Fetisov, 'unparalleled' global journalism prize launches; Premium Times journalist on judging panel

The Fetisov Journalism Awards is an international contest for journalists aimed at generously rewarding the most outstanding reporters from all over the world for their contribution to the promotion of universal human values and extraordinary heroism displayed during the production of their publications.

The Awards project was founded by Russian billionaire businessman, producer, scientist and philanthropist,The Steering Committee of the contest urged media organisations around the world to nominate works in four categories — Outstanding Contribution to Peace, Outstanding Contribution to Civil Rights, Outstanding Investigative Reporting and Excellence in Environmental Journalism.

Applications launched August 10 and would remain open till October 1st, 2019 while winners would be unveiled on January 22, 2020, at a ceremony scheduled for Luzern, Switzerland.Each category shall have first, second and third place winners, organisers said. The winners in each category will share 130,000 Swiss Francs .

That brings the total prize money to 520,000 Swiss Francs for the four categories, making the awards possibly the biggest international journalism contest in the world in term of cash prizes., chairperson of the Steering Committee of the awards. “The main purpose of the contest is to attract the attention of the world community to journalism as a unique profession aimed at changing the world for the better and give recognition to the best representatives of the profession.

“The mission of the contest is to unite journalists around the globe into a community of like-minded people willing to raise journalism to an entirely new level and meet the demands of the modern-day reality.”

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