Entries Open: Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism

Award Categories

• Freelance Award: Recognising journalists who travel to the world’s conflict zones, usually at great personal risk, to witness and report on the impact and consequences of these events.
• Local Reporter Award: Recognising the often-overlooked work of journalists in developing nations (or countries in transition) who write about events in their homeland.
• News Fixer Award: Recognising local journalists and/or experts, hired by a visiting foreign reporter or news organisation, whose guidance and local knowledge materially benefited the content, impact and reach of the stories submitted.

Prize Information

• The Award winners will receive a cash prize of $5,000.

Application Requirements

• Freelance Award:
  • Entrants to the Freelance Award must submit three articles each.
  • The submitted articles must have been published between June 01, 2024 and June 15, 2025.
  • Accepted media: any print-based medium, such as newspapers and magazines, or established online publications. Blogs, personal websites and social media pages or channels are not accepted.
  • Articles can encompass war reporting, human rights issues, cross-border troubles, corruption or other controversial matters impacting on people’s lives. Judges will be looking for professionalism, high journalistic standards, and evidence of dedication and courage in obtaining the story.
  • Because of problems with scanned entries and failed links in previous years, they require that each article be provided as a text file – MS Word (.doc or .docx) or similar text format (.rtf), or a PDF of a text file.
  • You may supply a URL link to your article(s), or a scan (as a PDF or JPG file) as supporting evidence of the publication context, but your entry will be disqualified if you do not also submit the required text files.
• Additional material you must provide:
  • A CV or resumé about your education and journalism career.
  • A passport-quality photo (JPEG, GIF or PNG file, size no larger than 250Kb) of yourself.
  • A high standard English translation if the original articles are not in English.
  • A short statement explaining what you had to do to get the story.
• Local Reporter Award:
  • Entrants to the Local Reporter Award must submit three articles each.
  • The submitted articles must have been published between June 01, 2024 and June 15, 2025.
  • Accepted media: any print-based medium, such as newspapers and magazines, or established online publications. Blogs, personal websites and social media pages or channels are not accepted.
  • Articles can encompass war reporting, human rights issues, cross-border troubles, corruption or other controversial matters impacting on people’s lives. Judges will be looking for professionalism, high journalistic standards, and evidence of dedication and courage in obtaining the story.
  • Because of problems with scanned entries and failed links in previous years, they require that each article be provided as a text file – MS Word (.doc or .docx) or similar text format (.rtf), or a PDF of a text file.
  • You may supply a URL link to your article(s), or a scan (as a PDF or JPG file) as supporting evidence of the publication context, but your entry will be disqualified if you do not also submit the required text files.
• Additional material you must provide:
  • A CV or resumé about your education and journalism career.
  • A passport-quality photo (JPEG, GIF or PNG file, size no larger than 250Kb) of yourself.
  • A high standard English translation if the original articles are not in English.
  • A short statement explaining what you had to do to get the story.
• News Fixer Award:
  • The News Fixer Award requires applicants to submit three references from foreign correspondents with whom they have worked between June 01, 2024 and June 15, 2025.
  • The references from foreign correspondents must contain links to the story or stories generated because of the applicant’s involvement.
  • Articles can encompass war reporting, human rights issues, cross-border troubles, corruption or other controversial matters impacting on people’s lives.
• Additional material you must provide:
  • A CV or resumé about your education and career.
  • A passport-quality photo (JPEG, GIF or PNG file, size no larger than 250Kb) of yourself.

For more information, visit Kurt Schork Memorial Fund.