Felix Dearden was a promising Reuters journalist who died in the 1987 King's Cross fire.

Now she is remembered through the Felix Dearden Memorial Prize which aims to encourage journalism trainees from ethnic minority communities in this country.

The National Union of Journalists will present the unique prize, of £500, at its Annual Delegate Meeting held between March 29 and April 1, 2001, in Scarborough.

The award will celebrate quality journalism which contributes towards, and gives a fair balanced picture of, anti-racism and multi-culturalism in Britain and Ireland and raises awareness of the role of the media after the Lawrence events.

Applications are currently being invited from ethnic minority students doing industry-recognised training in journalism whether at college on a pre-entry course (NVQ level 4) or "in-service".

The award will be for the best feature article, or substantial news story, whether written, or recorded on audio or video tape, or in the form of a photographic feature, on a subject bearing upon either British and/or Irish journalism and Black people or race relations in Britain and/or Ireland.

In the case of students on pre-entry courses, the feature, or news item, must have been produced as part of the students' course work and certified as such by a relevant member of the course staff or, where the work was done during attachment, by a relevant member of staff at the newspaper, magazine or broadcasting station.

For 'in-service' trainees, the editor MUST CERTIFY that the item submitted is the original work of the trainee.

The deadline is January 24, 2001, and should have been originated within the preceding 12 months.

For further information contact: Ian Howarth, Felix Dearden Memorial Prize, NUJ, Acorn House, 314 Gray’s Inn Road, London WCIX 8DP, or visit the NUJ website. Click here

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