Entries in [Philip Meyer Journalism Awards]

The Philip Meyer Journalism Awards, a new annual award recognizing journalism that employs social science research methods, is currently in its inaugural judging phase with 28 entries competing for prizes ranging from $200 to $500. The awards will be presented at the 2006 CAR Conference in March and are named after Philip Meyer, a pioneer in precision journalism.

Judging for the Philip Meyer Journalism Awards, created to recognize journalism that uses social science research methods, is under way.

The awards, new this year, will honor the best use of methods such as surveys, content analyses, field experiments, social network analyses and statistical analyses in news reporting.

For the inaugural awards, judges are choosing from 28 entries postmarked before the Oct. 31 deadline. The judging is scheduled to be completed on Dec. 20 and the awards will be presented at the 2006 CAR Conference, which is scheduled for March 9-12 in Newark, N.J.

First, second, and third prizes will be awarded.

The awards were announced by IRE, NICAR and the Knight Chair in Journalism at Arizona State University this year. NICAR is a joint program of IRE and the Missouri School of Journalism.

The annual award is named in honor of Meyer, author of "Precision Journalism" and a pioneer in using social science methods in news reporting. Meyer is the Knight Chair in Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The awards include cash prizes of $500 for first place, $300 for second place, and $200 for third place.

For more information, visit www.ire.org/meyeraward.