Deadline: April 15, 2024
Applications are invited for the Osborn Elliott Journalism Prize 2024. The prize is awarded annually to a reporter or team of reporters who has produced the best example of journalism about Asia specifically during the 2023 calendar year.
The Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Journalism on Asia, also referred to as the “Oz Prize,” honors the late Osborn Elliott, a legendary journalist and former editor-in-chief of Newsweek. Elliott set new standards for reporting and editing and became one of the earliest practitioners of “civic journalism,” the deliberate focusing of the journalistic enterprise on urgent issues of public policy.
Prize
- A $10,000 prize is awarded annually to a selected reporter or team of reporters.
Eligibility
- A submission may consist of a single written story, or a series of stories around a specific theme.
- For the purposes of the award, “Asia” is defined as the area from Japan to Iran, and from Central Asia to New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. It does not include the Arab Middle East.
- All nominations or direct applications are limited to one per writer or team. Additional weight will be given to submissions by a single reporter.
- Submissions from outlets in Asia are encouraged.
- Journalistic work must have been published in English, during the 2023 calendar year.
Evaluation criteria include impact of the work, its originality, creativity, depth of research and educational value in informing the public about Asia.
Application
Submissions are only accepted electronically. Submissions must be received by Monday, April 15, 2024.
For more information, visit Osborn Elliot Journalism Prize.
