The International Women’s Media Foundation offers Courage in
Journalism Awards for women journalists in USA . Candidates should be
full-time, part-time or freelance women working in print, broadcast or online
media in any country.
Competitive candidates will exhibit extraordinary strength
of character, bravery and perseverance in reporting the news; have a strong
commitment to press freedom and be well-respected journalists who have shown a
commitment to journalism exemplified by a willingness to continually put their
life or their freedom at risk to produce a body of work in the face of
government oppression, political pressure, physical danger or other
intimidating obstacles.
Candidates must currently be full-time, part-time or
freelance women journalists working in print, broadcast or online media in any
country.
Candidates employed by organizations whose main objective is
not journalism will not be considered for this award.
Each year, the Courage in Journalism Awards honor three
women journalists who have demonstrated extraordinary strength of character in
pursuing their profession under difficult or dangerous circumstances, such as
government oppression, threats to personal safety and other intimidating
obstacles.
Nominations for the 2013 awards must be submitted by March
1, 2013.
To learn how to nominate a
journalist, visit the IWMF website at iwmf.org/nomination
For more information, contact Alana Barton (+1 (202)
496-1992, abarton@iwmf.org), visit
iwmf.org/courage
and follow #IWMFcourage (@IWMF) on Twitter.
