inquirer award 2009
Getting beyond the stereotypes in the Middle East is a challenge. But The Thomson Foundation’s flagship Inquirer Award is helping reporters in the region cut through the rhetoric to dig out the deeper story.
opportunity to implement what they have learnt.
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. Award will this year be made in three categories: print, television and photojournalism.
Full entry details in Arabic and English, and links to application forms, appear below.
• The winners of The Inquirer Award 2008 were announced at a special ceremony in Amman, Jordan, under the patronage of HRH Princess Rym Ali.
Click here for a full list of Inquirer Award 2008 winners
The Inquirer Award 2009
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)