Every two years, the Global Investigative Journalism Network presents the Global Shining Light Award, a unique award which honors investigative journalism in the Global South, done under threat, duress, or in the direst of conditions. For the GIJC25 edition, the award is open to stories published or broadcast between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2024. Click here to submit your award application online.

As we had previously, there will be two award categories: Small & Medium Outlets (organizations with staff of 20 or less, including freelancers); and Large Outlets (organizations with more than 20 staff). Top winners will receive an honorary plaque, US$2,500, and a trip to the November 2025 Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to accept the award in front of hundreds of their colleagues from around the world.

Due to the high volume of applications, we ask that you send us online links to your work samples. If your sample is not available as a public link, you can easily upload your document to a platform such as Google Drive or Dropbox, and share the link with shininglightaward@gijn.org. If you run into any problems, please send us an email. If submissions are in languages other than English, you must provide a detailed English-language summary of a print or online story, or an English-language transcript of a broadcast script.

Competition is keen. In 2023, the awards attracted a record 419 applications from 84 countries. From 12 extraordinary finalists, the judging panel gave out four awards and two certificates of excellence. Submissions deadline: February 28, 2025.

MORE DETAILS: https://gijc2025.org/awards/?mc_cid=8356273704&mc_eid=997749d0a2