The Media Platform on Environment and Climate Change (MPEC) and the Minority Rights Group Africa (MRGA) are excited to announce a call for entries for the Second (2nd) edition of the Inclusive & Anti-conflict Journalism Awards. The 2024 Inclusive & Anti-conflict Journalism Awards is being organized under the "Engaging Media and Minorities to Act for Peacebuilding (EMMAP)," a multi-country project funded by the European Union (EU).

The 2024 Inclusive & Anti-conflict Journalism Awards focuses on the theme: “Deepening quality and ethical journalism to address conflict and minority exclusion.”

Eligibility

• The Awards are opened to journalists from print, radio, television and online (digital) media in Ghana. Multimedia submissions may include web, audio, video, visual, or mixed media.

• An applicant must be a Ghanaian or other West African national, based in Ghana and working with and/or freelancing for a media organization(s) in Ghana.

• Media works to be filed for the awards must demonstrate an impact of the issue on minority groups. Your story must be on minority exclusion/inclusion as reflected in one or more of the following fields: migration, conflict, climate change, environment, and socio-economic development.

• Media works to be filed for the awards must have been published or broadcast between the period 1st September 2023 and 30th April 2024.

• A copy of the published story (presented in PDF format) or broadcast clip must be submitted in English. Works in other languages must include English translations.

• Where a file of the story submitted does not contain evidence of the date of publication, a live web link containing the evidence of the date of publication must be submitted in addition to the file.

• Applicants may submit a maximum of two entries across all categories.

Entry Submission Process

The application process is open from Monday, 8th April 2024. The deadline for receiving applications is Sunday, 5th May 2024 at 18:00 GMT.

The overall winner will be chosen from among four categories of winners namely: Print/Newspaper, Online/Wire Service, Radio and Television. Finalists for the “Inclusive & Anti-conflict Journalism Award” will be announced on Monday, 20th May 2024.