Deadline: 31 January 2025
The Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism honors work that evaluates news media coverage of significant subjects or issues.
In 2025, when the award recognizes work from 2024, the award will be presented for the first time on the Penn State campus.
Funding Information
- The winner receives a $2,500 honorarium and is expected to attend the award ceremony, which will be conducted in September 2025 on the Penn State campus, and talk on the subject for which he or she is being honored.
Eligibility Criteria
- The award is intended to recognize constructively critical articles, books, and electronic and online media reports; academic and other research; and reports by media ombudsmen and journalism watchdog groups. Entrants are judged by professionals from journalism and journalism education.
- Eligible for the award are all significant contributions, current or cumulative, consistent with the award’s purposes from whatever source, media or otherwise, in the United States. The nomination should include work done (completed or continuing) in the calendar year. Both individuals and media (or other organizations, enterprises, and groups) are eligible for the award, including newspapers, periodicals, and broadcast/cable stations.
Application Requirements
- Anyone may submit an entry on behalf of an individual or organization.
- There are no application forms.
- Each entry must be accompanied by a letter describing the nature and results of the work and by the relevant published or aired material and/or other necessary documentation.
- Links to completed work online are acceptable as well.
For more information, visit Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications.
