Kenyalang Shell Press Awards 2014: Call for Entries

Inaugurated in 1988, this prestigious media event will be held in October this year.  The annual event aims to recognise journalistic excellence and to further enhance the standard of journalism in the state.

KSPA 2014 will also confer the Kenyalang Shell Most Promising Reporter Award to encourage quality news reporting amongst the new and young reporters who have proven their passion, dedication, commitment and professionalism in the first 3 years of their journalism career.

Full time journalists, photographers and producers from the print and electronic media in Sarawak are invited to submit entries for 8 different categories of the KSPA:

• Journalism Award (Feature and News Feature)
• News Reporting Award
• Business & Economic Reporting Award
• Photography Award
• Broadcast Journalism Award
• Environmental Journalism Award
• Health News Reporting Award
• Sports Reporting Award

Only works published in newspaper dailies or electronic media between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2013 are eligible for submission. Please note that submissions are to be sent direct to the Malaysian Press Institute.

The closing date for submission is 30 May 2014 by 4 pm, and should be addressed to:

The Secretariat, Kenyalang Shell Press Awards 2014, c/o Malaysian Press Institute (MPI), 2945 Jalan Bukit Ledang, Off Jalan Duta, 50490 Kuala Lumpur.

Please download the entry form and the rules and regulations document below. They are also available from the Federation of Sarawak Journalists Association (FSJA), Kuching Division Journalists Association (KDJA), North Sarawak Journalists Association (NSJA) or the media organisations in Sarawak. Each of the submission/entry must be accompanied by a duly completed set of entry forms with a photograph of the participant and to be sent to the Malaysian Press Institute.

• Read Kenyalang Shell Press Awards 2014 Rules and Regulations and download the entry form

ENQUIRIES:

Zulkifli Baba Noor, Zulkifli.BabaNoor@shell.com

Upstream Communications, Sarawak Shell Berhad

ABOUT SHELL MALAYSIA EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION

Operating as production sharing contractors to PETRONAS, Shell Malaysia’s exploration and production companies  are  engaged  in the exploration for and efficient development and extraction of crude oil and natural gas from offshore Sarawak and Sabah, with onshore operations and offices in Miri, Kota Kinabalu, Labuan, Bintulu and Kuala Lumpur. Shell also builds and operates the infrastructure needed to deliver hydrocarbons to market.

The pioneer of Malaysia's exploration and production sector, Shell drilled Malaysia’s first commercial oil well in Miri, Sarawak in 1910. The company’s upstream base is still located in Miri after a century of operations.

Definitions & Cautionary Note:

Resources: Our use of the term “resources” in this press release includes quantities of oil and gas not yet classified as Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States ("SEC") proved oil and gas reserves or SEC proven mining reserves.  Resources are consistent with the Society of Petroleum Engineers 2P and 2C definitions.

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