The Nick Clarke Award is a journalism prize created by the BBC in honour of Nick Clarke, former presenter of BBC Radio 4's The World At One, who died in November 2006.
[1] The Nick Clarke Award was launched by then Radio 4 Controller Mark Damazer at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in October 2007.
[1] It is presented at the festival each year, the inaugural prize being awarded in October 2008.
[2] The Panellists and judges of the Nick Clarke Award come from the BBC and other media and broadcast organisations.
[1] As part of the award, the winner receives a case of claret, a favourite tipple of Clarke's.