UN Correspondents Association Awards for Best Media Coverage

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The United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) invites media worldwide to submit entries for its 24th annual UNCA Awards for the best print, broadcast (TV & Radio) and online, web-based media coverage of the United Nations, U.N. agencies and field operations.

Winners will be honored at a gala event with U.N. Secretary-general H.E. António Guterres on friday, december 6th 2019, at Cipriani Wall Street, New York.

The Awards are:

The Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Prize sponsored by the Alexander Bodini Foundation, for written media (including online media).

The prize is for print and online coverage of the U.N. and U.N. agencies, named in honor of Elizabeth Neuffer, The Boston Globe bureau chief at the U.N., who died while on an assignment in Baghdad in 2003.

The Ricardo Ortega Memorial Prize sponsored by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, for broadcast (TV & Radio) media.

The prize is for broadcast coverage of the U.N. and U.N. agencies, named in honor of Ricardo Ortega, formerly the New York correspondent for Antena 3 TV of Spain, who died while on an assignment in Haiti in 2004.

The Prince Albert II of Monaco and UNCA Global Prize for coverage of Climate Change. The prize is for print (including online media) and broadcast media (TV & Radio) for coverage of sustainable and equitable management of natural resources and the implementation of innovative and ethical solutions in three main categories: climate change, biodiversity, and water.

Criteria

The UNCA awards are open to all journalists anywhere in the world.

Important Information For Applicants: