Deadline: 1-Feb-22
Nominations are now open for the Human Rights Press Awards to increase respect for people’s basic rights and to focus attention on threats to those freedoms.
The Human Rights Press Awards recognise top rights-related reporting from Asia region and are organised by The Foreign Correspondents’ Club Hong Kong.
Categories
- Breaking News / Investigative Feature / Explanatory Feature / Commentary Writing: Works must have been published in text-based news media including, but not restricted to, newspapers, magazines, journals and wire service. For a series of work, all of which must have been published, choose the top two articles and provide a brief summary of the rest.
- Photography (Single image): They accept JPEGs with a quality setting of eight or above. They should be at least 2,500 pixels on the longest side and resize for smaller images. Entries must contain an English-language caption. If assistance is required for translation please contact the award administrators. A single image entry may also be submitted as part of a series.
- Photography (Series): Maximum eight images per entry. All photographs must cover one single, specific human rights issue.
- Short Video (English, Chinese): As originally published with duration of less than twelve minutes. The works must be in English or Chinese (and English or Chinese subtitles for video entries that are in other languages) when it was originally published. They accept MediaPlayer or Quicktime compatible files. If the work is available online, please submit a URL.
- Documentary Video (English, Chinese): As originally published with duration exceeding twelve minutes. The works must be in English or Chinese (and English or Chinese subtitles for video entries that are in other languages) when it was originally published. They accept MediaPlayer or Quicktime compatible files. If the work is available online, please submit a URL.
- Audio (English, Chinese): Audio-based journalism using radio, podcast or other audio-based online formats, published on a professional media platform. They accept MP3 files. If the work is available online, please include a URL.
- Multimedia (English, Chinese): Makes use of two or more of the following mediums: text, photo essay, video, audio/podcast, infographic and/or interactive elements. This category is for works that do not fit easily into the other categories – so a standard article with a single photo, or a TV show with a simple transcript would not qualify. A URL is required for this category. Please note that they do not accept self-published works.
- Tertiary Student Writing (English, Chinese): News articles and features published in either a student or professional publication, either online or offline, are eligible. Commentary articles, essays, personal blogs and unpublished manuscripts are not accepted. Online works must have appeared on sites linked to professional or campus media. Self-published works seen only on Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo or other social media are not accepted. Students must have been in tertiary education at the time of publication.
- Tertiary Student Video & Audio (English, Chinese): Broadcasts need to come from either a professional or campus media channel, either online or offline. Online works must have appeared on sites linked to professional or campus media. Self-published works seen only on Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo or other social media are not accepted. Students must have been in tertiary education at the time of publication.
- People’s Choice Photo Award: Judges will select entries from submissions to ‘Photography (Single image)’ and ‘Photography (Series)’ award categories. Separate submissions to this category directly are not accepted.
Eligibility Criteria
Works must be:
- In English or Chinese
- Reported by professional journalists (except student categories), including freelancers, excluding corporations or activist groups
- Published or broadcast during the past calendar year, January 1 to December 31, 2021 on a professional media platform (except students)
- Reported about the Asia region, including Central Asia, excluding Middle East, Australia, New Zealand
- Related to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Each entry must cite the specific article that the work seeks to address.
For more information, visit https://humanrightspressawards.org/how-to-enter
