The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), with the support of Johnson & Johnson, will recognize the best media coverage of maternal and child health and other key health issues from each region.
Possible topics of coverage include reducing maternal, infant and child mortality, reducing disease transmission from mother to child, prevention of malnutrition, improving delivery of care and infrastructure for maternal and child health, innovative approaches to delivery of vaccines or responses to the Ebola or Zika epidemics.
One winner from each region will be selected. Each winner will receive a cash prize and a 12-day study tour to the United States.
There will also be a contest launch webinar featuring discussions with senior health journalists, contest winners from the 2014 and 2015 programs and ICFJ staff. The chat will take place on Wednesday, July 13 at 9:00 a.m. EDT. To learn more about the webinar, click here. Sign up for the webinar here.
Entries must have been published or aired between Feb. 1, 2016, and July 24, 2016, and may include feature articles; in-depth, investigative or explanatory stories; multimedia reports; documentaries or discussion programs.
The contest is also open to affiliated freelance journalists. Submitted work must have appeared in a media outlet based in one of the regions.
Submissions may be in English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese or Hindi.
Works in any other languages must include an English translation.
The deadline to submit is July 24.
For more information, click here.