The 2010 Daniel Pearl Awards competition, which honours cross-border investigative journalism, invites entries from any journalist or team of journalists of any nationality. Entries must involve reporting in at least two countries on a topic of world significance. Two US$5,000 first-place prizes will be awarded, with five additional US$1,000 prizes. The awards will be presented at the 6th Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, in April 2010. Formerly the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism (ICIJ) Awards, the prizes were renamed in 2008 in honour of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was slain by militants in Pakistan in 2002.

Held biennially, the competition is open to any professional journalist or team of journalists working in any medium. To be eligible, the investigation - either a single work or a single-subject series - must involve reporting in at least two countries on a topic of world significance. There is no entry fee. Submissions from Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East are especially encouraged. A five-member jury of international journalists selects the winners.

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Click here to read about previous winners.

Email from Te-Ping Chen to The Communication Initiative on July 9 2009.