Deadline: 31-Jan-22
The NIHCM Foundation is now accepting applications for the 15th Annual Health Care Television and Radio Journalism Award.
The NIHCM Foundation Health Care Television and Radio Journalism Award recognizes excellence in television and radio reporting on health care issues and policy.
Award Information
A $20,000 prize will be presented to the winner.
Eligibility Criteria
- Entries must originally have aired during calendar year 2021
- Entry can be either an individual story or a series
- Stories must be advertised and disseminated as an official series in order to be submitted as one entry
- Entries will be accepted from staff employees of national or local news organizations, nationally-distributed cable programs, online streaming platforms or from freelance journalists who have produced reports disseminated by same
- Online stories will be accepted if produced for and disseminated originally on the web in affiliation with a television or radio news organization, or through an online streaming platform.
- Entry is free.
- Limit three entries per entrant.
- Applicants must submit a URL link to their piece or series.
Selection Criteria
- New insights and fresh perspectives generated by the reporting
- Influential journalism that sparks health policy change and/or builds public awareness
- Quality of storytelling
For more information, visit https://nihcm.org/awards/television-and-radio-journalism