Applicant criteria
- 7 - 35
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
Wallace House is offering the Livingston Awards for Young Journalists to identify the best journalists under the age of 35. The Livingston Awards for Young Journalists were established in 1981 to recognize outstanding reporting and bolster the careers of young journalists. For 40 years, the Livingston Awards have identified exceptional young journalists and the next generation of newsroom leaders. Each year, prizes of $10,000 each are presented in local, national and international reporting.
Benefits
- Prizes of $10,000 will be presented in three categories: local, national and international reporting.
- Prize money is paid directly to the journalists, not the media organization.
- Winning the award helps talented young reporters develop the confidence and the institutional backing to continue producing ambitious projects. National recognition leads winners to new stories, new audiences and new career opportunities.
- There is no entry fee.
Eligibility criteria
- Entrants must be 34 years of age or younger as of December 31, 2020.
- Multiple bylines are eligible, but all must meet the age criteria.
- One entry per individual is accepted. One entry can be a single piece or a maximum of three pieces either from a published series, an original piece and its follow-up developments or three pieces clearly tied together in a beat. All pieces of the series must be published by the same organization.
- There is no limit to the number of entries that a media organization can submit, provided that they enter only one entry per reporter.
- Individuals may apply on their own, or be entered by their organization.
- Print, online, video, audio and data visualization work is eligible. Still photography is not eligible.
- The work must appear in U.S. controlled media. Entrants are not required to be U.S. citizens.
- Entries must be directly related to current events or include new information about old events.
- Submissions must consist of materials prepared in the ordinary course of the journalist’s professional production. Materials prepared by journalists specifically for submission to the Livingston Awards do not qualify.
- Student media are not eligible.
- Competition is limited to work published or appearing during the calendar year ending December 31, 2020.
- Winners will participate in an outreach event arranged by the Livingston Awards.
About Wallace House:-
Wallace House at the University of Michigan is committed to fostering excellence in journalism. Wallace House is home to programs that recognize, sustain and elevate the careers of journalists to address the challenges of journalism today, foster civic engagement and uphold the role of a free press in a democratic society. Wallace House believes in the fundamental mission of journalism to document, interpret, analyze and investigate the forces shaping society.
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