DEADLINE: Global Shining Light Award

Every two years, the Global Investigative Journalism Network presents the Global Shining Light Award, a unique award which honors investigative journalism in a developing or transitioning country, done under threat, duress or in the direst of conditions. For the 2025 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.

There are 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 2025 Global Investigative Journalism Conference, November 20-24, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to accept the award in front of hundreds of their colleagues from around the world.

Deadline: February 28, 2025.

Details and entry form.