Applications Invited for Young Journalist Award 2021

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Thomson Foundation has helped raise standards of journalism through training, consultancy and strategic advice. They deliver positive change in media and communications as a way of improving public engagement and governance. Their vision is to ensure all people have an honest, factual account of what is really happening in the world.

Young Journalist Award 2021

The Young Journalist Award – in partnership with the UK Foreign Press Association – is Thomson Foundation’s annual journalism competition dedicated to finding and inspiring ambitious journalists from across the globe.

Now in its ninth year, the award enables journalists aged 30 and under, from countries with a Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of less than $20,000, to send in their best stories. Judges of the award look for stories that are revelatory, prompt public debate and have led to, or have the potential to lead to, positive change in society.

In the year of COP26, the pivotal UN climate change conference, it is fitting that we should introduce an environmental component to our 2021 Young Journalist Award. Applicants will still be required to submit a portfolio of three stories and these can be a mixture of investigative pieces and human-interest stories. However, we will be asking all entrants to ensure at least ONE of the three pieces submitted has an environmental focus.

Eligibility:

• Entrants must be 30 years of age or under on November 29, 2021
• For the purpose of this competition the "developing world “is defined as countries with a Gross national income (GNI) of $20000 or less. Entrants should be from a country that meets the GNI criteria and reporting from/in that country or, if not in their country of origination, in another country fitting the same GNI criteria
• Entries can be in any language but should be accompanied by a verbatim English-language translation
• 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 entrant. Where an entrant is freelance, or self-employed, verification can be provided by an editor from one of the publication/websites/ broadcasters where the work appeared, or by a journalism academic familiar with work of entrant

Award:

• 3 finalists will be chosen by an independent judging panel selected by the UK Foreign press Association (FPA) and an overall Young Journalist Award winner will be revealed on the night of the FPA Awards
• All 3 finalists will be awarded £1000 learning bursaries or funds to buy equipment            

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