Uncovering Commercial Bribery (US$1,000 Prize)

Application Deadline:  31 January 2025.

Applications are now open for the 2025 TRACE Prize for Investigative Reporting. The TRACE Prize for Investigative Reporting recognizes journalism that uncovers business-related bribery and financial crime with the goal of increasing commercial transparency and good governance.

Nominees may be print, broadcast or online reporters from any country who have investigated commercial bribery schemes, business activities that create serious conflicts of interest or similar commercial misconduct. Team entries and multiple submissions per author are permitted. Book-length entries are not accepted. 

Requirements

  • Entries must involve business-related bribery or financial crime.You may submit your own work, or you may nominate the work of someone else. If you nominate another’s work, please obtain their permission to do so.
  • Entries must have appeared in print, online, or broadcast media during 2024. Any entry not originally written/produced in English must be accompanied by a translation.
  • Books are not accepted.If an entry only appeared in print, please include a scan. If a scan produces an unclear result, please also include a transcript (Word document or PDF) of the article.If an entry is broadcast journalism (TV, radio, online video) please send a link or file.

Benefits

  • A panel of independent judges will review the submissions and select up to two winners, who will each receive a cash prize of US$10,000.
  • Reporter(s) will be invited to an award ceremony hosted by TRACE. The judges may also name up to two honorable mentions, who will each receive US$1,000.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the TRACE Prize for Investigative Reporting

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