January
9, 2008
Nominations open
for 2008 Taylor/Tomlin Award for Investigative Journalism
The University of
South Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communications
is pleased to announce the 2008 competition for the Taylor/Tomlin
Award for Investigative Journalism. Articles published during
the 2007 calendar year are eligible and must be submitted
by Feb. 1, 2008.
Eligibility & Nomination
| The Taylor/Tomlin Award for Investigative Journalism
recognizes enterprising, perceptive and beneficial reporting
by journalists whose work is published in a South Carolina
daily or weekly newspaper or wire service. The prize
seeks to stimulate and honor the work of investigative
journalists who ask the extra question, see more than
the tip of the iceberg and probe beyond superficiality.
Judging for the entries will be done by a panel of out-of-state
journalists and will be coordinated by the South Carolina
Press Association. The winner will receive $5,000 and
is expected to attend the School of Journalism Awards
Ceremony in April during Information and Communication
Week and to discuss the subject of the investigative
series for which he or she is being honored. |
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Full-time or freelance reporters working for a general
circulation South Carolina newspaper or wire service are
eligible. Entries may be based on a single, significant article,
a sequence of articles or a planned series. Up to five articles
in a series or sequence may be submitted. Team reporting
efforts may enter, with the prize to be shared by team members.
An editor, publisher, other reporter, concerned citizens
group, journalism organization, civic leader or educator
may nominate or submit entries on behalf of eligible candidates.
A letter describing how the story was identified, under what
circumstances it was developed and what obstacles were overcome,
the major problem or issue reported about, and the results
or consequences of that reporting, must accompany each entry.
Please submit four copies of each entry in tearsheet form,
or photocopies of tearsheets.
Award Criteria
Each entry must include the reporter’s name, professional or home mailing
address, present occupation, organization and resume.
Criteria for the award include:
- Initiative in discerning an issue and
- reporting on it
- Quality of reporting
- Obstacles overcome in getting the full story
- Heightened public awareness as a result
- of reporting
- Beneficial consequences of reporting
The Award
The Taylor/Tomlin Award for Investigative Journalism was
created in 2005 by South Carolina businessmen Joe E. Taylor
Jr. and Donald R. Tomlin Jr. The School of Journalism and
Mass Communications administers the annual prize.
Previous recipients
of the award
David Wren of The Sun News. More>>
Ron Menchaca and Glenn Smith, “Tarnished Badges,” Charleston
Post & Courier. More>>
Deadline
Submit entries by Feb. 1, 2008, to:
Taylor/Tomlin Award
School of Journalism and Mass Communications
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
Entries will not be returned.
Entrants agree to accept the
decision of the judges.
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