Nominations for Bruce Jesson Journo Awards 2010
Bruce Jesson Journalism Awards 2010: Call for Nominations
The Bruce Jesson Foundation was established in 1999 to commemorate one of New Zealand’s greatest political journalists, the late Bruce Jesson, by promoting vigorous political, social and economic investigation, debate, analysis and reporting in New Zealand. To this end, the Foundation holds an annual lecture and sponsors two annual Bruce Jesson Journalism Prizes for ‘Senior’ and ‘Emerging’ journalists respectively.
The Senior Journalism Prize offers an emolument of up to NZ$3,000 to assist writers aiming to produce the kind of critical and analytical journalism exemplified by Jesson’s work as a columnist in Metro magazine, as editor of The Republican and as the author of several influential pieces of book journalism. The prize is a self-nominated award dedicated to in-depth journalism projects on public issues that might not be undertaken, completed, or published without non-commercial subsidy.
The Emerging
Journalism Prize recognises “outstanding recent work
by New Zealand print journalism students.” It shares the
senior award’s broad aim of seeking "critical, informed,
analytical and creative journalism or writing which will
contribute to public debate in New Zealand on an important
issue or issues," but it differs in three important
respects:
• It is focused more narrowly on the
already published work of print journalism
students (though, exceptional unpublished work may
occasionally be considered).
• It seeks nominations
from heads of New Zealand Journalism Schools or journalism
programme leaders rather than from the student
journalists themselves.
• It offers a fixed emolument
of NZ$500, together with certificates of commendation for
one or more runners-up.
Nominations for the 2010 Bruce
Jesson Journalism Prizes are hereby sought from either the
writers themselves in the case of the senior journalism
award, or from heads of New Zealand journalism schools or
journalism programme leaders in the case of the emerging
journalism award. Nominees’ work will be assessed by
members of the Jesson Foundation’s Journalism
Subcommittee: Jon Stephenson (convener), Joe Atkinson, Simon
Collins and David Robie.
Nominations together with
appropriate supporting documentation including, for the
emerging journalism award, copies of the nominated articles,
should be forwarded by Monday, June 30, 2010 to Dr
Joe Atkinson, Secretary of the Bruce Jesson Foundation by
email j.atkinson@auckland.ac.nz, or in hard
copy c/- Political Studies Department, University of
Auckland, PB 92019, AUCKLAND.
Further
inquiries to Dr Atkinson by mail or email as above or by
phone (09) 373 7599 ext. 88094, or to Associate Professor
David Robie by email david.robie@aut.ac.nz, or phone (09) 921
9999 extn
7834
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Patron:
Professor Noam Chomsky Chair: Professor Jane
Kelsey Secretary: Dr Joe Atkinson
Senior Journalism
Prize –
Background
Criteria
Criteria for
the award are non-political and non-sectarian. The fund is
open to anyone proposing in-depth analysis, regardless of
the writer's political viewpoint. The criteria are:
1.
You propose to produce or publish a work of critical,
informed, analytical and creative journalism or writing
which will contribute to public debate in New Zealand on an
important issue or issues.
2. The work may take the form
of an article, report, pamphlet, book, radio or television
programme, film, website or any other publication which is
aimed at, and accessible by, the general public of New
Zealand or any part of New Zealand.
3. You have provided
a detailed budget showing that you are unable to produce the
work without advance funding to cover direct costs and/or
living costs while researching or producing the work.
4.
You have tried, and have been unable, to get adequate funds
from all possible sources including, where appropriate,
media outlets and other publishers. (This would clearly NOT
be appropriate if the work will be critical of such media
outlets or publishers).
5. You can demonstrate, at an
interview and on the basis of past work and/or references,
that you are capable of producing the proposed work with
enough accuracy, insight and flair for it to have an impact
in New Zealand public debate.
Previous winners
Winners to date have been:
* 2004:
Wellington researcher Tina McIvor for an investigation into
Work and Income’s treatment of beneficiaries judged to be
living in marriage-type relationships; and writer Nicky
Hager for a planned book on New Zealand foreign policy.
* 2005: Freelance journalist Jon Stephenson for a
two-part report from Iraq which appeared in Metro magazine
and won France's prestigious Prix Bayeux-Calvados.
*
2006: Wellington freelancer Amie Richardson for a series of
investigative articles on rest homes in the Listener.
*
2007: Auckland freelancer Peter Malcouronne for an upcoming
piece for North & South reflecting on New Zealand's economic
growth.
* 2008: Auckland journalist Keith Mexsom for a
planned book on he history of Auckland's transport
policy.
There was no award in 2009.
ENDS