Latin American journalism prize accepting entries

Latin American and Caribbean journalists have until April 15 to apply for the new edition of the Latin American prize for investigative journalism, that will award a total of US$30,000 in prizes.

The competition aims to promote investigative journalism in Latin America on matters of public interest, transparency in the business sector and in the media, public expenditure, and other complex topics that impact citizens. Print, broadcast, and digital or electronic works must have been published or broadcast between January 1 and December 31, 2009.

First, second and third place prizes are US$15,000, US$10,000, and US$5,000, respectively. Special mentions will also be awarded. The authors of the best investigations of public expenditure will be chosen to attend the 2010 Latin American Conference of Investigative Journalism in Buenos Aires, Argentina in September.

The prize is an initiative of Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS) and Transparencia Internacional para América Latina y el Caribe (TILAC).

For more details (in Spanish), click here or visit IPYS. For more information, contact premio@ipys.org.