EP/SP01/2010
The European Parliament Prize for Journalism will be awarded for the third time in 2010. It will be given to journalists who have covered major issues at a European level or promoted a better understanding of the EU institutions and/or EU policies.
There will be four different categories for the prize:
• Written press
• Radio
• TV
• Internet
The winner in each section will receive €5,000. The deadline for submissions is 31 March 2010.
Individuals or teams up to 5 people are eligible to contribute with articles or reports. The contributions must have been published or broadcast between 1 May 2009 and 31 March 2010 in one of the official languages of the European Union. All entrants must be nationals or residents of an EU Member State and a registered journalist.
Entries will be accepted until 31 March 2010 inclusive. The prize will be awarded in October 2010.
A jury will be set up to select winners in each category in the UK, with an overall jury, led by a European Parliament Vice-President, selecting the four winners EU-wide.
Application forms and the full rules of the Prize are available on the European Parliament's UK Office website at www.europarl.org.uk or at our special website dedicated to this new prize www.eppj.eu.
The BBC TV programme The Record Europe was a joint winner of the TV prize in 2008. In 2009, the winners came from Germany, Hungary and Poland.
For further information, contact Simon Duffin, Head of Press, European Parliament UK Office, simon.duffin@europarl.europa.eu Tel: 07786 060531
or Sanne de Ryck, EP Press Service, Tel: (32) 498 98 3451; dgcommsecreppj@europarl.europa.eu