The Wole Soyinka Centre for
Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) invites entries from Nigerian reporters for
the 10th Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting from the 4th of October
2015.
According to organizers, the award
programme, true to its tradition, will honour works that involve reporting on
public and or corporate corruption, human rights abuses or on the failure of
regulatory agencies.
“This year, the award plans to
reward outstanding reporters from print, radio, television, online, photography
and editorial cartoon categories. The submitted stories must have first been
published or broadcast in a Nigerian media between October 4, 2014 and October 23,
2015.
“In addition to the entry
coding system which makes the details of media house and by-line of entrants
anonymous to judges introduced in 2012, the WSCIJ now converts entries to
electronic format before sending to judges. The electronic entries system is
helping to ease scoring for judges and enable the inclusion of persons from
across Nigeria and abroad to participate in the judging process.
“Entries will be scored by a panel
of judges drawn from the media and related professions who are passionate about
investigative reporting. Over all, judges will be looking for ethical reporting
courage, individual creativity and public benefit.
“Interested reporters may visit www.wscij.org for details of the 2015 award. The deadline for
submission of entries is 4pm on Friday, 23 October 2015,” they said
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