Posted By Marty Wolk

This has got to be one of the richest prizes in business journalism — if not the richest, thanks to John Malone’s Liberty Media Corp.

It’s Liberty Media’s second annual “Media for Liberty” journalism award.

From our friends at Gorkana: This award acknowledges media contributions that explore the correlation between economic and political liberty. Eligible works must be originally published or broadcast via print or electronic media during the 2010 calendar year, and received by Liberty Media no later than January 7, 2011. There is a $50,000 prize for the winning entry.

The Media for Liberty Award is open to journalists worldwide whose original works bring new insights on societal issues, news events, economies, political structures and cultures that illustrate their prosperity or struggle in their pursuit of a free market environment and civil liberties uninfluenced by government agenda.

Last year’s prize went to a CBS 60 Minutes segment titled “Congo Gold,” about the connection between the mining of gold and other precious minerals and the violence that has contributed to the deaths of over five million people in the past decade.

For more info, check the award Web site.