Sep 8, 2015 | AMIC Communication Awards
Filipino journalist and communication practitioner Juan L. Mercado has received the 2014 AMIC Communication Award.
Mercado is founding Director and Trustee of the Press Foundation of Asia and founding Director of the Philippines Press Institute. He is an illustrious pioneer in the field of Asian journalism and mass communication.
Mercado started his illustrious journalism career in the 1950s as a reporter with the Cebu daily newspaper, the Southern Star. He became an associate editor of the same paper before joining the Evening News in Manila.
He was based at the United Nations in New York for the Evening News (1961-1963). Upon returning to the Philippines, he worked as Manila-based correspondent for several foreign publications.
Mercado co-founded Depth News as a ground-breaking service of the Press Foundation of Asia in the 1960s. Depth News provided development news and features to newspapers and radio stations in Asia and the developing world. It was active for more than 20 years.
Mercado was founding Director of the Philippine Press Institute, and co-founded the Philippine Press Council.
In 1972, Juan L. Mercado was detained with 21 other journalists when martial law was declared by then Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos. While no charges against him were ever filed, Mercado and the other detained journalists were kept under city arrest. During this period, he editedseveral ‘underground’ newspapers.
After his release in 1975, Mercado joined the United Nations as Communication Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) regional office in Thailand and later at the FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.
After the 1986 People Power Revolution in the Philippines, and after 19 years of UN service, Mercado returned home and resumed his media work. He continues to write as one of Manila’s leading newspaper columnists to this day.
Jan 22, 2015 | AMIC Communication Awards
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that nominations are now being accepted for the AMIC Asia Communication Award 2015.
Since 2006, the prestigious annual ceremony has recognized outstanding achievements in various media and communication fields and categories. This year, another individual will be honored for making an impact on Asian media and communication through his or her work. The nominees’ contributions can be focused on a single country within Asia, a region within Asia, or the whole of Asia. While the nominee need not be from Asia, preference is accorded to regional actors.
Award categories are as follows:
Research—pioneering contributions to the body of knowledge on media and communication research, such as the launching and completion of major research projects or the development of enduring theoretical approaches in the discipline.
Education—legacy in nurturing successive generations of media, communication, or journalism students and scholars.
Institution building—establishment of key communication and media programs, research centres or academic publications.
Excellence in journalism—sustained involvement in public service and observance of the highest journalistic principles.
Others—from time to time the Board may present the AMIC Asia Communication Award to a media practitioner for outstanding commitment to and excellence in their field of endeavor.
Nominations will be accepted from any AMIC member in good standing. The closing date is on 30 March 2015. The award will be presented at the 24th AMIC international conference in Dubai, UAE (10th to 13th June 2015).
Please accomplish the nomination form (also available on www.amic.org.sg). Send the form, together with a nomination letter, to the following:
Ramon R. Tuazon
Acting Secretary-General
Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC)
E-mail: rrtuazon722@yahoo.com and r.tuazon@amic.org.sg
We look forward to receiving your nominations. Thank you very much.
Very truly yours,
Ramon R. Tuazon
Acting Secretary-General
Download the pdf nomination form
Sep 12, 2013 | AMIC Communication Awards
AMIC’s most prestigious annual recognition of excellence in media and communication has been made at a glittering gala dinner during AMIC’s 22nd international conference in Yogyakarta.
The AMIC Asia Communication Award is bestowed upon a person for current or past efforts in the field. It is decided by a Jury of AMIC Board members. This year, the Award was conferred on two winners.
Emeritus Professor M. Alwi Dahlan, Emeritus Professor in Communication at the University of Indonesia, Jakarta, received the Award for “his outstanding contribution to communication research and education in Indonesia and internationally”.
The second awardee, Mr. Jakob Oetama, President and CEO of Kompas Gramedia, one of Indonesia’s largest media conglomerates, was conferred the Award for “his outstanding contribution to excellence in print journalism and media development in Indonesia”.
Both Awardees received their plaques from AMIC’s Chairman, Professor Ang Peng Hwa. As Mr. Jakob Oetama is in ill health, his award was accepted on his behalf by Mr. Ninok Leksono, Senior Editor of Kompas.
Previous winners of the award were:
Dr. John Lent, 2006
Prof. Eddie C. Y. Kuo, 2007
Dr. Nora Quebral and Dr. Florangel Braid, 2008
Dr. Binod Agrawal and Dr. K. E. Eapen, 2009
Dr. Hidetoshi Kato, 2010
Dr. Georgette Wang & Dr. Crispin Maslog, 2011
Tan Sri Dato’ L. Krishnan, 2012
