Excellence in Urban Journalism Award

Calling all IndyMedia Reporters: A $5,000 Excellence in Urban Journalism Award is offered by the Freedom Foundation "to encourage and recognize quality reporting on major community development issues facing the nation's urban populations, particularly in inner cities." This includes journalism on the Internet. Disclosure: The Freedom Foundation is supported by Gannett, but purports to be independent of it. IndyMedia reporters can compete for it -- if for nothing else, to raise awareness about IndyMedia.

From an announcement I received via subscription to FundsForWriters.com:



EXCELLENCE IN URBAN JOURNALISM AWARD

Karen Burley at 410.772.2737

Enterprise Foundation

Application Form (PDF)

The Enterprise Foundation in partnership with The Freedom Forum is pleased to announce the 2004 Excellence in Urban Journalism Award. The award is designed to encourage and recognize quality reporting on major community development issues facing the nation's urban populations, particularly in inner cities. Issues that may be covered include, but are not limited to, housing, community safety, community development, welfare-to-work and child care.
Submissions must have been printed, broadcast or transmitted during the 2003 calendar year. The award and a check for $5,000 will be presented to the winning journalist or journalists in October at The Enterprise Foundation's Network Conference in New York City.



I suggest that eligible IndyMedia reporters and/or IndyMedia Centers apply for the prize. Winning may be a long shot, but applying can help raise awareness about what IndyMedia folks are doing. And imagine what a coup it would be if an IndyMedia Center won!



There is no application fee, so there's nothing to be lost but the little bit of time it takes to put together an application.