AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL UK

The Gaby Rado Award for Best New Journalist

For journalists reporting on human rights issues who have been working for five years or less in paid employment as a journalist. This award was established with the help of the family, friends and colleagues of the journalist Gaby Rado, who died in Iraq in 2003. Entrants should submit one piece but may also provide links to three further pieces of work to support their entry. Finalists will be asked for evidence of their eligibility. This category is free to enter.

Entry Criteria

Judges

Entry Form

Your Details

Entry Upload

Please ensure that you have read the Entry Criteria before completing your submission (link opens in new window). You can submit your entries in 2 ways.

Once you have entered, you will be emailed a copy of your submission. This email will include your Unique Entry Number and the link to our viewing platform. You will need to include your Unique Entry Number when naming the file you wish to upload so that we can identify your entry.

Please Note: your file must be no larger than 500 MB. We do not require high res or HD files at this stage.

Please provide below the URL (and any necessary passwords) to your entry or a 3rd streaming platform such as Vimeo or YouTube.

Entry Details

Please provide an entry synopsis. This should include a physical description (eg: articles published by the Times and BBC) and names of key contributors such as presenters or reporters, if relevant. (max 300 words).

Please describe the impact of the piece and how it contributed to human rights change. For example, did it influence government policy or a change in law? Did it reach a wide and varied audience? Refer to the Entry Criteria for a full list of how we measure impact. Please provide evidence where possible (eg: links to news stories, viewing figures, etc). (max 200 words).

Media Awards entries may be used or reproduced by Amnesty International for the purpose of promotion of Amnesty International Media Awards only. This includes being used in the Amnesty magazine and promotional materials for the awards, on the Amnesty International UK website, at the Amnesty Media Awards ceremony, other Amnesty events and in other Amnesty communications.

Fees

  • FREE to Enter

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Contacts

If you have any queries in relation to entering the Media Awards, please email amnestymediaawards@keystone-group.co.uk or call 01453 872731. For any other queries about Amnesty International and their work, please contact:

England & Wales

Ella Berny
020 7033 1548
ella.berny@amnesty.org.uk

Scotland

Pauline Kelly
0131 357 8584
pauline.kelly@amnesty.org.uk

Northen Ireland

Patrick Corrigan
0289 064 3000
patrick.corrigan@amnesty.org.uk

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