Wole Soyinka Centre calls for entries for investigative journalism

The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has called for entries for its 15th annual award for investigative reporting.

The Executive Director/CEO of the centre, Motunrayo Alaka, in a statement yesterday said the 2020 award will reward works that explore the intersection between Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Covid-19, adding that entries from qualified journalists should be submitted on the online portal, www.award.wscij.org.

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“The choice of focus area for the 15th edition of the award programme is due to the fact that Covid19 has exacerbated problems of poverty, hunger, education, health, and inequalities between female and male persons among others, that Nigeria faces as the country marks its 60th independence anniversary,” she said.

Alaka said stories from the print, online, photo, cartoon, television, and radio genres of the media, published between 4th October 2019 and 3rd October 2020 are qualified to apply.

The deadline for submission of entries is Saturday, 24 October 2020 by 4pm.

A journalist with Next Edition newspaper, Ibanga Isine, won the 14th edition of the award with his report on “How bribe-taking security operatives gang-force Nigerians to pay dearly for food.”