AFP Foundation launches 2010 Kate Webb Prize

The winner will receive a certificate and 3,000 euros in cash.

Open to reporters, photographers and video journalists based in Asia, the prize is to be given for work published or aired between Jan. 1 and December 31, 2010.

The deadline for applications is Jan. 15, 2011 and the prize is to be handed out on or around Webb's birth anniversary on March 24, 2011.

The prize was launched in 2008 in honour of Webb, a legendary Agence France-Presse correspondent in Asia. The inaugural prize was given to Pakistani journalist Mushtaq Yusufzai , who reports out of a restive tribal haven of Al-Qaeda loyalists. Peshawar-based Yusufzai, who had been wounded by the Taliban and arrested by security forces in pursuit of his stories, won the prize for in-depth reports, analyses and blogs shedding light on the complex region.

The 2009 prize was awarded to the Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism, which was chosen for its fearless work in the deadliest country for reporters. The PCIJ has for two decades braved the wrath of powerful interests in the Philippines to expose corruption, the dangers of which were highlighted when 57 people including 32 Filipino journalists and media workers were killed in a political massacre in the southern province of Mindanao on November 23, 2009.

Applicants are required to submit the following via email:

• A letter to the AFP Foundation explaining why you deserve the prize including a CV with two professional references.
• For reporters and photographers, up to ten (10) samples of your work in PDF form showing proof of publication, such as a newspaper or magazine scan.
• For video journalists, give us links to YouTube or a similar hosting site showing up to ten (10) clips of your broadcast work.
• Email applications to:katewebbprize@afp.com cc tokatewebbprize@gmail.com

About Kate Webb: New Zealand-born Kate Webb, who died in 2007 at the age of 64, was one of the finest correspondents to have worked for Agence France-Presse, earning a reputation as a fearless reporter while covering wars and other historic events in the Asia-Pacific region over a career spanning four decades. She made her name in Vietnam and other parts of Southeast Asia as well as the Middle East. Kate was known for her kindness and compassion and became a mentor to younger Asian journalists.