Deadline: 7-Aug-21
The National Center on Disability and Journalism is now accepting entries for the 2021 Katherine Schneider Journalism Award for Excellence in Reporting on Disability, the only journalism contest devoted exclusively to disability coverage.
Categories
- Large Media Market:
- Radio—top 20 radio market size (according to Nielsen ratings);
- Television—network or syndicated TV and Top 20 markets;
- Print—150,000 circulation or greater (largest single day, including digital replica); and wire services; and magazines, weeklies, and online-only media with a primary focus on a regional or national audience.
- Small Media Market:
- Radio—below top 20 radio market size (according to Nielsen ratings);
- Television—below Top 20 markets;
- Print—150,999 circulation (largest single day, including digital replica); and magazines, weeklies, and online-only media with a primary focus on a state, city, metro area or county.
Award Details
- Winners will receive a total of $8,000 in cash awards in large media and small media categories.
- First-place winners in each category will be awarded $2,500 and invited to give a public lecture for the Cronkite School in fall 2021.
- Second-place winners will receive $1,000 and
- third-place winners $500.
Eligibility Criteria
- Journalists working in digital, print and broadcast media are eligible to enter. Entries are accepted from outside the U.S., although the work submitted must be in English.
Criteria
Entries are judged by professional journalists and experts on disability issues based on the following criteria.
- Explore and illuminate key legal or judicial issues regarding the treatment of people with disabilities;
- Explore and illuminate government policies and practices regarding disabilities;
- Explore and illuminate practices of private companies and organizations regarding disabilities;
- Go beyond the ordinary in conveying the challenges experienced by people living with disabilities and strategies for meeting these challenges;
- Offer balanced accounts of key points of controversy in the field and provide useful information to the general public;
- Special consideration will be given to entries that are accessible to those with disabilities. For example, broadcast pieces that are available in transcript form and text stories that are accessible to screen readers. All entries will be published on the NCDJ website in accessible formats.
For more information, visit https://ncdj.org/contest/