CNN announces Journalist Award
The news channel CNN International is once again offering the CNN Journalist Award this year. Up-and-coming journalists from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland can apply starting now through July 31, 2010.
The CNN Journalist Award recognizes outstanding journalistic talent from German-speaking countries for their foreign reporting. This is the sixth time that CNN International has presented the award in the print, radio, TV and online categories for contributions on international topics.
Journalists who were not older than 34 at the time of the first publication of the submitted article are eligible to participate. Recommendations from third parties are also welcome. The first publication must have taken place between April 1, 2009 and July 31, 2010.
An independent jury of high-caliber representatives from various areas of the German-language media landscape is responsible for nominating and evaluating the works. These include Uli Baur (Focus), Dominik Wichmann (SZ-Magazin), Ueli Haldimann (Schweizer Fernsehen) and Ingrid Thurnher (ORF).
The CNN Journalist of the Year takes part in a three-week journalism program at CNN headquarters in Atlanta. Together with international colleagues, he or she will get to know the CNN news network and gain insights into the work of CNN newsrooms worldwide. The prize will be awarded in Munich in spring 2011.
The contributions can be viewed online at Cnnjournalistaward.com/ be submitted. Information on the conditions of participation can also be found on the website.
Journalists who were not older than 34 at the time of the first publication of the submitted article are eligible to participate. Recommendations from third parties are also welcome. The first publication must have taken place between April 1, 2009 and July 31, 2010.
An independent jury of high-caliber representatives from various areas of the German-language media landscape is responsible for nominating and evaluating the works. These include Uli Baur (Focus), Dominik Wichmann (SZ-Magazin), Ueli Haldimann (Schweizer Fernsehen) and Ingrid Thurnher (ORF).
The CNN Journalist of the Year takes part in a three-week journalism program at CNN headquarters in Atlanta. Together with international colleagues, he or she will get to know the CNN news network and gain insights into the work of CNN newsrooms worldwide. The prize will be awarded in Munich in spring 2011.
The contributions can be viewed online at Cnnjournalistaward.com/ be submitted. Information on the conditions of participation can also be found on the website.
