The Star Prize for Broadcast-Digital Media recognizes outstanding online, cross-platform communications journalism utilizing at least two of the following: text, images, audio, video.
The combination of these multimedia platforms into successful story-telling captures the true spirit on an online journalist. Judges will look for pieces that use a range of contemporary tools to convey a story.
IFAJ members in good standing are welcome to submit one entry from members of their guilds.
• Entries must be submitted by guilds, not by individual members.
• It is up to each member country to determine how it selects its entry.
There is no entry fee.
To be eligible, the entry must:
• Be a story of about some aspect of agriculture or rural life.
• The story may be the work of more than one journalist.
• Have been published between January 1 and December 31, 2022.
or
• Have been a winning entry in a guild’s domestic award competition that was held between 1 January and 31 December 2022
• Be broadcast/posted in English, or, in the case of other languages, be submitted with a short written summary in English. Translation is available through IFAJ (see below).
• Be a single story. Providing multiple pieces that make up a series is not permitted. In such a situation, select one story from the series to enter.
A guild representative who is authorized to submit on behalf of the guild may fill out the current application form online, found on the IFAJ website. Submissions made with any outdated forms will not be accepted.
The following must also be included for the entry before the deadline;
● A working link to the story online must be provided to IFAJ with the contest application.
● For entries not originally broadcast in English, please provide a short written summary in English. If translation into English is not available, contact the IFAJ Global Office as soon as possible: IFAJ will arrange and pay for translation for the summary and up to 4 minutes of a guild’s broadcast entry. That will be the portion judged for the contest.
Entry deadline: March 10, 2023
• Content and style, including originality and creativity, relevance and audience appeal.
• Technical merit, focusing on the work of the journalist, including the structure of the story, the use of a variety of media and the relevance of supporting images.
• Objectivity and balance, i.e. reflects effort to research and present an informed and balanced report.
• Entrants should clearly exhibit their capacity to work across multimedia platforms by presenting an entry that demonstrates the use of at least three of, but not limited to, the following: text, images, audio, video.
If you have any questions please contact the contest administrator using the form below.