The George Foster Peabody Awards the University of Georgia

The George Foster Peabody Awards the University of Georgia

65th Annual Peabody Awards Call For Entries

ATHENS, Ga., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The 65th Annual George Foster Peabody Awards Call For Entries is in the mail. More than 100,000 electronic media professionals -- worldwide -- will receive the mailing. Original broadcast, cablecast and webcast programs presented in 2005 are eligible. The entry deadline is January 17, 2006. Entrants may apply online at: www.Peabody.Uga.Edu.

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The Peabody Awards, established in 1940 and administered by UGA's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, are the oldest honor in television and radio. Today the Peabody recognizes distinguished achievement and meritorious public service by stations, networks, producing organizations, individuals and the World Wide Web.

Winners of the 64th Annual Peabody Award included Grant Tinker, who received an Individual Peabody, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 'Indecision 2004,'" as well as first-ever awards to CNBC, TRIO, Link TV and Univision. Multiple citations were awarded to HBO, Cinemax, BBC America and New York's WNYC Radio.

The Peabody Award, considered the most selective and prestigious honor for electronic media programming, is unique in that there are no categories for entry or nominations. Entries are judged by a 15-member Board that includes television critics, industry practitioners, scholars and experts in culture and fine arts.

For further information regarding the Peabody Awards or to request an entry form, call (706) 542-3787, e-mail the Peabody office at peabody@arches.uga.edu, or visit the Peabody web site at www.peabody.uga.edu.

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Source: Peabody Awards; Grady College

CONTACT: Horace Newcomb, +1-706-542-3787, hnewcomb@uga.edu, for Grady
College

Web site: http://www.peabody.uga.edu/

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