"lorry" International Journalist Prize RUHR.2010
"lorry" International Journalist Prize RUHR.2010
Ruhr Metropolis – make cultural history
History….
Mines, hard-working mates, dirt, dust and loads of 'black gold' - this was what the Ruhr region once stood for. The ethos of the Ruhr region was rooted in the tolerance, hard work and great solidarity of industrial workers from all over Europe who took pride in their achievements. At the end of the mining era, people displayed the courage to start over again and a willingness to shape this unprecedented period of powerful change. Where once coal was mined, culture is now becoming the new source of energy: a previous brewery building has been revamped into a creative arts centre, a mine has become a meeting place for international designers and a former coking plant has turned into a gourmet temple.
and its stories…
The stories are as diverse as the region itself.
Just as the lorries that once transported coal from the Ruhr region’s mines to the people, journalists will be mining for astonishing, spectacular, moving and critical stories in 2010 when the Ruhr region is officially nominated "European Capital of Culture". RUHR.2010 GmbH will award the "lorry" International Journalist Prize to the most impressive contributions on the Ruhr Metropolis submitted by journalists from all over Europe.
As in the past, our aim today is to shed light on these stories
Categories
The "lorry" International Journalist Prize RUHR.2010 will be awarded in three categories:
Print and Online
This category includes reports, features, portraits or interviews that are published in daily, Sunday or weekend newspapers, magazines as well as on internet portals.
TV and Vodcast
This category includes all contributions submitted by private and public TV journalists which recount stories about the European Capital of Culture "Essen for the Ruhr". It also includes moving image productions shown on the internet.
Radio and Podcast
Radio journalists can submit reports that were already broadcast on private or public radio stations. Contributions published on the internet may be entered in this category, too.
Prizes
The first prize for the winners of the three categories is 2,500 euros. The second prize for all categories will be awarded with1,500 euros and the third with 500 euros.
Contestants
All national and international freelance or salaried print, radio, TV and online journalists may participate in the competition.
Please download the application form.
5.3 million people
5.3 million stories
Contributions
The prizes shall be awarded to the most creative and original contributions that recount stories of the Ruhr Metropolis from an unusual or unique point-of-view and whose linguistic eloquence and well-founded research makes them stand out.
Competition deadline
The closing date for entries is 31.08.2010 (date of postmark).
Please submit your contributions by post or e-mail to:
RUHR.2010 GmbH Marc Oliver Hänig - Reference "lorry"
Brunnenstraße 8
45128 Essen
presse@ruhr2010.de
Roger Boyes (Times-correspondent and bestselling author)
Elke Buhr (Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Monopol)
Ferdos Forudastan (winner of Theodor-Wolff-Prize and Deutschlandfunk-radio presenter)
Hans-Ulrich Jörges (Columnist and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Stern)
Ulrich Reitz (Editor-in-Chief of the Westdeutsche Allgemeinen Zeitung and of the online portal DerWesten.de)
Professor Hansjürgen Rosenbauer (author, TV-presenter and member of the Film Advisory Council of the Goethe Institute)
Johan Schloemann (cultural editor of the Süddeutschen Zeitung)
Christoph Schultheis (co-founder of BILDblog)
Claudius Seidl (head of the features section for the Sunday edition of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung)
Once upon a time there was the Ruhr region, now it is turning into the Metropole Ruhr