Candidates are selected by the Committee to Protect Journalists' staff and board, but nominations are welcome. Nominations should be sent to the Executive Director. The International Press Institute responds to threats to press freedom and injustice to journalists with an award recognizing journalists who have helped forge media independence. The award is open to submissions from any professional journalist whose work has forwarded the cause of freedom of expression. It honors courage and leadership in advancing press freedom and responsibility, enhancing human rights, and excellence in journalism.
Nominations are welcome.
World Press Photo Awards Honor excellence in photojournalism for spot news, portraits, general news, science and technology, nature and the environment, and the World Press Photo of the Year. Invitations to apply are sent to news organizations around the world.