The EU Journalist Award 2009
EU wide competition on discrimination and diversity open for print and online journalists
The ‘For Diversity. Against Discrimination.’ Journalist Award 2009 honours journalists who contribute through their work to a better public understanding of the benefits of diversity and the fight against discrimination.
Print and online journalists are invited to submit articles on issues of discrimination or diversity on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, age, disability and sexual orientation.
Journalists are particularly encouraged to raise awareness of diversity in employment and of discrimination on multiple grounds.
Media professionals and anti-discrimination experts will select the national award winners. An EU jury will then choose the winner plus two runners-up of the European award. Entries will be judged according to their news value, relevance, complexity of research and preparation, originality and creativity, as well as their impact on the general public.
Special Award on Discrimination and Poverty
In anticipation of the 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, this year’s competition includes a special award for articles on how discrimination based on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, age, disability or sexual orientation can lead to poverty. Journalists are also invited to submit entries in this special category which explore how poverty can lead to discrimination.