#CrisesofInequality UNRISD Media Contest seeks entries

DEADLINE: DECEMBER 4, 2022— The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) is accepting entries for the #CrisesofInequality Media Contest.

The Media contest recognises the best journalistic materials that showcase the key themes of the Institute’s 2022 Flagship Report: Crises of Inequality: Shifting Power for a New Eco-Social Contract.

Through the contest, journalists will help increase awareness on the urgency to build a new eco-social contract based on visions of justice, equality and sustainability.

#CrisesofInequality Media Contest is open to all press, radio and TV journalists and media actors working in any language.

The top three entries will receive USD 1,000, USD 750 and USD 500 respectively.

A special prize of USD 500 will be awarded to the best publication from a young (under the age of 30) reporter outside of the top three.

Journalists from the global South, people of colour, people from Indigenous and local communities, women, youth, and LGBTQ+ persons are strongly encouraged to submit entries.

The deadline for submission is December 4, 2022.

APPLY HERE

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