Media Release
8 February 2023
The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Australia-Indonesia Institute invites applications for the 2023 Elizabeth O’Neill Journalism Award.
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 Elizabeth O'Neill Journalism Award is awarded to one journalist from Indonesia and one from Australia each year. The award is open to high-achieving journalists from print, radio, television and online media organisations.
The Award recipient will spend up to two weeks in Australia on a fully funded program to build a stronger understanding and appreciation of the broad range of issues facing contemporary Indonesia and Australia. The programs 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.
Indonesian applicants must be Indonesian citizens resident in Indonesia.
Full details on the application process can be found on the department’s website at https://www.dfat.gov.au/people-to-people/foundations-councils-institutes/australia-indonesia-institute/programs/elizabeth-oneill-journalism-award. Applications close on COB 5 March 2023.
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