UN Chronicle | International Journalism Awards 2003

International Journalism Awards 2003
By Horst Rutsch for the Chronicle

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Applications are being accepted for the 2003 Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism. The prizes were established by the Schork family in honor of journalist Kurt Schork, who was killed in 2000 while on assignment for Reuters in Sierra Leone. The awards are supported by Reuters and administered by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. The winners will be judged not only on the quality of writing and investigative effort, but also on the level of courage and resourcefulness demonstrated by the applicants.

Two prizes worth $10,000 each will be awarded to a freelance journalist covering foreign news and a reporter in a developing nation or country in transition.

There is no entry fee. The deadline for applications is 1 May 2003.

Award criteria and entry forms are available at:
http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/events/schork/

For further information, contact:
Irena Choi Stern, Administrator,
Kurt Schork Awards,
Columbia University,
2950 Broadway,
New York, NY 10027.

Phone: +1-212-854-8653.
E-mail: ics9@columbia.edu

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