaf invites journalists nationwide to submit entries to the following categories: Agriculture Story of the Year, Agriculture Photo of the Year, Tobacco Story of the Year, Tobacco Photo of the Year, Best Television Program or Segment, Best Radio Program or Segment, Best Agriculture News Story-National, Best Agriculture News Story-Regional, Best Agriculture Feature Story-National, Best Agriculture Feature Story-Regional and Best Online Story.

After the Malolos launch, Bright Leaf will be visiting key cities across the Philippines to engage media practitioners and invite them to join the Bright Leaf Awards. 

There is no entry fee in joining the competition.  Journalists and photographers may submit as many entries for consideration.  However, an entry may not be submitted in more than one category. Entries should be published, aired, or broadcast between September 1, 2017 to August 31, 2018.

The deadline for entries is September 1, 2018.

Entries may be in English or any of the Philippine languages. For entries that are not in English, participants will need to submit an English translation.

Winners will be announced during the 2018 Bright Leaf Awards ceremony in November, and will be receiving cash prizes, iPads, and an all-expense-paid trip to an Asian country.

For more information, you may contact the Bright Leaf Secretariat through their mobile numbers (0945) 477 2035 or (0929) 195 0620, their landline (02) 9755236, or send an email to secretariat@brightleafawards.com. You can also visit the Bright Leaf website at www.brightleafawards.com or its Facebook page www.facebook.com/brightleafawards/ to learn more information about the competition and past winners.

12th Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards Launched

The Freeman

The 12th  Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards has been recently launched in Central Luzon, the country’s rice granary.

The Bright Leaf Awards is Philip Morris-Fortune Tobacco Corporation’s way of honoring the most important and outstanding agricultural news stories that were able to raise the discourse of critical agriculture issues, and celebrating the best photographs that captured the spirit of Philippine agriculture in a single frame.

“As one of the pioneer award-giving bodies in agriculture journalism, Bright Leaf continues to honor and give due recognition to journalists and photographers, who are the people behind the stories that pay tribute to the struggles and successes of our country's farmers and other producers. They are the brave messengers, who bring to public attention the importance of agriculture in our everyday lives,” said PMFTC External Affairs Director Bayen Elero-Tinga.

This year’s Bright Leaf competition introduces a new and special category— the Best Online Story, which will be awarded to the best agriculture news or feature story published in an online news website. The addition of this new award category is in keeping with the current trend of readers getting their information speedily in the digital space.

The launch took place at the Bistro Maloleno in Malolos, Bulacan and was well-attended by Bulacan-based journalists from print and broadcast news agencies.

In the last 12 years, the Bright Leaf Awards has truly built a legacy of being the premier agriculture journalism competition in the country. From only 82 entries in its first year, Bright Leaf now reaps hundreds of entries as the judges search for the best exemplars of agricultural journalism in 2018.

With the theme 12 Years of Bounty for the season, Bright Leaf invites journalists nationwide to submit entries to the following categories: Agriculture Story of the Year, Agriculture Photo of the Year, Tobacco Story of the Year, Tobacco Photo of the Year, Best Television Program or Segment, Best Radio Program or Segment, Best Agriculture News Story-National, Best Agriculture News Story-Regional, Best Agriculture Feature Story-National, Best Agriculture Feature Story-Regional and Best Online Story.

After the Malolos launch, Bright Leaf will be visiting key cities across the Philippines to engage media practitioners and invite them to join the Bright Leaf Awards.

There is no entry fee in joining the competition.  Journalists and photographers may submit as many entries for consideration.  However, an entry may not be submitted in more than one category. Entries should be published, aired, or broadcast between September 1, 2017 to August 31, 2018.

The deadline for entries is September 1, 2018.

Entries may be in English or any of the Philippine languages. For entries that are not in English, participants will need to submit an English translation.

Winners will be announced during the 2018 Bright Leaf Awards ceremony in November, and will be receiving cash prizes, iPads, and an all-expense-paid trip to an Asian country.

For more information, you may contact the Bright Leaf Secretariat through their mobile numbers (0945) 477 2035 or (0929) 195 0620, their landline (02) 9755236, or send an email to secretariat@brightleafawards.com. You can also visit the Bright Leaf website at www.brightleafawards.com or its Facebook page www.facebook.com/brightleafawards/ to learn more information about the competition and past winners.

12th Bright Leaf Journalism Awards Now Open

The Philippine Star
The 12th Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards is now open to journalists with the most important and outstanding agricultural news stories.

Spearheaded by Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corp (PMFTC), the award aims to raise the discourse of critical agriculture issues as well as celebrate the best photographs that captured the spirit of Philippine agriculture in a single frame.

“As one of the pioneer award-giving bodies in agriculture journalism, Bright Leaf continues to honor and give due recognition to journalists and photographers who are behind the stories that pay tribute to the struggles and successes of our country’s farmers and producers. They are the brave messengers who bring to public attention the importance of agriculture in our everyday lives,” PMFTC external affairs director Bayen Elero-Tinga said.

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PMFTC Launches 2018 Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards

Business Mirror

 

PMFTC Inc., on February 27, launched the 12th Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards in Central Luzon, the country’s rice granary.

As an agricultural company, the Bright Leaf is PMFTC’s way of honoring the most important and outstanding agricultural news stories that were able to raise the discourse of critical agriculture issues, and celebrating the best photographs that captured the spirit of Philippine agriculture in a single frame.

“As one of the pioneer award-giving bodies in agriculture journalism, Bright Leaf continues to honor and give due recognition to journalists and photographers, who are the people behind the stories that pay tribute to the struggles and successes of our country’s farmers and other producers. They are the brave messengers, who bring to public attention the importance of agriculture in our everyday lives,” PMFTC External Affairs Director Bayen Elero-Tinga said.

This year’s Bright Leaf competition introduces a new and special category—the Best Online Story, which will be awarded to the best agriculture news or feature story published in an online news web site. The addition of this new award category is in keeping with the current trend of readers getting their information speedily in the digital space.

The launch took place at the Bistro Maloleno in Malolos, Bulacan, and was well-attended by Bulacan-based journalists from print and broadcast news agencies.

In the last 12 years the Bright Leaf Awards has truly built a legacy of being the premier agriculture journalism competition in the country. From only 82 entries in its first year, Bright Leaf now reaps hundreds of entries as the judges search for the best exemplars of agricultural journalism in 2018.

With the theme 12 Years of Bounty for the season, Bright Leaf invites journalists nationwide to submit entries to the following categories:

  • Agriculture Story of the Year;
  • Agriculture Photo of the Year;
  • Tobacco Story of the Year;
  • Tobacco Photo of the Year;
  • Best Television Program or Segment;
  • Best Radio Program or Segment;
  • Best Agriculture News Story-National;
  • Best Agriculture News Story-Regional;
  • Best Agriculture Feature Story-National;
  • Best Agriculture Feature Story-Regional; and
  • Best Online Story

After the Malolos launch, Bright Leaf will be visiting key cities across the Philippines to engage media practitioners and invite them to join the Bright Leaf Awards.

There is no entry fee in joining the competition. Journalists and photographers may submit as many entries for consideration. However, an entry may not be submitted in more than one category. Entries should be published, aired or broadcast between September 1, 2017, and August 31, 2018.

The deadline for entries is September 1, 2018.

Entries may be in English or any of the Philippine languages. For entries that are not in English, participants will need to submit an English translation.

Winners will be announced during the 2018 Bright Leaf Awards ceremony in November, and will be receiving cash prizes, iPads and an all-expense-paid trip to an Asian country.