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Daniel Pearl Awards open for entries

Posted: 15/07/09 By: Mykel Hutchinson

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The Daniel Pearl Awards have begun accepting entries for the 2010 prize.

The awards recognise the world's best investigative journalism and are organised by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism (ICIJ), a project of the Centre for Public Integrity, which will grant the prizes.

The accolades, previously known as the ICIJ Awards, were renamed in honour of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was killed in Pakistan in 2002.

Entrants can be a professional journalist or team of journalists of any nationality working in any medium.

The submitted investigation must involve reporting in at least two countries on a topic of world importance, but can be either a single work or a single-subject series.

A five-person panel of international journalists will select five finalists, who will each receive $1,000.

The winners of two first place prizes will be granted $5,000 each - one for a US-based reporter or news outlet; and another to a non-US-based journalist or news outlet.

Past winners of the awards include Fredrik Laurin of TV4 Sweden, for an investigation on Russian overfishing, and Panorama's Mike Robinson. Award-winning reports have included features on the abuse of immigrants in American workplaces and allegations of sexual exploitation of Congolese women and children by United Nations peacekeepers

Entries must be sent by January 15 2010 and there is no entry fee. For more information please visit the Daniel Pearl Awards website, which has details on how to submit work for the prize.

The awards will be presented at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, in April 2010.

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