NEW AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM

The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism has announced a new journalism prize, the Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism. Beginning in 2002, two $10,000 prizes will be awarded; one to a local reporter in a developing country or nation in transition, and the other to a freelance journalist covering international news. The awards recognize independent and professional
reporting that sheds new light on controversial issues.

The stories can focus on conflict, human-rights concerns, cross-border issues, or any other issue of controversy in a particular country or region.

Underwritten by the Kurt Schork Memorial Fund and Reuters, and administered by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, the prizes were created to honor Kurt Schork, an American freelance journalist who was killed in a military ambush while on assignment for Reuters on May 24, 2000, in Sierra Leone.

Eligibility

Local Journalist: Print journalists employed by a local news outlet and residing in a developing country or nation in transition whose work has been published in a local publication are eligible. Although individual journalists are the primary focus, submissions from a team of journalists will also be considered.

Freelance Journalist: Freelance print journalists and those contracted by news organizations are eligible. A freelance journalist is an individual who is not employed by a news organization. They are self-employed, providing services,
either on the basis of time or on the production of editorial materials as defined by individual contractual arrangements, and earn the majority of their income from journalistic activity.

Applicants will be asked to submit a body of work (up to three articles) that demonstrates professionalism, meets international journalistic standards, and gives evidence that courage and determination played a role in generating the
articles. Winners will be chosen by an international panel of five judges. Winners will be announced in August and honored at an awards ceremony held in New York in October.

Articles must have appeared in print between May 1, 2001, and April 30, 2002.

Entries should be postmarked by June 1, 2002, and mailed to: The Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism, Columbia University Graduate School of
Journalism, 2950 Broadway, MC 3800, New York, NY 10027.

For more information, call 212-854-8653 or e-mail schorkawards@jrn.columbia.edu. Entry forms are available at www.jrn.columbia.edu/prizes/schork.

---

Return to NASW homepage.

Return to NASW Members' Lobby.

Return to ScienceWriters Newsletter homepage.