Nominations open for Shorenstein Journalism Award 2025

The award recognizes outstanding journalists and journalism organizations for their significant contributions to reporting on the complexities of the Asia-Pacific region. The 2025 award will honor an Asian news media outlet or a journalist whose work has primarily appeared in Asian news media.

It also demonstrates APARC’s support of journalism that persistently and courageously seeks accuracy, deep reporting, and nuanced coverage in an age when attacks are regularly launched on the independent news media, on fact-based truth, and on those who tell it.

An annual tradition, the Shorenstein Journalism Award alternates between recipients whose work has primarily appeared in Western news media and those whose work has primarily appeared in Asian news media. Candidates in the latter category include journalists and news organizations who, in addition to their recognized excellence, may have helped defend press freedom and encourage free media in one or more countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

Funding Information

• The award carries a cash prize of US $10,000.

Eligibility Criteria

• Both individual journalists and news media outlets are eligible for the award. Teams of journalists are ineligible.
• The award alternates between recipients whose work has primarily appeared in Asian news media and those whose work has primarily appeared in Western news media. The 2025 award will honor a recipient from the former category, that is, an Asian news media outlet or a journalist whose body of work has primarily appeared in Asian news media. To be eligible for the 2025 award, nominees must meet these criteria.
• Nominees must have an outstanding track record of covering the complexities of the Asia-Pacific region.
• A nominee’s body of work may cover any Asia-Pacific region. The award defines the Asia-Pacific region as encompassing Northeast, Southeast, South, and Central Asia, as well as Australasia.
• A nominee’s body of work may be in traditional forms of print/online/broadcast journalism or in emerging forms of multimedia journalism. The work under consideration must have appeared in English in regularly published newspapers, magazines, wire services, or news sites that adhere to the highest standards of journalistic integrity.
• The Selection Committee weighs the public impact of and engagement with a nominee’s body of work, among other factors. Nomination entries may include evidence that demonstrates such impact and engagement.
• The Shorenstein Award Selection Committee presides over the judging process that results in award winners, for whose selection the Committee is responsible.

For more information, visit APARC.