Chief Executive, Thomson Foundation
The Thomson Foundation, an organization that delivers training to journalists on a variety of media issues, including digital solutions for business growth, is inviting journalists aged 30 years or below to apply for the 2024 edition of the annual journalism competition, the Young Journalist Award.
Thomson Foundation’s Young Journalist Award holds in partnership with the UK’s Foreign Press Association (FPA) and is presented at their annual awards event in London.
Now in its 12th year, the Young Journalist Award in partnership with the UK FPA is open to journalists who are 30 years or under on 25 November 2024 from countries with a Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of less than US$20,000.
Applicants are to submit a portfolio of three published pieces of work produced in the last 12 months which can be in any medium or format either in print, audio, video, multimedia or a combination of all four. In submitting their entries, applicants can provide URL links to their stories online, and where necessary, they can use a file-sharing platform such as Google Drive for scans or PDFs of print articles, and for large audio or video files.
A written statement of no more than 200 words per story giving a summary of the content and any impact it had on public debate in the country of publication or broadcast, should also be submitted with the entry. There should be no plagiarism and if there is a collaboration it should be clearly stated.
The deadline for submissions is August 9, 2024, midnight (London time). For more information about the award and to apply please visit https://www.thomsonfoundation.org/competitions/young-journalist-award/.
Applicants who have inquiries about their applications that have not been answered on the website should please email awardfpa@thomsonfoundation.org.
