OneWorld.net has partnered with Helium to bring you the OneWorld.net Citizen Journalism Awards. This is your chance to get in the trenches and think the way a true reporter does: Research, cover the five “Ws” (who, what, where, when, why) and write objective articles on relevant global issues. If you write the winning article, you’ll get byline credit and be featured on OneWorld.net’s unique syndication service on Yahoo! News.
About the contest
The assignment: Provide original reporting on issues from around the globe. OneWorld.net is looking for citizen journalists to report on international issues that need attention and are underreported in today’s mainstream media.
OneWorld.net does not publish personal essays or op-ed style commentary on Yahoo! News. It seeks journalistic-style news or news-analysis articles.
Check out OneWorld.net’s article guidelines before you start writing.
The awards: OneWorld.net will select one winning article for each title from the top 10 highest-rated articles. The winning article will be featured on OneWorld.net’s Yahoo! News syndication service, will be awarded a $125 cash prize and will receive a OneWorld.net Citizen Journalism Award certificate.
Get started
- Pick a title: Browse the current OneWorld.net essay contest titles below. You can also visit OneWorld.net’s partner page at Helium to learn more about its mission and to write to past contest titles.
- Research: Follow the article guidelines provided by OneWorld.net.
- Write: Do not try to tell the whole story of the global issue—it would not be possible in 600-900 words in any case. Simply find a news hook that falls within the category and tell that particular story, including sufficient contextual material, of course, within the parameters described in the OneWorld.net Yahoo! News guidelines.
Current contest title
There are no active contests at this time. Check back soon for the newest contest title!
Previous contest titles
These title are no longer open to the contest but they are still open to receive articles if you would like to write to them.
- How are people in your part of the world coping with the increasing cost of oil?
- How selling goods under the Fair Trade label has improved the lives of people who produce goods, such as coffee, tea, chocolate, rice, flowers and more
- How developing countries are adapting or preparing to adapt to the impacts of global climate change
Past contest winners
Be sure to check out the winners from all of our Citizen Journalism contests!.
About OneWorld.net’s Yahoo! News syndication service
The stories OneWorld.net publishes on Yahoo! News are similar to traditional news-wire stories in style, though the content is unique. OneWorld.net’s selection of content is based on its belief in the fundamental importance of human rights and sustainable development.
Many of OneWorld.net’s sources come from the civil society (NGO) sector, which the US public has consistently found to be more trustworthy than government, the media and other primary actors on the world stage. By highlighting the perspectives of civil society actors, OneWorld.net offers a different view than many and so engenders trust among its readership.
OneWorld.net seeks a diverse global audience and always strives to portray a full and fair view of peoples and cultures worldwide. OneWorld.net seeks to bring together diverse perspectives and to include sources, voices and views too often ignored. In particular, the organization works to include the voices of those at the front line of development—the poorest and most marginalized and those who work directly with them.
OneWorld.net further believes that facts alone are not sufficient to tell a story. Thus, OneWorld.net strives to present content within a broader context. In what is an increasingly saturated and fast-paced global news environment, the niche that OneWorld.net fills best is that of a trusted guide and aggregator of information. The OneWorld.net editorial products that have met with the most success are those that weave together into a coherent and meaningful narrative the various sound bytes and snippets that make up most people’s news diet.
While OneWorld.net’s stories are of the same mold as other news agencies such as Reuters and the Associated Press, the organization is careful to offer plain-spoken background and contextual information and is always on the lookout for opportunities to bring together various happenings, reports, statements, events, press releases, etc., to tell a story or offer a perspective that most other news agencies have missed or glossed over.
Yahoo! contacted OneWorld.net in 2001 about providing a daily news feed to its world news section, wanting to diversify the perspectives presented on its news site. OneWorld.net has had a continuous relationship with Yahoo! and has maintained a placement alongside AP, AFP, Reuters and other top-level news providers ever since. Here are the latest articles on OneWorld.net’s Yahoo News service.
