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Alzheimer Europe invites journalists to apply for its 2024 Anti-Stigma Award
15 April 2024, Luxembourg - Today, Alzheimer Europe and the Alzheimer Europe Foundation have announced the launch of the 2024 edition of their Anti-Stigma Award, following the great success of the initiative over the past two years. This year, they would like to recognise a European journalist for an article, news story or documentary which has contributed to combating stigma and promoting a positive image of dementia and people living with dementia. The 2024 call will therefore focus on articles, videos or documentaries produced by journalists which address the stigma experienced by people with dementia and their carers.
The award is open to journalists established in a member country of Alzheimer Europe for articles, news stories or documentaries which were produced and published in the past three years (2021-2024). Applications can be made by journalists themselves or by a nominating national Alzheimer’s association. In those cases, the written consent of the nominated journalist needs to be sought. The award can be for stories covered by print media, radio or TV programmes or in social media channels.
The 2024 award will consist of a cash prize of EUR 5,000 for first place, a cash prize of EUR 2,500 for second place and a cash prize of EUR 1,250 for third place, each of which will be accompanied by a trophy. The winning journalists will be announced during a special award ceremony as part of the European Parliament Dementia Day, on 10 December 2024, in Brussels.
Interested journalists or national Alzheimer’s associations wishing to nominate a particular journalist, should send in the completed application form by the deadline of 15 June 2024.
Applicants may be short listed and asked to present their article, news story or documentary to the members of the Award Committee at an online meeting on 15 July. Travel and accommodation costs for the top three journalists will be covered by Alzheimer Europe, to attend the award ceremony in Brussels on 10 December.
Alzheimer Europe is the umbrella organisation of national Alzheimer associations and currently has 41 member organisations in 36 European countries.
Alzheimer Europe gratefully acknowledges the support of the sponsors of the Alzheimer Europe Anti-Stigma Award: Alzheimer Europe Foundation, C2N Diagnostics, Lilly and Roche.
