John Dale, author of the book 24 Hours in Journalism - a finalist in the British Journalism Awards 2012 and voted one of the 40 ‘best books about journalism’ - would like to invite you to take part in a new project, 24 Hours In WORLD Journalism. It's about telling the story of those who tell the story and Dale wants to make it fully global. He wants to hear from you whether you're a paparazzi in Hollywood or a war reporter in Afghanistan, a Bollywood movie critic or religious reporter in Jakarta.
The book aims for journalistic excellence, the promotion of freedom of expression and the recognition of journalistic courage and integrity. In pursuit of these ideals, $10,000 will be awarded to contributors, as detailed below. It may also raise your public profile internationally.
The same format with 24 Hours in Journalism will be used – tracking one 24-hour period – to portray our work on a larger, more global scale. With your help, this project will show journalists reporting on Somali gunmen and Mexican drug smugglers, on African warlords and Chinese crime bosses. It will roam from Bollywood to Hollywood, from Teheran to Washington, from Rio to Beijing and everywhere in between. It will travel through the earth’s time zones to reveal how the media – newspapers and magazines, TV, radio and the internet – operate in this age of globalization. It will journey with war correspondents under fire. It will invade newsrooms. It will sit next to editors. It will explain why journalists succeed brilliantly and, occasionally, tragically.
The date and time for this 24-hour project:
John Dale Publishing Ltd (JDP Ltd) will award a total of $10,000 (ten thousand US dollars) to 7 individual contributors as follows: one award of $5,000; one of $2,500; and five of $500 each; plus a further 5 contributors will be sent a free copy of the book, 24 Hours in World Journalism (working title), and a further 5 contributors will be sent a copy of the book, 24 Hours in Journalism (2012 edition).
In allocating these sums, account will be taken of each contributor's working conditions in terms of journalistic opportunity, freedom and personal risk; the awards are intended to encourage and empower good journalism, promote freedom of expression and to recognise journalistic courage, integrity and ideals, as well as increase public enlightenment.
Independent verification of these awards will be made by the law firm, Lloyd Brennand, of High Street, Brentford, Middlesex, United Kingdom TW8 8AH.
SUBMISSIONS:
It's the big story that journalists often ignore. Their own. Write a snapshot of your work - in newspapers and magazines, TV and radio, or online - to help build a unique narrative of one 24-hour world news and media cycle, running from 6am (GMT/UK time) Monday 11 March to 6am Tuesday 12 March.
It could be a killing in Kenya, a riot in Rangoon, a baby in Beijing, a murder in Moscow, a lover's lynching in Lagos, a paparazzi chase in Hollywood. No story too big or too small. Celebrate the richness of journalists' work, on a global scale.
Email your day's events to 24hours2013@hotmail.co.uk
Describe what you did during the 24 hours: your news jobs, stories, features, photos, mishaps, interviews, events, meetings, humour, your workplace. Dale's book will be a 24-hour narrative so please give timings - in GMT if possible - loosely following this format (which can be seen more fully in his 2012 book, just published):
Your contribution should be 500-1000 words, but if you want to make it longer, that is no problem. You will help give an unprecedented insight into the role and importance of journalism worldwide.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries/ submissions: 24hours2013@hotmail.co.uk
Website: http://www.24hoursinjournalism2013.com/
The book aims for journalistic excellence, the promotion of freedom of expression and the recognition of journalistic courage and integrity. In pursuit of these ideals, $10,000 will be awarded to contributors, as detailed below. It may also raise your public profile internationally.
The same format with 24 Hours in Journalism will be used – tracking one 24-hour period – to portray our work on a larger, more global scale. With your help, this project will show journalists reporting on Somali gunmen and Mexican drug smugglers, on African warlords and Chinese crime bosses. It will roam from Bollywood to Hollywood, from Teheran to Washington, from Rio to Beijing and everywhere in between. It will travel through the earth’s time zones to reveal how the media – newspapers and magazines, TV, radio and the internet – operate in this age of globalization. It will journey with war correspondents under fire. It will invade newsrooms. It will sit next to editors. It will explain why journalists succeed brilliantly and, occasionally, tragically.
The date and time for this 24-hour project:
- Start: 6:00 (6am) Monday, 11 March, 2013.
- Finish: 6:00 (6am) Tuesday, 12 March, 2013.
John Dale Publishing Ltd (JDP Ltd) will award a total of $10,000 (ten thousand US dollars) to 7 individual contributors as follows: one award of $5,000; one of $2,500; and five of $500 each; plus a further 5 contributors will be sent a free copy of the book, 24 Hours in World Journalism (working title), and a further 5 contributors will be sent a copy of the book, 24 Hours in Journalism (2012 edition).
In allocating these sums, account will be taken of each contributor's working conditions in terms of journalistic opportunity, freedom and personal risk; the awards are intended to encourage and empower good journalism, promote freedom of expression and to recognise journalistic courage, integrity and ideals, as well as increase public enlightenment.
Independent verification of these awards will be made by the law firm, Lloyd Brennand, of High Street, Brentford, Middlesex, United Kingdom TW8 8AH.
SUBMISSIONS:
It's the big story that journalists often ignore. Their own. Write a snapshot of your work - in newspapers and magazines, TV and radio, or online - to help build a unique narrative of one 24-hour world news and media cycle, running from 6am (GMT/UK time) Monday 11 March to 6am Tuesday 12 March.
It could be a killing in Kenya, a riot in Rangoon, a baby in Beijing, a murder in Moscow, a lover's lynching in Lagos, a paparazzi chase in Hollywood. No story too big or too small. Celebrate the richness of journalists' work, on a global scale.
Email your day's events to 24hours2013@hotmail.co.uk
Describe what you did during the 24 hours: your news jobs, stories, features, photos, mishaps, interviews, events, meetings, humour, your workplace. Dale's book will be a 24-hour narrative so please give timings - in GMT if possible - loosely following this format (which can be seen more fully in his 2012 book, just published):
Your contribution should be 500-1000 words, but if you want to make it longer, that is no problem. You will help give an unprecedented insight into the role and importance of journalism worldwide.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries/ submissions: 24hours2013@hotmail.co.uk
Website: http://www.24hoursinjournalism2013.com/
