Deadline: 31 January 2024
The Victor K. McElheny award recognizes outstanding coverage of science, public-health, technology, or environmental issues at the local or regional level.
The McElheny Award is aimed exclusively at local and regional outlets and celebrates such work with a single monetary award and a ceremony hosted by KSJ. Sponsored by the Knight Science Journalism program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the award honors the exceptional work done by journalists illuminating issues in their own communities.
Prize Information
- Winners will receive a $10,000 award and be honored at a ceremony hosted by the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT.
Who can enter?
- Freelance or staff journalists working for independent news organizations are welcome to submit their work. Media outlets may also submit entries on journalists’ behalf.
- As the award honors small and regional markets in the United States, media outlets must be based in the United States. Outlets with a large staff and emphasis on a national audience are not eligible for the award.
- They welcome works of local or regional journalism from the preceding calendar year that include substantial reporting on issues relating to science, public health, technology, or the environment. Submissions may be individual pieces, or a series of up to three works on a related theme. Entries may be works of broadcast, print, or digital journalism. Audio and video entries should be no longer than 60 minutes in total.
- To encourage wide participation, they define “local or regional” broadly. They will accept science stories from newspapers, small magazines and digital sites, broadcasters, podcasters, even bloggers — as long as the platform’s primary mission is to serve a local or regional audience.
- An entry is an individual piece, or a series of up to three works on a related theme. An individual or media outlet may submit up to three entries.
For more information, visit KSJ.
