True Story Award 2025

The True Story Award 2025 is the first global journalism prize. Its aim is to make reporters’ voices known beyond the borders of their home countries, and in doing so to increase the diversity of perspectives offered in the media. The True Story Award will be conferred by an independent foundation and honours reporters writing in 10 languages, who have distinguished themselves by the depth of their research, the quality of their journalism and its social relevance.

• True Story Award Research: This award recognises the quality of journalistic research, taking into account the extent of the research, time invested and country-specific circumstances.
• True Story Award Storytelling: This award recognises a reporter’s writing talent, taking into account journalistic craftsmanship, truthfulness and narrative elegance.
• True Story Award Impact: This award recognises the impact of a report, taking into account the country-specific relevance of a text and its potential impact on society, politics and the economy.
• The winner of each category will receive a USD $20,000 cash prize.

Eligibility for Award 2025

• Open to all journalists anywhere in the world who produce written reportage.
• They accept reports published between October 1, 2023 and September 30, 2024 in one of ten of the most important world languages; or as a translation, if the original was not written in one of these languages. Editors may also submit reports from their publications.

Application

The submission deadline is Tuesday, October 22, 2024, at 12 pm (noon, CEST).