Applications are now open for the 2025 Global Investigative Journalism Network Global Shining Light Award. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About Global Investigative Journalism Network Global Shining Light Award
Opportunity Details
- Date Published: February 15, 2025
- Application Deadline: February 28, 2025
- Category: Contest
Fully Funded
- Oppotunity Locations: Malaysia
Every two years, the Global Investigative Journalism Network presents the Global Shining Light Award, a unique award which honors investigative journalism in a developing or transitioning country, done under threat, duress, or in the direst of conditions. For the 2025 edition, the award is open to stories published or broadcast between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2024.
Benefits of Global Investigative Journalism Network Global Shining Light Award
- There are two award categories: Small & Medium Outlets (organizations with staff of 20 or less, including freelancers); and Large Outlets (organizations with more than 20 staff). Top winners will receive an honorary plaque, US$2,500, and a trip to the 2025 Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to accept the award in front of hundreds of their colleagues from around the world.
Global Investigative Journalism Network Global Shining Light Award Requirements
Criteria
The journalist, journalism team, or media outlet will have produced independent, investigative reporting, which:
- Originated in and affected a Global South country;
- Was broadcast or published between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2024;
- Was of an investigative nature;
- Uncovered an issue, wrongdoing, or system of corruption which gravely affected the common good;
- And did so in the face of arrest, imprisonment, violence against them and their families, or threats and intimidation.
Award Categories
- Small and Medium Outlets (organizations with staff of 20 or less, including freelancers)
- Large Outlets (organizations with more than 20 staff)
Judging Process
An international panel of judges, consisting of investigative journalism experts, will decide on the winner. The judges, in their discretion, may select more than one winner to recognize outstanding work.
Application Date and Process
- Click on the link to the application website to apply.
Application Deadline
28 February, 2025
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