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MEDIA CENTER Population Council Wins Global Media Award for Excellence in Population Reporting NEW YORK (13 November 2003) — The Population Council's Studies in Family Planning has been named "Best Population Journal" by the 2003 Global Media Awards for Excellence in Population Reporting. The award for "Best Population Journal" and a dozen other categories are bestowed annually by the Washington, DC–based Population Institute to "honor those who have contributed to creating awareness of population problems through their journalistic endeavors in a meritorious manner." Studies in Family Planning is a peer-reviewed international quarterly concerned with all aspects of reproductive health, fertility regulation, and family planning programs in both developing and developed countries. Each issue contains original research articles, reports, a commentary, book reviews, and a data section with findings for individual countries from the Demographic and Health Surveys. The journal is available by subscription and is also made available on a complimentary basis in both hard copy and electronic editions to qualified institutions and individuals in developing countries. The editorial committee for the journal consists of John Bongaarts (chairman), John Casterline, Ethel P. Churchill, Anrudh K. Jain, Barbara Mensch, James F. Phillips, Julie Reich (managing editor), Naomi Rutenberg, Irving Sivin, and Nancy Sloan, all of the Population Council. This year marks the Population Institute's 24th annual presentation of the Global Media Awards. The Population Institute is an international, educational, nonprofit organization that seeks to reduce excessive population growth and to achieve a world population in balance with a healthy global environment and resource base. The awards will be presented 3 December at the Trans Asia Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka. A related story can be found at New Publisher for Population Council's Professional Journals.
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