2009 Best Media Coverage Award Application

Submitted by august on Sun, 2006-01-15 22:56.

Is your letter or article the best?

Whereas SSA project grants assist affiliates with projects that will take place in the future, "Best Awards" are designed to reward groups that have excelled in a particular area. The Best Media Coverage award is intended to recognize the Secular Student Alliance affiliate group that has received outstanding media coverage or has published noteworthy op-ed pieces and/or letters to the editor.

Best awards cover an entire academic year and will be given at our annual conference in August. Applications for awards are due by June 15th, 2009. The winning group will get $300.00 as part of the award.

This application is for the Best Media Coverage award. This could include a letter to the editor or opinion column written by a group member, or an article written about your group or its activities.
Criteria include: How prominent was the writing (how many eyeballs did it reach; front page v. inside page, photos)? Was the topic relevant to secular values? How clear and persuasive was the message? Examples may include: Letters denouncing "intelligent design theory" or explaining the importance of church and state separation, a column refuting the notion that secular humanists can not be moral, or an article written about your group or its accomplishments.

There are some basic requirements for all award applicants:

  • Your group must be an affiliate of the SSA.

  • Your group must have a constitution or charter.

  • Unless you are at a parochial school, your group must have official recognition by your school.

  • Your group must have a bank account in your group's name so that we can write the award check to your group.

If you do not meet one or more of these requirements, please tell us and we will be delighted to assist you and work with you.

Please Note! This application does not currently support Apple's Safari web browser. Applications submitted in Safari will not be received. If you are on a Mac, please use Mozilla's Firefox to submit your application. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Name of Organization:
Campus:
Name of Filer:

Contact information for discussing this application:
Street line 1:
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City:
State:
Zip:
Email :
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Web site of organization:
Date organization was founded:

Constitution - either cut and paste it into the text block, or give us the URL of your constitution on your web site.

The piece:
Either paste the text of the piece here, or the URL if available.

Impact for the piece:
Where and when was it published? What is the readership of that publication? Were there any printed responses to your letter? Did a policy change? Did you get any personal feedback? Did more people come to your group?
Prove you are a human: What is two plus three?

Please Note! If you are using Apple's Safari web browser, your application will not be submitted! Please use Mozilla's Firefox or another brower to submit this application.

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