The Inquirer Award 2009
The Thomson Foundation is proud to launch The Inquirer Award 2009 in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq.
The Inquirer Award is a media initiative that aims to find the journalist who can demonstrate an ability to examine, in depth, a significant issue that is relevant to the region and its people.
The Inquirer Award 2009 has three categories: print, television and photojournalism.
Training Workshops
As part of the Inquirer Award programme, consultants from The Thomson Foundation are running a series of training workshops on the skills of investigative reporting in each of the participating countries.
Practical training workshops on the skills of Photojournalism are also being held.
The competition
The competition is open to all Print and television journalists working for any Arabic language publication or television station in Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Palestine.
Professional photojournalists or students of photography from the five participating countries are eligible to take part in the Photojournalism category.
As well as receiving The Inquirer Award 2009 trophy, the first place winners in each of the three categories – Print, Television, and Photojournalism – will be hosted by the Thomson Foundation for an all expense paid study tour for one week in the UK.
The deadline for submitting all entries to the competition is 17 December 2009.
All entries must be submitted to the Press Section at the British Embassy in either Amman, Beirut, Damascus, Jerusalem or Baghdad.
Read these instructions in Arabic
Entry application forms:
Application form for the Print Media (English)
Application form for the Print Media (Arabic)
Application form for Television (English)
Application form for Television (Arabic)
Application form for Photojournalism (English)
Application form for Photojournalism (Arabic)
- June 15th, 2009
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