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Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award enables journalists to send in their best stories to be examined by the judges.
Opportunity Details
The Young Journalist Award has given a boost to some brilliant journalists over the years, each one of them demonstrating a rich tapestry of investigative journalism, exposing social issues and holding power to account.
The annual competition is organised in partnership with the UK’s Foreign Press Association (FPA) and is presented at their annual awards event in London.
The competition enables journalists aged 30 and under, from countries with a Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of less than USD20,000, to send in their best stories to be examined by the judges.
1) Age: Entrants must be 30 years of age or under on 24 November 2025.
2) Location: For the purpose of this competition the “developing world” is defined as countries with a Gross National Income (GNI) of USD20,000 or less. Entrants should be from a country that meets the GNI criteria and reporting from/in that country or, if not in their country of origination, in another country fitting the same GNI criteria.
3) Portfolio: Each entrant should submit a portfolio of THREE published or broadcast pieces of work produced in the 12 months preceding 1 August, 2025 (the 12 months prior to the deadline for submissions).
4) Language: Entries can be in any language but should be accompanied by a verbatim English-language translation.
5) Verification: Entries should be accompanied by a letter from the applicant’s current editor, on headed company notepaper verifying that it is the published work of the entrant. Where an entrant is freelance, or self-employed, verification can be provided by an editor from one of the publications/websites/broadcasters where the work appeared, or by a journalism academic familiar with the work of the entrant.
6) Collaboration: Entrants should provide an explanation of any collaboration undertaken with colleagues or external organisations on the stories that they have submitted.
7) Plagiarism: Checks will be made for plagiarism and any entrant found to have submitted work which is not their own will be automatically disqualified.
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