The Tajik Union of Journalists and the Drug Control Agency under the President’s Office have launched a national contest on the best coverage of problems related to narcotics and the ideas of healthy life style for Tajikistan’s printing and electronic media.

The contest is being held within the frameworks of the project “Public awareness, harm reduction and preventive measures in drug consumption among the youth in Tajikistan” funded by the European Union and the United Nations Development Program.

Among the participants are all Tajik printing and electronic media, which – during the period of 1 January – 1 September 2008 – have published or broadcast materials on this theme. The contest does not restrict journalists in genre; organizers accept interviews, reportages, essays, feature stories, documentaries, analytical articles, etc.

Union of Journalists of Tajikistan