The Sokolov Award, also known as Sokolov Prize, is an Israeli journalism award, awarded by the

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municipality, in memory of

Nahum Sokolow Nahum ben Joseph Samuel Sokolow ( ''Nachum ben Yosef Shmuel Soqolov'', ; 10 January 1859 – 17 May 1936) was a Jewish-Polish people, Polish writer, translator, and journalist, the fifth President of the World Zionist Organization, editor of ''H ...

. The award has been granted since 1956, initially to print journalists and since 1981 to journalists from the electronic media. It is considered the second most prestigious award for Israeli journalism, second only to the

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for Communications. The prize is awarded annually, in close proximity to Nahum Sokolow's birthday (ה' בשבט,

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), or the anniversary of his death (י"ב באייר, Hebrew calendar).

Objectives

The prize is awarded to encourage journalistic excellence.

Committee of judges

The Sokolov Award's statute stipulates that the mayor should appoint a selecting committee of three members (an academy figure, a jurist and a representative of the mayor), who in turn pick the judges on the award committee. The City Council then determines whether to approve the judges. The judges are made up of two senior journalists, two academy figures, and a representative of the municipality.

The prize

Winners receive a monetary prize. As of 2007, the prize was 18,000 shekels.

Winners

References

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External links

List of Sokolow Award recipients (to 2009) on City of Tel Aviv - Yafo website (in Hebrew)
Awards by the municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo Israeli journalism awards Awards established in 1956 Lists of Israeli award winners 1956 establishments in Israel