Deadline: 15 May 2018
Entries are open for Migration Media Award to recognize and reward the journalistic excellence, relevance and newsworthiness of press pieces dealing with migration in the Euro-Mediterranean region in all its aspects.
Categories
- Video: a video report (6-12 to 52 minutes) or a coherent series of short videos
- Radio: a radio report from 6-12 to 58 minutes or a coherent series of short reports
- Print: a long read or page-length spread with multiple elements
- Online: an illustrated article (with or without photos, videos, links) for pure players only (not a web edition of another media format), including social media
- Multimedia: a complex multi-format production mixing videos, photos, sound recording, with web navigation (hyperlinks, maps etc.) such as web-documentaries.
- Photo: a min 6 max 12 – a coherent series of photos with captions in English, Arabic or French
Prizes
First prizes
- First video prizes will receive between 1500 and 7000 euro, depending on country and complexity of the 2nd production.
- First online, radio, print and photo prizes will receive 1500 euro.
- First multimedia prizes will receive 2500 euro.
Second prizes
- Second video prizes will receive between 1000 and 2500 euro.
- Second multimedia prizes will receive between 1500 and 2000 euro.
- Second prizes for online, radio, print and photo will receive 1000 euro.
Third prizes
- Third video prizes will receive 1500 euro.
- Third multimedia prizes will receive between 1000 and 1500 euro.
- Third online, radio, print and photo prizes will receive 750 euro.
Eligibility Criteria
- The competition is open to all media outlets and journalists based in countries on both sides of the Mediterranean who have produced journalistic work on the topic of migration.
- Entries may be submitted by a Media organisation but the prize will be awarded to the journalist who created the work.
- Thus, the contract for the 2nd production will be either with an individual journalist or with the Media organisation while the 2nd production itself will need to be carried out by the journalist winning the award.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
Eligible Countries
- EU Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
- EU South Partner Countries: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia
For more information, please visit Migration Media Award.