The Kurt Schork Memorial Fund exists to keep the world aware of the debt we owe to brave journalists who bring us news from dangerous places. Our annual Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism uniquely honor the work of freelance journalists and of local reporters in developing countries or nations in transition who often otherwise receive little recognition.
Awards programme update
- 2013 Awards open for submissions. How to enter...
- The 2012 award winners were Sarah Topol (freelance category), an American journalist based in Cairo, Egypt, and Humberto Padgett (local reporter category) of Mexico.
Read more... - The 2012 awards ceremony took place in London on 7th November, 2012. Read more...
The program is named after an American freelance journalist who died in a military ambush in Sierra Leone on 24th May, 2000 while on assignment for international news agency Reuters. Read more...
Each year, at a prestigious ceremony in London, we provide cash prizes to two journalists who produce the kind of reporting for which Kurt had earned widespread admiration. Read more...
The first awards were launched in 2001, after Kurt’s family, friends and colleagues set up the Fund with help from Reuters. We welcome donations to reinforce our work so that we can continue supporting these courageous but often unlauded news providers for years to come. Read more...