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Journalistic Award


Title of Initiative: Journalistic Award
Organization: National Statistic Instituit of Mozambique - Perpétua Preciosa Michangula Tivane (NSI-Mozambique)
Contact: perpetua.michangula@ine.gov.mz
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Purpose: As Mozambique is a country with low statistical literacy, efforts are being made to reduce this low literacy. One of the initiatives is the journalistic award that encourages journalists to create stories using official statistics. 1. In this way, it helps to increase the population's knowledge about the correct use of statistics. When journalists use official data in their reports, they help the public better understand the numbers, which strengthens statistical literacy in society. 2. This ensures that the information disclosed is reliable, accurate and verifiable, which combats misinformation and promotes quality journalism.

Target Audience:

  • Media
  • School children/ teachers
  • Universities (students/teachers)
  • Policy makers/Government/Civil service
  • Business/ Private sector
  • General public

Providing Entity:

  • National Statistical Office
  • International agency

Language:

  • Portuguese

Products:

  • Documents
  • News
  • Outreach material
Mode of implementation: Collaboration with the media: We establish partnerships with journalists' associations, newspaper offices, radio and television stations.
  • Quality of use of statistics: We created criteria that evaluate how statistical data were used, considering precision, clarity and adequacy to the topic.
  • Publicity campaign: We launched a comprehensive campaign to promote the award, using traditional and other media channels.
  • Rules and regulations: We define deadlines, registration requirements and participation criteria (for example, articles published in a certain period that make use of official statistics).
  • Award categories: We created different categories (print journalism, radio, and television) to increase the diversity of entries. Evaluation committee: We composed a jury with representatives from statistical institutes, social communication experts and renowned journalists.
  • Types of awards: Monetary awards, in addition to public recognition during an official ceremony.

    • Outcomes: Greater Visibility and Credibility: The award-winning journalists use statistical data, this gave INE greater visibility. This reinforces society's confidence in these data.
  • Promoting the Use of Data: Award-winning reports that involved data analysis promoted the use of statistics in society, particularly in academia, showing their relevance for understanding economic, social, and political issues.
  • Encouraging Collaboration: Journalistic awards motivate statistics producers to collaborate more closely with journalists, providing data in a clear and accessible way to facilitate the interpretation and dissemination of information.
  • Greater Transparency in Data Dissemination: Recognition of journalists who correctly use statistics released by INE to improve their reporting methods.

    • Challenges: We have the challenge of mobilizing financial resources annually to support this activity.