{"id":265461,"date":"2025-06-13T12:22:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T10:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/avbob-fcj-awards-receives-record-number-of-entries\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T13:57:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:57:20","slug":"avbob-fcj-awards-receives-record-number-of-entries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/avbob-fcj-awards-receives-record-number-of-entries\/","title":{"rendered":"AVBOB FCJ awards receives record number of entries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 36th AVBOB FCJ Excellence Awards have attracted a record number of entries.<br>A total of 538 entries were received for the 2025 competition, which awards work published<br>in 2024. Last year, a total of 513 entries were received, and the year before that, a total of<br>527 entries were received.<br>Most entries were received for Best Front Page (83), Hard News (78) and Human Interest<br>(71).<br>The judging is currently underway, and this difficult task is being handled by 20 seasoned<br>professionals. They are Dr Andr\u00e9 Gouws, convener of judges, Al\u00e9 Steyn, Buks Viljoen,<br>Chantel Erfort Manuel, DeWet Potgieter, Elsabe Retief, Johann Maarman, Kyle Cowan,<br>Lucia Poolman, Marlene Malan, Mercy Kannemeyer, Nomakhawuta Mo, Pieter Delport,<br>Thalyta Swanepoel, Tobie van den Bergh, Virginia Keppler, Willem Kempen Zee Zenande,<br>Yolanda van der Stoep and Mlungizi Louw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"265463\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/avbob-fcj-awards-receives-record-number-of-entries\/book-printing-company-novus-holdings-3a\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Book-Printing-Company-Novus-Holdings-3a.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Book-Printing-Company-Novus-Holdings-3a\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Book-Printing-Company-Novus-Holdings-3a-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Book-Printing-Company-Novus-Holdings-3a-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The AVBOB FCJ awards are a highlight on community journalists' yearly calendar.\" class=\"wp-image-265463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Book-Printing-Company-Novus-Holdings-3a-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Book-Printing-Company-Novus-Holdings-3a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Book-Printing-Company-Novus-Holdings-3a-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Book-Printing-Company-Novus-Holdings-3a.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The AVBOB FCJ awards are a highlight on community journalists&#8217; yearly calendar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Dr Andr\u00e9 Gouws said the Avbob FCJ Excellence Awards are a personal highlight of the year for him as<br>convener of the judging panel. &#8220;I always look forward with great anticipation to the year&#8217;s<br>entries, to see what community newspapers around South Africa are doing.&#8221;<br>\u201cAdjudicators happily offer their time and expertise because of their deep love for<br>community journalism. 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