Deadline: August 1, 2023
The National Center on Disability and Journalism (NCDJ) is now accepting entries for the 2023 Katherine Schneider Journalism Award for Excellence in Reporting on Disability, the only professional journalism contest devoted exclusively to disability coverage.
The professional prize is supported by a gift from Katherine Schneider, a retired clinical psychologist. Schneider, who has been blind since birth, established the award to help journalists improve their coverage of disability issues, moving beyond “inspirational” stories that don’t accurately represent the lives of people with disabilities.
Categories
- Large Media Market
- Radio—top 20 radio market size (according to Nielsen ratings); television—network or syndicated TV and Top 20 markets; print—150,000 circulation or greater (largest single day, including digital replica), wire services, magazines, weeklies, and online-only media with a primary focus on a regional or national audience
- Small Media Market
- Radio—below top 20 radio market size (according to Nielsen ratings); television—below Top 20 markets; print—150,999 circulation (largest single day, including digital replica), magazines, weeklies, and online-only media with a primary focus on a state, city, metro area or county
Benefits
In the professional contest, winners will receive a total of $8,000 in cash awards in large and small media categories.
- First-place winners in each category receive $2,500 and an invitation to speak about their work at an awards ceremony this fall at ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
- Second-place winners receive $1,000.
- Third-place winners will receive $500.
Eligibility
- Journalists working in digital, print, audio and broadcast media are eligible to enter.
- Entries are accepted from outside the U.S., although the work submitted must be in English.
- Entries must have been published or aired between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023.
Application
The deadline to enter is August 1, 2023. There is no entry fee, and reporters may self-nominate.
For more information, visit Katherine Schneider Journalism Award.
