European Journalism Centre (EJC) 2023 Climate Journalism Award

The Award will promote and recognise exceptional climate journalism that adopts an innovative or original story telling approach, encouraging journalists to prioritise reporting on climate-related issues.

The Climate Journalism Award has five categories:

1. Data: Climate change reporting that relies on data analysis.
2. Storytelling & solutions: Novel and solutions-focused storytelling methods for communicating climate change stories.
3. Visualisations: Making climate stories comprehensible and engaging for the audience by utilising data and scientific information in a visual representation.
4. Investigative reporting: Reporting that holds those in power accountable for their actions and their impact on climate change.
5. Emerging talent: Innovative climate reporting produced by journalists and newsrooms with less than three years of experience.

• Table of Content
• About European Journalism Centre (EJC)
• European Journalism Centre (EJC) Climate Journalism Award
• Aim and Benefits of European Journalism Centre (EJC) Climate Journalism Award
• Requirements for European Journalism Centre (EJC) Climate Journalism Award Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for European Journalism Centre (EJC) Climate Journalism Award
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About European Journalism Centre (EJC)

We support, strengthen and develop journalism in Europe Our mission is that every journalist and news organisation benefits from an EJC programme or initiative. The European Journalism Centre (EJC) is a non-profit foundation based in the city of Maastricht, the Netherlands. Founded in 1992, it has been working independently and successfully to support, strengthen and develop journalism in Europe. The EJC believes that resilient, inclusive and progressive media not only delivers better journalism but also produces many forms of public benefit that make governme... continue reading

European Journalism Centre (EJC) Climate Journalism Award

Aim and Benefits of European Journalism Centre (EJC) Climate Journalism Award

With the Climate Journalism Award we will acknowledge outstanding climate journalism that adopts an innovative or original storytelling approach. Stories can be submitted in five categories and winners will each receive a cash prize of €2,000. The Award is managed by the European Journalism Centre, in partnership with Google News Initiative.

Requirements for European Journalism Centre (EJC) Climate Journalism Award Qualification

Journalists or teams are required to meet the following criteria:

• The submitted piece must address one or more topics related to climate change and its effects;
• The submitted piece must have been published in or on a European-based media outlet;
• The submitted piece must have been published in the past 12 months (14 June 2022 - 13 June 2023).

Interview date, Process and Venue for European Journalism Centre (EJC) Climate Journalism Award

The submission process starts on 14 June 2023, and ends on 17 July 2023 at 17:00 CEST.

Print, online, video, and multi-platform storytelling formats are eligible to win an award and these may have been published behind a paywall. You can enter more than one submission but with a maximum of two categories per submission.

Winners will be announced at News Impact Summit event on 12 October 2023 and you will be expected to travel to Lisbon for the ceremony with our support.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

The Award is open to reporting in any language, but should be accompanied by a text-only translation in English.

You can submit on behalf of a collaborative  team of journalists.

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