The Lorenzo Natali Media Prize, the EU's flagship journalism award, opens for applications today. The Prize recognises and honours the work of journalists from around the world which shed a light on the most pressing global challenges.
The European Commission calls on journalists reporting on issues relating to inequality, poverty eradication, sustainable development, environment, biodiversity, climate action, digital, jobs and employment, education and skills development, migration, healthcare, peace, democracy and human rights to apply online.
Eligibility Criteria
Reporters can submit written, audio-visual or multimedia work in one of the following categories:
- International Prize: reporting published by a media outlet based in one of the European Union's partner countries.
- Europe Prize: reporting published by a media outlet based in the European Union.
- Best Emerging Journalist Prize: reporting by a journalist aged under 30 at the time of publication and published by a media outlet based in any of the countries eligible for the International and Europe Prizes.
Applications are open to reporting in any language, but should be accompanied by a translation in one of the competition languages: English, French, Spanish, German or Portuguese.
