Fetisov Journalism Awards

Entries to the Fetisov Journalism Awards are now open. Journalism organisations and journalists are invited to nominate journalists for this award.

The Fetisov Journalism Awards aims to recognise journalists for their contribution to the promotion of universal human values and extraordinary heroism.

Application Procedure

• Entries are open to professional journalists, i.e. representatives of the media, professional journalism organisations (unions/associations/societies) and freelance journalists.
• Self-nominations are allowed.
• Maximum of 3 (three) reportings/series of reportings* from one journalism organisation/media platform can be nominated for participation in the contest.
• The submission form may be filled out by a representative of a registered organisation/media platform nominating another journalist or by a nominee. Information must be provided in English.
• One entry (one reporting or a series of reportings) from an author/team of authors is accepted.
• Publications (stories/articles/reportings) participating in the contest must have been published in printed media (newspapers/magazines/journals) and/or posted on media websites/outlets from June 1st, 2023 to May 31st, 2024.
• The word restriction for the submitted publications is 20,000 words.
• Films, videos and audio recordings as separate pieces of work are not accepted for the contest.

Award Information

Entries to the competition must be submitted before September 15th, 2024 (23:59 UTC).

The contest has four categories:

• Contribution to peace
• Contribution to civil rights
• Investigative Reporting
• Environmental Journalism.

The total prize fund is 520,000 CHF. Three winners in each category share a monetary prize of 130,000 CHF (including taxes, as stipulated by the legislation in force):

• The first prize winner receives 100,000 CHF.
• The second prize winner receives 20,000 CHF.
• The third prize winner receives 10,000 CHF.

How to apply

The entry deadline for this is September 15, 2024. To learn more and nominate a journalist, please click here.