2004 KURT SCHORK AWARDS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM
16 marca 2004 r.

All entries must be postmarked May 1, 2004

Applications are being accepted for the 2004 Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism. Two prizes worth US$5,000 each will be awarded to a freelance journalist covering foreign news and a reporter in a developing nation or country in transition.

The 2003 local reporting award was given to Asha Krishnakumar (India) and the freelance journalist award was given to Elizabeth Rubin.

The prizes were established by the Schork family in honor of American journalist Kurt Schork, who was killed in 2000 while on assignment for Reuters in Sierra Leone. The awards are supported by Reuters and administered by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

The winners will be judged not only on the quality of writing and investigative effort, but also on the level of courage and resourcefulness demonstrated by the applicants.

THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS POSTMARK MAY 1, 2004.

There is no entry fee.

Award criteria and entry forms are available at the web site:

http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/events/schork

For further information, contact:

Irena Choi Stern, Administrator
Kurt Schork Awards,
Columbia University,
2950 Broadway, MC 3800 New York, NY 10027
212-854-8653,
fax: (212) 854-3148
e-mail: ics9@columbia.edu
http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/events/lukas