Daniel Pearl Awards to honor world's best cross-border investigative journalism
Posted on: 16/07/2009 The 2010 Daniel Pearl Awards competition, which honors the world's best cross-border investigative journalism, has begun accepting entries. The contest is open to any journalist or team of journalists of any nationality working in any medium. Entries must involve reporting in at least two countries on a topic of world significance. Granted by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), the awards include two $5,000 first-place prizes, along with five additional $1,000 prizes. The awards will be presented at the 6th Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, in April 2010. Formerly the ICIJ Awards, the prizes were renamed in 2008 in honor of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was slain by militants in Pakistan in 2002. There is no entry fee. Submissions from Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East are especially encouraged. Deadline: January 15, 2010 (postmark). For more details, go to http://www.publicintegrity.org/investigations/icij/awards/ or contact [email protected]
