Judges of the Prix CIRCOM arrive in Strasbourg this week to select winners from 156 entries.
Sixteen judges from 15 different countries will spend four days as guests of F3 Alsace discussing entries in ten categories. The biggest category is Documentary with 33 entries: there are 20 entries for Investigative Journalism, 18 for Video Journalism and also Magazine and News Magazine. 27 entries are from BBC regional stations in the UK, 22 from Sweden and 18 from France.
Announcements about the winners and commended entries will be made in the week starting 15 April.
The award presentations will be at the CIRCOM conference at Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain, on 8 May.