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Published: 24 Sep 2024 565 views
This is the official call for entries for the 2025 True Story Award! Published reports from all over the world can be submitted as of now. This truly global journalism prize, which will be awarded for the fifth time next year, has an important new feature. The True Story Award 2025 will be presented to authors in three categories:
True Story Award Research
This award recognises the quality of journalistic research, taking into account the extent of the research, time invested and country-specific circumstances.
True Story Award Storytelling
This award recognises a reporter's writing talent, taking into account journalistic craftsmanship, truthfulness and narrative elegance.
True Story Award Impact
This award recognises the impact of a report, taking into account the country-specific relevance of a text and its potential impact on society, politics and the economy.
The first globally-oriented journalism prize aims to set an example to motivate journalists all over the world and to strengthen them in their work. In the 21st century, journalism’s role as an indispensable critical institution for democracy is continually and everywhere being put to the test: freedom of the press is limited, the media is politically controlled, economically instrumentalised, and digitally fragmented. The price for this is high: in many places the loss of a plural and independent representation of events or developments in the media is impacting upon the formation of fr... continue reading
| Application Deadline | 22 Oct 2024 |
| Value | USD 20?000 |
| Country to study | Switzerland |
| Type | Contest |
| Course to study | View courses |
| Sponsor | True Story Award |
| Gender | Men and Women |
The main purpose of the award is to bring journalists from all over the world together and enable an exchange with audiences in Bern. There, the main jury, consisting of seven representatives of all five continents, will choose three winners from the nominated reports.
The winner of each category will receive a USD 20 000 cash prize.
The jury, consisting of renowned experts from the fields of journalism, publishing, teaching and literature, will read and evaluate all texts submitted, nominating one author per category and language region for the True Story Award 2025.
The jury will assign all entries to one of these three categories. For you, dear colleagues, the procedure will remain unchanged. Click here for the call for entries and the participation terms.
For the True Story Award 2025, reportage from all over the world can be submitted. Texts should have been published between October 1, 2023 and September 30, 2024 in daily or weekly newspapers, magazines, or online.
A total of 36 journalists will receive an invitation to attend the True Story Award ceremony and the True Story Festival in Bern, Switzerland, which will take place from 20 to 22 June 2025.
The call for entries is open until 22 October 2024 (12 pm UTC).
We accept reports published between 1 October 2023 and 30 September 2024 in one of ten of the most important world languages; or as a translation, if the original was not written in one of these languages. Editors may also submit reports from their publications.
We look forward to receiving your submissions! Join us in this global initiative for transparency and media freedom.
Good luck and best wishes.
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For more details visit: TSA website.
