June 1 2006 Extended to June 20 2006

Offered by The Anna Lindh Foundation and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the Euro-Med Journalist Prize for Cultural Diversity aims to promote better understanding of the diversity of cultures in the Euro-Mediterranean region.
The award is open to journalists between the ages of 25 and 35 who work for print or online media in the following countries: Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Morocco, Netherlands, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom.

Award winners, two selected from Europe and two from the Mediterranean, will be invited on a guided tour of four countries to explore and report on issues of cultural dialogue and diversity. The tour will include meetings with high-level government officials and representatives of non-governmental organisations. They will also have their prize-winning articles published in a booklet.

Applicants must submit one article or a series of articles that have been published between June 1 2005 and June 1 2006. The articles should depict cultural diversity and inspire exchange and intercultural dialogue among citizens of the Euro-Mediterranean region. Articles will be judged on the professional quality and journalistic standard applied in research and writing; the extent to which the article depicts cultural diversity and advances exchange and intercultural dialogue among citizens of the region; and the originality of the contribution.

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To submit to the award applicants must send the application electronically by filling in the application form and attaching the scanned article(s) and translation or print out the form and send it by courier mail to the address below.

• an original copy or a scan of the original article/series of articles, clearly indicating the date of printing, the name of the media and the author;
• full translation in English or French;
• copy of an identity document indicating nationality and age; and
• curriculum vitae of the applicant(s).

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