Deadline- 10 November 2013
African Investigative Journalism Awards has been announced under Forum for African Investigative Reporters (FAIR). IJ Awards and subsequently added new categories to enable more African journalists to enter the competition. Winners will have the opportunity to win prize of up to US$ 500 (tbc).
Categories-
- Health
- Culture
- Elections
- Ecology
- Finance/ Business
- Investigative commentary/analysis
- Photojournalism
- Philanthropy
- Politics
- War and conflict
Submissions required-
- Submitted scripts (TV, radio) or the written journalistic items (written press, internet) should not exceed 10,000 characters (about 5 pages inclusive of spaces). Applications will be evaluated solely on the basis of written material provided, so as to preclude favouritism of one media over another.
- The documents must be submitted in either English, French or Portuguese, along with a compulsory summary in the same language, which may not exceed 10 lines or 600 signs, including spaces. This summary should be carefully written since it will be used in editorial pre-selection. This preselection will be carried out by the FAIR Awards Committee.
- either the original work with a letter from the applicant/author authorising FAIR to use and distribute the work in the context of the African Investigative Journalism Award.
- or the copy of the work with a similar letter from editor in chief or of the professional body to which the applicant has accorded copyright.
- Radio journalists are required to submit a copy of their work on CD-ROM or on-line in MP3 format. TV journalists are required to submit their work on DVD or on-line in Windows Media Player format.
Eligibility & Criteria-
- Print, online, radio and TV journalists employed by the local media in African countries are invited to submit an application (individually OR in a group).
- Applicants can only enter once (individually OR in a group) each contest. The laureates of previous competitions may present a fresh application.
- Applicants must submit ONE journalistic item or an extract of a series of journalistic works on ONE subject. Applicants submitting more than one application will be disqualified.
- For applicants submitting a radio or TV document, the associated script must be attached. Journalistic pieces or an extract from a series of these submitted for the competition must not exceed 10 000 characters (circa 5 pages incl. spaces).
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