The Gary Corcoran Student Prize for Excellence in Reporting on Disability, 2022

The Gary Corcoran Student Prize for Excellence in Reporting on Disability is the only national journalism contest devoted exclusively to disability coverage by student journalists.

Application deadline: August 7, 2022, by 11:59 p.m. PST

Entries must have been published or aired between July 1, 2021, and July 31, 2022, in either a student or professional publication.

The contest is open to anyone who is enrolled in a U.S. or international college or university in 2021/22, while studying for an academic degree. International students may also enter.

The entrant must have been enrolled as a student at the time of publication or broadcast. Work completed for internships or classes is acceptable if it meets the publication requirement.

Entries will be accepted from print, broadcast or online-only publications. Entries are accepted from outside of the U.S., although the work submitted must be in English.

The contest is administered by the National Center on Disability and Journalism, headquartered at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.

Please review that you have completed the required items before submitting a contest entry.

If you have any questions or are having a problem with this form, please contact David Nitkin at dnitkin@asu.edu

Title of Entry *

Checklist of items for submission:

Application form Entry description URL or PDF of entry

CONTACT INFORMATION

For the person submitting the entry (can be same as nominee)

Nominator Full Name *

First Name Last Name

Nominator Email *

Nominator Phone Number *

Area Code Phone Number

How did you hear about the contest? *

CONTACT INFORMATION

For the primary person being nominated for the award

Nominee Full Name *

First Name Last Name

Nominee Email Address: *

Name of College or University of Nominee *

Degree program of student journalist

Name of Media Outlet *

Address of Media Outlet: *

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

City State / Province

Postal / Zip Code Country

Nominee Phone Number *

Area Code Phone Number

Should any others be named in this award? *

Information for any others who should be named in this award:

(up to four)

1. Full Name

First Name Last Name

Email

Phone Number

Area Code Phone Number

2. Full Name

First Name Last Name

Email

Phone Number

Area Code Phone Number

Type of entry *

Date of Publication or Broadcast *

Date

Please describe any efforts that were made to make this entry accessible to those with disabilities.

(tagging, captioning, etc.)

ENTRY DETAILS

Broadcast entries are limited to 10 minutes or less.
Print and online entries are limited to a single story or story package (a main story with sidebars of shorter length or a series of no more than four related stories).

Describe your entry in 500 words or less. Please address:

Impact of your work
Any obstacles faced in the reporting
Lessons learned in doing this report
Any corrections or challenges to accuracy following publication

This description may appear on the NCDJ awards archive page.

(DOC, DOCX, or PDF files only) *

PDF of entry

Browse Files

Acceptable file types: PDF.

URL of entry

Related URL(s)

Consent and Terms of Agreement

TERMS OF AGREEMENT AND CONSENT TO RELEASE

By submitting contest entry I agree to the following terms:

I understand that an award may be revoked if application information is found to be false, misleading or incomplete.
Previous winners and winning organizations are eligible to enter the contest.
Unpublished manuscripts and unaired news broadcasts do not qualify. Any work found to be unpublished or unaired or solely produced as a classroom exercise will be disqualified.
I give NCDJ permission to publicize winners of the contest and re-publish my story/package on the NCDJ website. The top winner(s) will be invited to Phoenix, Arizona, to receive the award and give presentations.

Contact

If you have a question or are experiencing a problem with this form, please contact David Nitkin at dnitkin@asu.edu

555 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85004 cronkite.asu.edu

The 2021-2022 Gary Corcoran Student Prize for Excellence in Reporting on Disability