Future Journalism Award Scholarship by New Media Writing Prize

Published: 29 Sep 2020

Bournemouth University Media and Communication Faculty has opened applications the ninth year of its annual international celebration on New-Media storytelling – New Media Writing Prize.

In the past six years, the NMWP has attracted entries from the very best and most innovative writers in the field. For the 2019 competition there will be four prizes: The if:book UK New Media Writing Award, the Unicorn Student Award, the Dot Award, and the Digital Journalism Award.

Get the idea? The essence of new-media writing is great storytelling which uses anything and everything that digital media can offer, along with user/audience interactivity. It’s got to be something that couldn’t work in ‘old’ media.

Bournemouth University NMWC Future Journalism Award

Application Deadline	December 12, 2020
Country to study	United Kingdom
Type	Undergraduate
Sponsor	New Media Writing Prize
Gender	Men and Women

Benefits of Bournemouth University NMWC Future Journalism Award

1. The Journalism Award: £tbc for the winner, where the winner may also be a student, i.e. satisfies point d. of clause 7

Requirements for Bournemouth University NMWC Future Journalism Award

The Journalism Award honours innovative stories based on factual material and featuring digital media. Interactive documentaries, multimedia features and gamified journalism are all considered. Entries must incorporate new media technologies and platforms.

Criteria for the Future Journalism Award:

1. Innovative use of new media to create an engaging, satisfying fact-based narrative.
2. Does not need to be topical, but must be socially relevant.
3. Must adhere to journalistic standards of accuracy and fairness.
4. Ease of accessibility for the reader/viewer.
5. Effective use of interactive elements.
6. An example of how new media can do things that traditional media cannot do.
7. The potential to reach out to a wide audience, i.e. not just specialist interest groups?

Application Deadline

December 12, 2020

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to New Media Writing Prize on newmediawritingprize.co.uk to apply

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