Vodafone sponsors Print Features award

Preparations for this year's edition of the Malta Journalism Awards are in full swing as, this year, the Institute of Maltese Journalists (IGM) is planning to hold this event earlier than usual. The first category sponsorship agreement was signed last month with Vodafone Malta Limited.

For the third consecutive year, the mobile telephony company is sponsoring the Print Features category, which is one of the most competitive of the 11 awards annually presented. An independent judging panel will be selecting the best print features written in 2006 and submitted in this category.

Vodafone's head of Legal, Regulatory & Corporate Affairs, Joseph Cuschieri, presented the sponsorship to IGM chairman Malcolm J. Naudi. Mr Cuschieri said: "Vodafone has been sponsoring the print features category since it was first established.

"However, Vodafone's constant support for Maltese journalists dates back to the early 1990s. On several occasions the company has sponsored various events organised by this national association of Maltese journalists."

Ariadne Massa (The Times) and Brandon Pisani (l-orizzont) were the two winners in this category for 2004 and 2005, respectively.