Applications Open for the Elizabeth O’Neill Journalism Award 2011

The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Australia-Indonesia Institute invite applications for the Elizabeth O’Neill Journalism Award 2011.

The Award is open to high achieving early or mid-career journalists.

The Award commemorates the distinguished career of Elizabeth O’Neill OAM, who died in service of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Indonesia on 7 March 2007. The Award builds on her tireless work to foster mutual understanding of Australia and Indonesia through accurate and informed media coverage.

The Award recipient will spend up to three weeks in Australia on a fully-funded program to build a stronger understanding and appreciation of the broad range of issues facing contemporary Australia and relations with Indonesia. The program will be tailored to the journalist’s area of expertise and reporting responsibilities in such areas as foreign and trade policy, development assistance, people-to-people links and education.

The successful applicant must be available to travel between February and March 2012.

Indonesian applicants must be Indonesian citizens resident in Indonesia and can be working in print, radio, television or online media.

Full details on the application process can be found on the department’s website at www.dfat.gov.au/lizoneill. Applications close on COB 7 October 2011.

We expect a decision on the Award recipients (Indonesian and Australian) will be announced in November 2011.

Media Enquiries:
Ray Marcelo, Public Affairs, tel. (021) 2550 5290 mob. 08111 873 175