DEADLINE: United Nations Correspondents Association Award for UN Coverage

Event Date: 
September 30, 2022

The United Nations Correspondents Association Award for UN Coverage is presented for the best print, broadcast (TV & Radio) and online, web-based media coverage of the UN, its agencies and field operations. Open to all journalists anywhere in the world. The prizes amount to over $60,000 to be distributed among the prize categories and winners. Prizes will be presented at the UNCA Awards Dinner at UN Headquarters in New York. Judges look for entries with impact, insight and originality, and will consider the courage and investigative and reporting skills of the journalists. Entries from the developing world media are particularly welcome. Deadline: Sep 30, 2022.

The Awards are:

  1. The Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Prize, sponsored by the Alexander Bodini Foundation, for written media (including online media). The prize is for print and online coverage of the U.N. and U.N. agencies, named in honor of Elizabeth Neuffer, The Boston Globe bureau chief at the U.N., who died while on an assignment in Baghdad in 2003.
  2. The Ricardo Ortega Memorial Prize, sponsored by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, for broadcast (TV & Radio) media. The prize is for broadcast coverage of the U.N. and U.N. agencies, named in honor of Ricardo Ortega, formerly the New York correspondent for Antena 3 TV of Spain, who died while on an assignment in Haiti in 2004.
  3. The Prince Albert II of Monaco and UNCA Global Prize for Climate Change. The prize is for print (including online media) and broadcast media (TV & Radio) for coverage of climate change, biodiversity, and water.

2022 call for entries.

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