Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award

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YOUNG REPORTERS aged 30 and under and working in developing countries are invited to submit their works to the Thomson Foundation to become the next recipient of the Foundation’s Young Journalist Award.
Now in its sixth year, the Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award 2018, in partnership with the UK Foreign Press Association Awards (FPA), is the foundation’s annual journalism competition dedicated to “finding and inspiring ambitious young journalists around the world.”
A panel from Thomson Foundation and independent judges from FPA are interested in “stories that are revelatory, prompt public debate and have led to, or have the potential to lead to, positive change in society.”
The award attracts diverse entries from young journalists in Africa, the Indian sub-continent, South America, Central America, parts of Central Asia, and some countries in the Middle East. Thomson Foundation received 236 entries from 60 countries last year.
Mariana Motrunych won the 2017 Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award for her reports exposing potential corruption in her country, Ukraine. Waad Al Kateab received last year’s Special Recognition Award for her documentation of the horrors of Aleppo under siege.
Journalists from countries with a Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of less than $20,000 must submit a portfolio of three published works in any format – print, audio, video, multimedia or a combination of all four – produced in the 12 months preceding the deadline for submissions.
Three finalists will be chosen and flown to London where they will spend a few nights and attend the gala award night on November 26, 2018.
Interested applicants should complete the entry form by the deadline, August 17, 2018. For more information, click here.
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