Deadline: August 11, 2023
Applications are open for the Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award 2023. Since 2013, the Young Journalist Award has celebrated the outstanding young talent in the media profession. The award is an opportunity for those brilliant young journalists to demonstrate a wealth of investigative journalism, and, in doing so hold power to account.
The annual competition is organised in partnership with the UK’s Foreign Press Association (FPA) and is presented at their annual awards event in London.
Benefits
- The three finalists are flown to London to attend the gala award night in London, along with a host of other potential award winners and leading figures from the world of journalism.
Eligibility
- Open to journalists aged 30 and under;
- Be from countries with a Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of less than $20,000;
- Entries can be in any language but should be accompanied by a verbatim English-language translation.
Application
Those who meet the criteria are welcome to submit a portfolio of three published pieces of work produced in the 12 months preceding the deadline for submissions, which is midnight GMT on August 11, 2023. They can be in any medium — print, audio, video or multimedia.
Entries should be accompanied by a letter from the applicant’s current editor, on headed company notepaper verifying that it is the published work of the entrant. Where an entrant is freelance, or self-employed, verification can be provided by an editor from one of the publications/websites/broadcasters where the work appeared, or by a journalism academic familiar with the work of the entrant.
For more information, visit Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award.
