The deadline is closing in for an award for innovative online reporting, organised as part of April's International Journalism Festival in Italy.

The Digital Heretics Journalism Award is open until 28 February to online text, audio, video, animated or photographic reports that make innovative use of the online medium, such as crowdsourcing.

Multimedia entries will also be eligible, but all submissions must have been published in between 1 January 2009 and 31 January 2010 and be in either Italian or English. Entrants must also be under 35 years of age at time of publication.

"The winner will be chosen on the basis of the originality, the level of documentation and the depth of the work presented," states the award's criteria.

First prize will receive €2,000 to be awarded during the event, which runs from 21-25 April.

Full details of the prize can be downloaded at this link.

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