Call to enter Taco Kuiper Award for investigative journ

10 Feb 2011

Entries are now being accepted for the fifth annual Taco Kuiper Award for investigative journalism, which celebrates outstanding examples of investigative journalism published or broadcast by South African media during the previous calendar year. Deadline is 2pm on Friday, 25 February 2011, with the award ceremony taking place on 15 April.

Call to enter Taco Kuiper Award for investigative journ

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The award is open to print or broadcast journalists or teams of journalists who can enter a single story or a series of related stories dealing with events and issues affecting South Africa, published or broadcast during 2010. The winner will receive a R200 000 cash prize and the runner-up R100 000. In addition, Taco Kuiper Grants are available to encourage investigative journalism in SA print media.

Taco Kuiper was a SA publisher who left a significant part of his estate to be used for the promotion of investigative journalism. His Valley Trust has partnered with Wits Journalism to organise the award and distribute grants to promote investigative journalism.

Nominations should be made by editors or through the Taco Kuiper nominators; guidelines and an application form are available at www.journalism.co.za/tacokuiper.

The award went to Rob Rose of Financial Mail/Sunday Times for "South Africa's Madoff", a series of articles on South Africa's biggest corporate swindle. Second prize was Carte Blanche for "Chicken Run". Previous years' winners include the Daily Dispatch, Beeld/Burger and Mail & Guardian.

For more, contact the awards co-ordinator Brigitte Read at az.ca.stiw@daeR.ettigirB.