The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) Award for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting honours excellence in transnational investigative journalism. There will be two prizes of US$10,000 each. The first will be for outstanding investigative journalism by a United States (US)-based reporter or news organisation. The second will be for outstanding investigative journalism by a non US-based reporter or news organisation. There will be up to five finalist awards of US$1,000 each.


The deadline for application is February 15 2008.

Criteria:

Any professional journalist or team of journalists of any nationality is eligible to submit an individual investigative piece of work, or single-subject series, on a transnational topic of world significance. Works produced in print, broadcast, and online media are eligible; books are not eligible. Work must have been first published or broadcast in general information media between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2007. The story or series must involve reporting in at least two countries. Preference will be given to projects that involved on-the-ground reporting in those countries.

Work is eligible without regard to the language in which it originally appeared. However, entries submitted in the original language must be accompanied by an English translation. For video/audio entries, English-language transcripts are required. English-language subtitles on video entries are preferred but not mandatory. Audio entries should be sent on cassette, with accompanying script; video entries on VHS cassette in NTSC format, with accompanying script. Six copies of each submission are required. No email submissions accepted.

Submission Letter:

Include a brief synopsis of the story/series and explain the background of the project, identifying the issues and key players. Describe what led you to the topic, any unusual conditions you or your team faced in developing the project and whether the investigation had any ramifications. If there were any challenges to the content of the story/series that were not reported in the original work, you must describe them in your letter. The submission letter should be in English and no longer than two typed pages. Curriculum vitae must be submitted for every reporter named in the entry.

The signature of the applying journalist (or the applying team's designated representative) is required. If the copyright to the work is not owned by the applying journalist or team of journalists, the signature of the copyright owner (or its authorised representative) is also required. Signature grants ICIJ a non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable license to reproduce, publish and distribute the work (in whole or in part) in any Center for Public Integrity/ICIJ publication in any media if the applicant is selected as a finalist or winner.

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