DEADLINE: United Nations Correspondents Association Award for UN Coverage

The United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) invites media worldwide to submit entries for its 28th annual UNCA Awards for best print, broadcast (TV & Radio) and online, web-based media coverage of the United Nations, UN agencies, and field operations.

The UNCA awards are open to all journalists anywhere in the world. The prizes amount to over $60,000 to be distributed among the prize categories and winners. Prizes will be presented at the UNCA Awards Dinner at UN Headquarters in New York. Judges look for entries with impact, insight and originality, and will consider the courage and investigative and reporting skills of the journalists. Entries from the developing world media are particularly welcome.

The Awards are:

1. The Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Prize, sponsored by the Alexander Bodini Foundation. The award is for print (including online media) coverage of the UN and UN agencies, named in honor of Elizabeth Neuffer, the Boston Globe bureau chief at the UN, who died while on an assignment in Baghdad in 2003.
2. The Ricardo Ortega Memorial Prize, sponsored by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC). The award is for broadcast (TV & Radio) media coverage of the UN and UN agencies, named in honor of Ricardo Ortega, formerly the New York correspondent for Antena 3 TV of Spain, who died while on an assignment in Haiti in 2004.
3. The Prince Albert II of Monaco and UNCA Global Prize for Climate Change. The award is for print (including online media) and broadcast media (TV and Radio), that cover climate change with a particular focus on its impacts on oceans and its biodiversity, and the effects of sea level rise for Small Islands Developing States.

Deadline: Sep 30, 2024.

2024 call for entries.