Deadline: 20 September 2024
Applications are now open for AIJC African Investigative Journalist of the Year Award to recognize outstanding examples of investigative reporting from Africa that reveal untold stories, hold the powerful to account, question those in public life and serve the public interest.
Prize Information
- The prize is US$5000.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Award is open to all journalists or teams of journalists working in any media for stories from and about Africa published or broadcast in African media between 1 July 2023 to 1 July 2024.
- The Award recognizes the best exemplar of investigative reporting from and about Africa over the year ending End-June. The Award can be made to a journalist or team of journalists working in any medium. It can be for a single story or a series of stories published or broadcast in Africa in the previous year.
- Winners will be chosen by a panel of judges who have discretion to set and use criteria they consider to be appropriate and reasonable. They will take into account:
- The originality of the story and the revelations it contains
- The investigative work that went into it, particularly inventiveness and persistence or courage
- The impact of the story, particularly in relation to public service
- No individual journalist or organization can be part of more than two entries. Each entry may consist of no more than five stories.
For more information, visit African Investigative Journalism Conference.
