Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism 2025 (€20,000 prize) – YOA

Deadline: July 31, 2025

Applications are open for the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism 2025. The Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism was launched on October 16, 2020 as a tribute to the Maltese anti-corruption investigative journalist and blogger who was assassinated in a automobile bomb assault in 2017.

The Prize goals to recognise excellent in-depth journalism work on subjects which might be related for the European Union (EU) as a complete or a few of its Member States and contribute to the promotion of ideas and values of the EU, as enshrined within the European Charter of Human Rights. The Prize, with the assist of the European Parliament, will likely be awarded yearly to in-depth journalism items undertaken by EU-based mostly skilled journalists.

Award

• There will likely be one single prize of €20,000 awarded yearly.
• The winner will likely be invited to take part within the Award Ceremony of the Prize. The European Parliament will cowl the winner’s journey prices.

Eligibility

• Open to particular person skilled journalists or groups {of professional} journalists of any nationality.
• Applications could also be submitted by authors themselves or by skilled media organisations and associations on their behalf.
• Entries will need to have been revealed/broadcast in print, audiovisual or on-line media shops based mostly in one of many 27 EU Member States between 1 September 2024 and 31 July 2025.
• English is the official language of the Prize.
• Entries could also be submitted in all EU official languages. A abstract in English (500 phrases most) have to be supplied within the submission type.

Evaluation Criteria

Evaluation will likely be based mostly on the next standards:

• Relevance of the subject for European society and contribution to the promotion of EU values and ideas.
• Quality of content material, which must be effectively documented, correct, factual, and based mostly on quite a lot of sources.
• Quality by way of language, fashion, and construction.
• Original and in-depth method to the subject.

Application

Applications have to be submitted by way of the web platform by 31 July 2025, 12 PM (CEST).

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For extra data, go to Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism.