The Shorenstein Center is now accepting submissions for the 2025 Goldsmith Awards! The Goldsmith Awards Program strives to foster a more insightful and spirited public debate about government, politics and the press, and to demonstrate the essential role of a free press in a thriving democracy.
Here’s a brief overview of the awards in 2025:
The Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting honors investigative reporting that best promotes more effective and ethical conduct of government, the making of public policy, or the practice of politics. The winner receives $25,000, and five finalists receive $10,000. The deadline for submissions is January 9, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
The Goldsmith Prize for Explanatory Reporting is a new award that honors reporting that focuses on the functioning of government and the implementation of public policy. Exemplary pieces use an explanatory and solutions-focued lens to illuminate a government or public policy implementation process, program, or problem. The winner will receive $15,000. The deadline for submissions is January 9, 2025, 11:59 p.m. ET.
The Goldsmith Book Prize is awarded to the best trade and best academic book published in the United States in the last 24 months that fulfills the objective of improving democratic governance through an examination of the intersection between the media, politics and public policy. $5,000 is awarded to the winner in each category. The deadline for submissions is December 18, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Winners and finalists are honored at a ceremony at Harvard in the spring, and their accomplishments are promoted widely.
It is FREE to enter! Newsrooms may submit up to 2 entries for the investigative prize, and an unlimited number for this first year of the explanatory prize!
More information about all of the awards can be found at goldsmithawards.org.