News - Entries for African Investigative Journalism Awards open

Interested journalists must be employed by a local media organization in Africa and can submit applications individually or as a group. The work must have been published between 1 July 2011 and 31 July 2012, in English, French, or Portuguese.

Entries must contain one journalistic document, whether an extract of a series, radio or TV document published or broadcast between July 1, 2011 and July 31, 2012. The deadline for entries is Friday, 31 August 2012.

The best investigative story or programme – print, radio, or television – will be awarded US$ 4,000 and the runner up will receive US$ 2,500. FAIR has created an Editor’s Courage Award, to the values of US$ 3,500, which honors editors working in a situation of political repression and censorship.

Check http://fairreporters.net/awards/ij-awards-rules/ for more details.

Please submit entries to the FAIR office, by email: admin [at] fairreporters [dot] org, or by post: 4th floor Mentone Centre, 1 Park Road, Richmond, Auckland Park, 2092, South Africa.

The African IJ Awards are sponsored by Free Press Unlimited (http://www.freepressunlimited.org) , and will be presented in Johannesburg during October 2012.