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Invitation to the Kurt Schork Memorial Fund Awards

Join the Kurt Schork Memorial Fund and Thomson Reuters Foundation for the 2014 Kurt Schork Memorial Fund Awards at Thomson Reuters, 30 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London on Thursday 30 October at 6:30 pm.

Welcome drinks, awards presentation by Paul Ingrassia, Reuters managing editor, followed by a media panel discussion - Driven to polar extremes: When journalists are forced to take sides, truth suffers. Panel moderator: Christiane Amanpour, chief foreign correspondent, CNN. Panellists include Channel 4's international editor, Lindsey Hilsum and the BBC's HARDTalk host Stephen Sackur.

The awards are named in honour of American freelance journalist Kurt Schork who was killed in Sierra Leone while on assignment for Reuters in 2000. They honour the work of freelance journalists and local reporters.

To register for the event please click on this link. ■