Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism
Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism
The Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism is now open for nominations.
Awards CategoriesThe competition comprises eight category prizes and three top awards, presented as follows:
Category Awards:Business and Companies
Economy
Financial Markets
Consumer Financial Education
The African Growth Story
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
Business and the Environment
Business and Society
Broadcast: Radio/Audio/Podcasting (in financial news reporting)
Broadcast: Television/Video (in financial news reporting)
The Business/Companies, Economy, Financial Markets and Consumer Financial Education categories are open only to South African journalists in print and online media.
The African Growth Story, Broadcast: Audio, and Broadcast: Video, ESG: Business and the Environment, and ESG Business and Society categories are open to African journalists in Africa working in an African news organisation and practising journalism in print, online, radio and TV on the continent.
The African Growth Story category, introduced in 2013, recognizes exceptional business journalism focusing on the growth of the continent in terms of investment, infrastructure development, economic progress, and related topics. Stories should reflect a Pan African outlook and regional integration theme.
Top Awards:
Best Newcomer
Lifetime Achievement
Financial Journalist of the Year
Award Details
The winner of each category receives R 30 000 prize money. The Best Newcomer winner receives R25 000. The overall winner – Financial Journalist of the Year – receives R 40 000. All winners receive a certificate of recognition.
Eligibility Criteria
The competition is open to African journalists in print, online, radio and TV media who are based in Africa, working in an African news organisation, and publish or broadcast their journalistic work on the continent
The Business/Companies, Economy, Financial Markets and Consumer Financial Education categories are open only to South African journalists in print and online media.
The African Growth Story, Broadcast: Audio, and Broadcast: Video, ESG: Business and the Environment, and ESG Business and Society categories are open to African journalists in Africa working in an African news organisation and practising journalism in print, online, radio and TV on the continent.
Winners of the top awards – Best Newcomer, Lifetime Achievement, and Sanlam Group Financial Journalist of the Year – must be contestants who have entered the competition. The independent judging panel will select the winners accordingly.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism
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