The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has
called for entries for the 7th edition of the Award for Investigative
Reporting.
The award is open to professional Nigerian journalist or team of
journalists, full-time or freelancers, who have produced a news story
published between 26 October 2011 and 3 October 2012 targeted at and
received by a Nigerian audience. The award will reward and honour the works of outstanding
journalists whose news stories expose corruption, regulatory failures
and human rights abuses in public and private spheres of the country in
the print, radio, television, photo, online, climate change, local
government, sports, health and editorial cartooning categories. The sports and health categories are new categories included which
focus on sustainable development, the wellbeing of the country and its
future in relation with international realities.
Meanwhile the editorial cartooning category aligns with the global
acknowledgements of cartoon as a veritable tool of investigative
journalism and in response to agitations from journalists in this genre.
Print entries should be an original and photocopy while broadcast
transcripts must be written in English language. Audio entries should be
sent in Audio CD format, with accompanying script; while video entries
on VCD.
The photo entries must be well captioned in English with the
original photo, original copy of the published work and photocopy. While
the editorial cartooning entries must include original copy of the
published work with photocopy; and URL for online entries.
The entries will be scored by a judges' board comprising persons of integrity who are in the media and related professions. The entries should include a brief synopsis of not more than 400
words and sent to: The Centre Co-ordinator, WSCIJ, 55 Awolowo Way,
Ikeja, Lagos.
The deadline for entries submission is October 25, 2012.
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