Call for Entries: Anti-Corruption Media Awards (Zimbabwe)

The awards also aim to encourage media professionals to promote integrity, transparency and accountability in Zimbabwe.

Categories

• Corruption Investigative Reporter of the Year: This award seeks to recognise the most outstanding investigative journalistic work exposing corrupt practices, has contributed to public awareness and has had a positive impact in society.
• Chairperson’s Award in Prevention and Awareness Reporter of the year: In the following sub-categories:
  • Public Interest: This award seeks recognise investigative journalistic work which exposes and shines light on the impact of corruption on vulnerable populations and inspire action and change.
  • Institutional Corruption: This award seeks to recognise investigative journalistic work uncovering systemic corruption in the public sector.
  • Economic Sabotage: This award seeks to recognise impactful reporting or investigations uncovering instances of economic crimes such as embezzlement, fraud, money laundering, or illicit financial activities that undermine economic stability or development
  • Service Delivery: This award seeks to recognise exemplary journalism that exposes corruption or inefficiencies in the delivery of public services such as health care, education, infrastructure or social welfare.

Submission Criteria

• The competition will accept a maximum of 3 entries from interested journalists, for each category.
• Journalists should be working for media houses operating in Zimbabwe.
• Entries should be accompanied by an official endorsement by the Editor.
• The endorsement letter should be a scanned copy and it must clearly indicate the title of the article and the date of publication.
• Each entry should not be submitted in more than one category.
• The entries should either be news stories (text, video or audio) or documentaries that do not exceed 20 minutes.

For more information, visit Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission.