CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism 2024

This year’s Award seeks to highlight the role of investigative journalism in raising public awareness of critical issues in the agriculture/food security, environment, and health sectors, with the aim of advocating for transparency and good governance as regards practices, procedures, funding.

Categories

• The Award is divided into two categories:
  • Professional Journalists 
    • candidates who have been actively involved in investigative reporting over the last three years and are still active in journalism. Two samples of journalistic work will be relevant for the evaluation from the jury.
  • Young Professional Journalists (Born On/After 1994) 
    • candidates who have been actively involved in investigative reporting, even in the context of training activities organised by schools/universities/NGOs and, as a result, should have published at least one investigative story meeting all professional standards. One sample of journalistic work will be relevant for the evaluation from the jury.
    • Print, Radio, TV, news agencies and Internet media are admitted.

Funding Information

• Professional Journalists 4,000 EUR.
• Young Professional Journalists 1,000 EUR.

Who can apply?

• The Call is open to nationals of CEI Member States: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine.
• Applications that do not include all requested documentation will not be considered.

Selection Criteria

• Applications will be examined by an international jury composed of distinguished journalists and media experts from the region, which may also include winners of previous editions of the Award.
• The awarding ceremony will take place during the South East Europe Media Forum (SEEMF) to be held in Podgorica, Montenegro, on 27 November 2024.

For more information, visit SEEMO.