EJAP to recognize best works in 2014

The Economic Journalists’ Association of the Philippines (EJAP) will recognize its members’ best works for the year 2014 at an awards ceremony in Makati today.

This year’s EJAP Business Journalism Awards, being handed out in cooperation with Ayala Corp. and its subsidiaries, aims to encourage excellence in the coverage of the local business sector.

Journalists from eight Business “beats” will receive “Reporter of the Year” trophies from the organization. This will be in recognition of the best work in covering specific business sectors, namely Banking, Capital Markets, Commodities (agriculture and mining), Energy, Finance, Infrastructure, Macroeconomy, and Trade and Investments.

More in-depth reporting will also share the limelight. The year’s best investigative or explanatory story will be recognized as the “Feature Story of the Year.”

For the second year in a row, EJAP will also give out an award for the Feature Story published either in a newspaper or a news website.

The publication with most awards by the end of the night will be named Business Source of the Year.

Those vying for the eight Reporter of the Year awards submitted a collection of their best stories for the year 2014. These entries were trimmed by an EJAP screening committee made up of reporters and editors from international news wire services: Bloomberg, Dow Jones, and Thomson Reuters.

All entries were scored by an independent board of judges led by former Finance department.

Undersecretary Milwida Guevara, now CEO of non-profit Synergeia Foundation focused on improving education in the Philippine countryside.