Focus on Italy: 20.000 prize for the best video-reportage project on Italy
Submissions for the DIG Awards are not yet closed. Until May 16th, you can still sign in to the section “Focus on Italy” reserved for investigation/reportage videos in progress on Italy. The ten finalist projects will be presented in a pitching session to the presence of prominent professionals
The DIG Awards honor the best works of international journalism in a six sections contest. The Jury is already selecting the winners for the first five categories: Investigative (video-investigation), Long Reportage, Short Reportage, Digital and Data Journalism. In the meantime, the sixth section “Focus on Italy” is till open until May 16th: the competition awards the best investigation projects focusing on Italy or in which Italy plays a key role. The winner will be awarded with a 20.000€ prize for the production of the work: The authors of the 10 finalist projects will present their projects to the Jury and a public of observers consisting of buyers, broadcasters, commissioning editors and producers, in a public pitching session which will take place in Riccione on Friday 24 June 2016.
The contest is open to journalists from all around the world whose commitment is to bravely spread information and awareness. The proposal in English can be submitted to the website dig-awards.org. The winners of the DIG Awards will be selected on the basis of novelty, strength of the story and image quality. President of the international Jury is Gavin MacFadyen, director of the Investigative Journalism Centre in London and author of more than fifties investigative programmes for BBC, Channel 4 and PBS. The other members of the Jury are: John Goetz, founder of the investigativehe German network NDR and the Süddeutsche Zeitung; Neils Hanson, scandinavian icon of investigative journalism and Swedish tv SVT; Sarah Harrison, journalist and legal counselor, with Edward Snowden during the famous escape in 2013; Alexandre Brachet founder of the French production company Upian; Riccardo Chiattelli, laeffe tv director; Corrado Formigli, author and anchorman of the tv programme Piazza Pulita (La7); Monica Maggioni, president of the Italian network RAI; Marco Nassivera, news director for the French-German network Arte; Alberto Nerazzini, freelance journalist, previously collaborator for tv programmes Annozero and Report; Juliana Ruhfus, reporter for AlJazeera English; Andrea Scrosati, executive vice president programming for Sky Italy; Margo Smit, journalist and ombudsman at Dutch broadcaster NOS.
The winners will be awarded during the DIG Festival held in Riccione from June 23rd to June 26th. The four-days event will host exhibitions, workshops, talks, performances with the greatest international reports dialogue with common citizens and media experts.
