(ANSAmed) - BRUSSELS, JUNE 21 - The European Parliament
will launch on Tuesday a website to present applications for the
Daphne Caruana Galizia journalism prize at the Press Club
Brussels Europe. The session will be attended by Matthew Caruana
Galizia, one of the sons of Daphne Caruana, David Casa, a member
of the European Parliament and quaestor, and Heidi Hautala,
vice-president and lawmaker of the European Parliament.
The Prize, set up with the support of the European
Parliament, is an homage to the Maltese investigative journalist
and blogger murdered in October 2017. It will be awarded each
year to the best journalistic work promoting or defending the
fundamental principles and values of the European Union like
human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, law and order and
human rights.
The prize is open to professional journalists of any
nationality who will be able to present in-depth reports
published or broadcast by media outlets based in one of the 27
member states of the European Union.
The winner will be selected by an independent jury composed
of representatives of the press and civil society of 27
countries of the European Union, as well as representatives of
the main European journalism associations.
Prizes for 20,000 euros intend to show the strong support of
the European Parliament for investigative journalism and the
safeguard of journalists around the world. The event will be
held on Tuesday, June 22, at 2 PM at the press club Brussels
Europe, rue Froissart 95 - 1040 Brussels, and on Zoom.
(ANSAmed).
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