Kurt Schork Awards for Journalists Reporting Human Rights
Applicant criteria
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
The Kurt Schork Memorial Fund honors international journalists who seek to illuminate the human condition through courageous reporting of conflict, corruption, human rights transgressions and other fundamental issues of today. Apply now for the Kurt Schork Awards 2017!
There are three categories:
[1] Local Reporter Award that recognizes the often over-looked work of journalists in developing nations or countries in transition who write about events in their homeland.
[2] Freelance Award for those journalists who travel to the world’s conflict zones, usually at great personal risk, to witness and report the impact and consequences of events.
[3] News Fixer Award rewarding local journalists and/or experts, hired by a visiting foreign reporter or news organization, whose guidance and local knowledge benefited the content, impact and reach of the stories submitted.