Humanitarian Aid Journalist Prize – Germany

Humanitarian aid needs new ways of reporting so that crises are not forgotten. That’s why Aktion Deutschland Hilft, with the support of the Federal Foreign Office, is offering the Humanitarian Aid Journalist Prize.

Goal

• Journalism that strives to use new reporting formats to present the complexity and tensions of humanitarian aid and to dispel stereotypes.

Benefits

• Research trips to worldwide aid projects.
• Up to eight journalists can be nominated for a travel grant on humanitarian issues worldwide. The scholarship not only enables a deeper insight into the practice of humanitarian aid. Through research trips to selected aid projects, it also offers the opportunity to explore new avenues of reporting.
• Particularly innovative approaches to reporting are supported, which can arise through cross- and multimedia formats as well as through new forms of narrative.
• Reporting at eye level.
• In direct dialogue with those affected, helpers and other people involved on site, nominated journalists have the chance to take on a variety of perspectives and make them visible.

Eligibility Criteria

• Employees of Aktion Deutschland Hilft eV, employees of the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, members of cooperation partners, members of the jury and their immediate relatives are excluded from participation.
• Participants of the Humanitarian Aid Journalist Prize should be between 21 and 35 years old at the time of application.
• Participants must have journalistic training (traineeship/study) and/or work experience in the journalistic field. Permanent and full-time freelance journalists are eligible to participate.
• Journalists with German citizenship and living in Germany can apply.
• Applicants who have already gained journalistic work experience, have an appropriate profile and are currently working as journalistic bloggers have the opportunity to apply for the Humanitarian Aid Journalist Prize.
• Participants must demonstrate know-how in multimedia (text, audio, film, etc.) and cross-media representation (online and offline) as well as in new narrative forms of journalism.
• Each participant may only submit one application. The participants ensure that they will be on site for relevant project-related events such as the kick-off workshop (location and date will be communicated promptly) and the award ceremony in November 2024 and will take part in the 7 to 10-day research trip between April and July 2024.

For more information, visit Aktion Deutschland Hilft.