The Moroccan Ministry of Culture announced on October 2nd the launch of the 20th edition of the national press grand prize (GPNP), the most prestigious Moroccan journalism award.
The prize encourages Moroccan journalistic competencies and celebrates their work throughout the year which is held annually.
The prizes covered in this edition are:
- The television award for documentary investigation.
- The radio award.
- The written journalism award.
- The agency award.
- The Amazigh press production award.
- The Hassani press production award.
- The photo award.
- The journalistic investigation award.
- The cartoon drawing award.
- The honorary award.
The last award pays tribute to a personality from the media world who has contributed to the evolution of the national media landscape.
Eligible candidates must be of Moroccan nationality, have been practicing journalism for at least 3 years, and have a valid press card.
The candidate must not be a member of the jury and should be working in a Moroccan press institution. The nomination must be for only one work for each prize category.
The last condition is that the candidates shouldn’t have won the same prize they are applying for in the last 3 years.
In last year’s edition, Hespress AR’s Abdessalam Chamekh and Amal Kanin were awarded for their investigations into irregular migration to Europe through Turkey, and water scarcity in rural Morocco respectively. The awarded journalists dedicated their titles to the Hespress family
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