Deadline: 31 May 2018
The CEI and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), in special partnership with the Media Program South East Europe of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), has announced a Call for Applications 2018 of the CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism.
The winners will be awarded during the South East Europe Media Forum taking place in Tirana, Albania, on 15-16 November 2018.
The Award aims at honouring the work carried out by investigative journalists and their contribution to investigative reporting despite the difficult conditions under which they often have to operate. Since its establishment in 2008, the CEI SEEMO Award has contributed to promoting quality investigative reporting in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, providing recognition and visibility to the work of remarkable journalists from the region.
Categories
The Call is divided into two categories:
- “Professional journalists” (4.000 EUR)
- “Young professional journalists” (1.000 EUR)
Eligible Candidates
- The Call is open to nationals of the 18 CEI Member States: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.
- Print, Radio, TV, news agencies and Internet media are admitted.
- For Category 1, candidates should have been actively engaged in investigative reporting over the last two years and should still be active in journalism. Two samples of journalistic work will be relevant for the evaluation by the jury.
- For Category 2, candidates should have been actively involved in investigative reporting, even in the context of training activities organised by schools/universities/NGOs and, as a result, should have published at least one investigative story meeting all professional standards. One sample of journalistic work will be relevant for the evaluation by the jury.
How to Apply
Candidates shall fill in an Online Application Form available on the given website.
For more information, please visit CEI SEEMO Award.