Maldives Media Council (MMC) has extended the deadline to submit nominations for its Journalism Awards.
MMC said the opportunity to submit nominations for this year's Journalism Awards has been extended until 1:00 pm on 14 August. Awards will be given in 14 categories in two main categories: the newspaper and magazine category and audio and video journalism category.
Award categories include:
* Investigative Journalism
* Social Sector Journalism
* Political Journalism
* The judiciary and the legal Journalism
* Business and Economic Journalism
* Sports Journalism
* Photo Journalism
* Documentary sector
* Feature Journalism
* Lifestyle, Entertainment and the Arts Journalism
* Environment and Sustainable Development Journalism
* Most Promising Journalist
* Journalist of the Year Award
* Best Regional Newspaper Award
The Media Council said the aim of the journalism awards include encouraging Maldivian journalists, recognising their contribution, and promoting ethical journalism as well as improving the quality of their content.
The Media Council annually awards prizes to winners in various fields of journalism. As in previous years, the awards will be given for the work produced last year.
The MMC has been hosting the journalism award every year since 2014.