The Independent, in affiliation with the Rupert Cornwell Trust, has opened purposes for its annual award in honour of the distinguished overseas correspondent and author.
A bursary of £5,000 is being made out there to at least one particular person to fund an appropriate journalistic challenge.
Although the remit is large, it should be a overseas project in one of many broad areas Rupert Cornwell coated all through his lengthy profession – North America, Europe however not, this 12 months, the territories of the previous Soviet Union which might be concerned in battle.
The software ought to comprise the next:
- A pitch of round 800 phrases detailing how the funds shall be used; the quantity and kind of fabric that shall be generated; and its price as journalism
- Where acceptable, a collection of three revealed articles or different items of labor (however equal consideration shall be given to candidates with little or no established observe document)
- A private or skilled reference
- In the spirit of the sooner a part of Rupert’s profession particularly, candidates needn’t have studied journalism however ought to possess enquiring minds, a present for storytelling and an magnificence of prose fashion
The following formal eligibility standards will apply:
Applicants needs to be below 30 on 1 January 2022
They needs to be primarily based in Britain or America (however needn’t be US or UK nationals)
The journalism produced ought to fulfill these standards:
- It should be in English
- It should be considerably within the type of the written phrase as articles, with use of different media additionally inspired
- Original
- It might represent one article, however will extra seemingly represent a sequence of articles
- It needs to be accomplished inside six months of the beginning of the challenge at most
- The funding could also be staggered as objectives are met
- Overall it ought to quantity to about 10,000 phrases, plus different materials as acceptable
There shall be a panel of judges drawn from Rupert’s many colleagues and chaired by Susan Cornwell, former US congressional correspondent for Reuters.
The work is meant for publication by The Independent and all copyright will relaxation with The Independent. No extra charges or bills shall be supplied and journey prices are included within the bursary. Past winners, Rachel Savage,Lemma Shehadi and Thomas Graham produced work of excellent high quality, and the form of journalism that impressed the judges.
The work shall be coated by The Independent’s standard phrases for contributors, together with the code of conduct.
Please ship your purposes to s.ogrady@unbiased.co.uk with “Cornwell Award” within the header. The deadline for entries is 31 July.
Source: www.unbiased.co.uk