Journalists from Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine can compete in this contest.
The CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merit in Investigative Journalism will honor reporters operating under difficult conditions.
This year, the contest seeks to highlight the role of investigative journalism in raising public awareness of critical issues in the agriculture/food security, environment, and health sectors, with the aim of advocating for transparency and good governance as regards practices, procedures and funding.
The competition has two categories: professional journalists and young journalists (ages 30 and younger), awarding EUR4,000 and EUR1,000, respectively.
The deadline is July 31.