Deadline: 12 February 2024
A prestigious recognition program that celebrates and encourages outstanding investigative and public service reporting in South Florida, the Esserman Knight Awards honor journalists who take risks to expose injustice and demand accountability in order to support a more engaged and informed South Florida community.
The Esserman-Knight Journalism Awards are supported by the Esserman Family Fund for Investigative Journalism at The Miami Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Prize Details
- Winners receive a $10,000 first prize, $5,000 second prize and $1,000 honorable mention prizes.
Eligibility Criteria
- Anyone, living anywhere, can nominate a journalist or a team of journalists.
- A journalist or team of journalists can be nominated for a story or series of related stories (up to three) published or broadcast in 2023 that include original investigative or public service reporting from Miami-Dade, Broward, or Monroe counties.
- That includes people who work in journalism, members of the public, or a person impacted by a news story.
- The narrative component of the nomination must be prepared in English.
- Print, online, television, radio, video, audio and data visualization work—either standalone or in combination—are eligible.
- Podcasts are eligible, though only three episodes can be submitted.
- Any documentaries must be under 60 minutes in length.
Selection Criteria
- Projects will be evaluated on the quality of analysis and storytelling, rigor of newsgathering, inclusion of community voices, and impact on policy understanding or action.
For more information, visit Knight Foundation.
