Deadline- April 30, 2013
Nominations are invited from any professional journalist or team of journalists of any nationality working in any medium for 2013 The Daniel Pearl Awards for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting form.
The two $5,000 first-place prizes and five $1,000 finalist awards recognize, reward, and foster excellence in cross-border investigative journalism. In addition, the judges at their discretion may award a special citation for work that is unusually enterprising or done under especially challenging circumstances.
How to apply?
- Include a brief synopsis of the story/series and explain the background of the project, identifying the issues and key players. Describe what led applicant to the topic, any unusual conditions applicant or applicant’s team faced in developing the project, and whether the investigation had any ramifications. If there were any challenges to the content of the story/series that were not reported in the original work, applicant must describe them in their letter. The submission letter should be in English and no longer than two typed pages.
- Curriculum vitae must be submitted for every reporter named in the entry.
Signature and Permission-
- The signature of the applying journalist (or the applying team’s designated representative) is required. If the copyright to the work is not owned by the applying journalist or team of journalists, the signature of the copyright owner (or its authorized representative) is also required. The signature grants ICIJ a non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable license to reproduce, publish, and distribute the work (in whole or in part) in any Center for Public Integrity/ICIJ publication in any media if the applicant is selected as a finalist or winner.
- Six copies of the published or broadcast entry, the submission letter, and curriculum vitae must accompany this application.
Eligibility & Criteria-
- The competition, held biennially, is open to any professional journalist or team of journalists of any nationality working in any medium.
- The main criterion for eligibility is that the investigation — either a single work or a single-subject series — involves reporting in at least two countries on a topic of world significance. A five-member jury of international journalists selects the winners.
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