JRF supports new journalism prize
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation supports a new journalism prize
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) is supporting a new prize for in-depth journalism.
‘The Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils’ will be awarded for the first time in 2015.
The name is taken from the task given to the JRF by its founder: ‘to search out the underlying causes of weakness or evil’ that lay behind social problems in Britain.
The JRF hope the prize will ‘support and encourage original, insightful and impactful reporting on social issues in the UK’ as well as provoking discussion on the issues.
A series of events reflecting the themes highlighted by the prize are planned for 2014-15.
The award will be free to enter and open to journalists in the UK of all ages, regionally and nationally, for work produced in 2014.
Claire Ainsley, director of communications and external affairs at the JRF, said: ‘Journalism has always played a role in uncovering inconvenient truths.
‘Today, with poverty predicted to rise to one in four families by 2020, there has never been a more important time for journalists to unearth the very real problems facing our country.
‘From Benefits Street to Panorama, poverty and social issues in the UK have become mainstream reporting.
‘It therefore feels timely to establish an award that rewards, encourages and supports original, in-depth journalism… that reflects and exposes the reality of people’s lives and has an impact on the UK’s social problems.’
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