Call for Entries: NAREE's 72nd Annual Real Estate Journalism Competition Module opens Feb. 1
/New this year: More categories for teams of journalists and those writing for weekly newspapers; separate categories recognizing audio reports and video reports; Category 21 zeroes in on multi-platform packages
January 28, 2022
Deadline: Enter on www.naree.org between Feb 1 and March 1, 2022, 11:59 p.m. EST. NAREE’s journalism competition is for work published or aired in 2021.
NAREE’s 72nd annual journalism competition is open to reporters, columnists, writers, editors, and freelancers covering commercial and residential real estate, mortgage finance, sustainable development, and related real estate fields, including home building and design.
Competition categories for work with a single byline in all media include Best Collection of Work - Residential Real Estate, Best Collection of Work - Commercial Real Estate, Best Column, Best Economic Analysis, Best Architecture story, Best Interior Design story, and the Kenneth R. Harney Award for Best Consumer Education Reporting.
Categories for individual writers published in a daily or weekly newspaper include Best Residential Real Estate Story, Best Mortgage or Financial Real Estate Story Newspaper, and Best Commercial Real Estate Story.
Three categories are available to magazine writers with a single byline including Best Residential, Mortgage, or Financial Real Estate magazine story.
Teams of journalists and individual journalists can enter work in Best E-Newsletter, Best Breaking News Story, Best Investigative Report or Series, Best International Real Estate Story and Best Multi-Platform Package or Series. Teams or individuals can also enter Best Audio Report or Podcast, and/or Best Video Report.
Publications can be recognized in the Best Newspaper Real Estate or Home Section, Best Home or Shelter Magazine, Best Web Site, or Best Newsletter categories.
A full list of categories is under the Journalism Competition tab on naree.org
NAREE's Platinum Award of $1,000 will recognize the Best Overall Individual Entry. The Kenneth R. Harney Award for Best Consumer Education Reporting also comes with a $1,000 prize. The Best Freelance Collection winner will receive $500. The Ruth Ryon Best Young Journalist (age 30 or under) winner and Gold winners in 29 categories will receive $250 awards.
Winners will be announced at NAREE's fall conference —dates TBA.
The faculty of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University will judge entries on clarity of writing, objectivity, originality, depth of reporting, and/or graphic design/production.
All professional journalists writing for bona fide independent news outlets, both NAREE members and non-members, may enter.
NAREE, founded in 1929, is a non-profit association of reporters, editors, authors and online journalists.
Contact: mdkimball@naree.org
Mary Doyle-Kimball
NAREE Executive Director