A new award for excellence in financial journalism includes a $10,000 cash prize.
President of the National Press Club of Australia Laurie Wilson says the objective is to encourage broader media coverage and documentaries on finance issues, recognise and reward excellence in journalism in Australia and increase the national focus on the contribution that business journalists can make.
This year’s submissions will be drawn from a 12 month period covering July 2011 to June this year, and have to be made by September 7.
Entrants’ journalism will have broadened community understanding of finance issues and/or events, and explained or examined related policies, technologies, trends and/or personnel in their chosen medium.
“Judges will be looking for investigative enterprise, strong business theme, elegant writing style, clarity and impact,” Wilson says.
Judges will also consider impact on the news cycle, audience engagement and relevance to consumer, ability to translate and clearly communicate the complexities of financial issues to the wider audience.
Submissions may be in any media form and topics may include Australian business, Australian economy, finance policy, superannuation and or personal/consumer finance, global & Australian financial markets, taxation and banking.
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