Call for Entries: EIT Food Journalism Awards Open for Submissions in Spain, Portugal, and Italy!
The winning entry will receive 2,000 euros; the second, 1,500 euros; and a third, 750 euros. The deadline for submitting applications will remain open until 15th of September.
The EIT Food Journalism Award in Agrifood Innovation and Sustainability, that celebrates it's seventh edition in Spain, aims is to recognise the best journalistic work related to the agrifood sector. In Italy it will be the 6th year that EIT Food organises this award, and in Portugal, the 5th.
An exciting new development is on the horizon: the project is expanding to Greece! This expansion represents a significant step in the commitment to fostering innovation and sustainability in agrifood journalism across Europe. Stay tuned—more details will be announced soon!
Additionally, the prizes have reached new heights: the first award will be €2,000, the second €1,500, and the third €750— a significant increase from previous editions.
The deadline for submitting entries has already opened in the three countries. Entries are accepted in print (paper or digital), radio, podcast and television published between 1 September 2024 and 31 August 2025. The deadline for submissions is 15th of September.
📥 APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN
👉 REQUIREMENTS
Each journalist can submit a maximum of three works (Press, Radio, Podcast, Television, and Internet), and a wide range of topics are accepted: reports related to healthy and affordable food, sustainability in agrifood, food innovation, education and food, consumer-oriented food, food entrepreneurship, inter-company collaboration, the economic importance of this sector and digitalisation in agrifood.
The awards are organised by EIT Food, the largest European innovation community in the agrifood sector, and are supported by different partners: in Spain, the Spanish Association of Agrifood Journalists (APAE) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC); in Portugal Sindicato dos Jornalistas and CrĂ©dito AgrĂcola; and, in Italy the Unione Nazionale delle Associazioni Giornalisti (UNAGA). The awards will be presented later this year.
Looking back at last year's edition
IV Portuguese Journalism Awards Ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal (2024)
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