The winners of the 2013 Regional Children’s Reporting Award, accepting their certificates and prizes in Lusaka, Zambia. Photo: MISA Regional Secretariat images, 2013. Children’s group discussions Group discussions were held with children between the ages of 12 and 18 years on how they feel they are currently represented in the media and what kind of spaces they would like to see created for them to voice their opinions and be heard. Identifying mentors MISA identified Muvi TV, in Zambia, as a mentor for other media practitioners on best practices for reporting on children’s rights and issues. As their first event, the TV station hosted a tour for journalists and other media workers, demonstrating how they mainstream children’s reporting in their daily work and how they involve children in generating content and in the production process. Regional Children’s Reporting Awards In November 2013, MISA and Save the Children International announced the winners of the 2013 Regional Children’s Reporting Awards, during a ceremony hosted by MISA Zambia in Lusaka. 30 The Zambian Minister for Information and Broadcasting Services, Mwansa Kapeya, presented the awards and used the occasion to urge media to highlight successes and positive stories about youth development, rather than presenting children as victims. The 2013 judging panel was pleased to note an increase in the number of journalists reporting on children›s successes and we hope to see even more entries in the 2014 awards and more examples of responsible and inclusive reporting on children’s rights and issues throughout 2014. The award for best Print Feature was awarded to Bobby Kabango of Malawi for his investigative piece, Marriages keep Balaka girls out of school, published in Malawian newspaper Nation on Sunday. The Radio Documentary award went to Malawian journalist Chikondi Mphande for her story, Culture compromising children’s right to education. The award for Print News went to Sithembile Hlatshwayo of Swaziland, for her story, 15-year-old virgin discovers he is HIV+, appearing in the Times of Swaziland. The final award, in the category of Photography, went to Wallace Mawire from Zimbabwe for his photo essay titled, Social Cohesion: integrating children living with albinism into society.