Investigative Reporting Award Entries

Overview

The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) invites entries from Nigerian professional journalists or teams for the 14th edition of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting. The centre has introduced online application option for some categories for this edition.

The award, an annual programme of WSCIJ, seeks to honour journalism works with focus on public and/or corporate corruption, human rights abuses, or failure of regulatory agencies, published or aired between 4 October 2018 and 3 October 2019.

This year, applicants for the Television, Radio and Online categories can put in their entries online. The other three categories requiring hard copy submission are Print, Photography and Editorial cartoon.

Received entries will be collated using the award coding system and assessed by a panel of media experts and related professionals with good understanding of investigative reporting. The judges’ board would broadly score submitted stories based on quality of investigation, evidence, human rights elements, ethical reportage, courage, individual creativity, public interest, impact and quality of presentation.

The deadline for the submission of entries is Thursday, 24 October 2019 by 4pm. All hardcopy entries must be submitted to the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism office, Second Floor, 18A Abiodun Sobajo Street, Off Lateef Jakande Road, Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos. More details of the criteria for the call for entries can be found here.

The WSCIJ has since October 2005 rewarded, promoted and encouraged the development of the culture of investigative reporting in the Nigerian media through the award, which has had thirteen editions and ninety-one finalists.

Award Entry Criteria

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Motunrayo Alaka
Centre Coordinator
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