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INMA reveals 60 Global Media Awards first-place winners, Miami Herald takes top prize

By Dawn McMullan

INMA

Dallas, Texas, USA

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The International News Media Association (INMA) today announced 60 first-place recipients in its 2022 Global Media Awards competition, with The Miami Herald’s “House of Cards” taking the coveted global “Best in Show.” 

During a ceremony broadcast across INMA.org, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Facebook Live, 60 winners were unveiled across 20 categories aimed at surfacing innovation and best practices in news brands, optimising the use of media platforms, subscriptions, advertising, data and insights, product, and newsroom.

The INMA Global Media Awards competition (#GMA2022) announcement was supported by the Google News Initiative.

The Miami Herald won "Best in Show" for its investigation into one of the deadliest building failures in modern history.
The Miami Herald won "Best in Show" for its investigation into one of the deadliest building failures in modern history.

Winning the coveted “Best in Show” was The Miami Herald’s “House of Cards,” a meticulous journalistic investigation of the Champlain Towers South collapse and its multimedia representation, which involved witness testimonials of the tragedy. 

The INMA competition, which has been rewarding media excellence since 1937, evaluates news media companies across three segments: national brands, regional brands, and media groups.  

Eight companies won multiple first-place awards in this year's competition.
Eight companies won multiple first-place awards in this year's competition.

Eight companies won multiple first-place awards: Schibsted, across its brands in Norway, took home six top prizes, followed by Stuff from New Zealand with three first prizes. Six companies garnered two first places: Bennett, Coleman & Company Ltd., Dagens Næringsliv, Hindustan Times, Newsday Media Group, NZME, and Reach.

The 2022 Global Media Awards competition brought in a record 854 entries from 252 news media brands in 46 countries. Participants included newspaper media, magazine media, digital media, television media, and radio media. 

An international jury of 50 executives from 24 countries selected 332 finalists earlier this year.

Judges selected six "Best in Show" from six regions of the world.
Judges selected six "Best in Show" from six regions of the world.

Judges also selected the best in six world regions from the finalists:

  • Best in Africa: Media24 Group for “City Press & ABSA Money Make Over”
  • Best in Asia/Pacific: Stuff for “Switch On Your Superpower — Premium Stuff”
  • Best in Europe: Guardian News and Media for “Growing Awareness of the Original Challenger Brand: How The Guardian Celebrated 200 Years”
  • Best in Latin America: Editora Globo for “O Globo LGBTQIAP+”
  • Best in North America: The Miami Herald for “House of Cards”
  • Best in South Asia: Jagran Prakashan for “When India Went Silent” 

“While creativity in communicating subscriptions and engaging readers was a recurring theme this year, how to visually communicate a tragic news story rose to the very top in the judges’ minds,” said Earl J. Wilkinson, executive director and CEO of INMA. “Our association’s focus on the fullest range of creativity — brands, platforms, subscriptions, advertising, data, product, and newsroom — really shines a light on innovation in news media.” 

INMA awarded 60 first-place winners across 20 categories.
INMA awarded 60 first-place winners across 20 categories.

Replay of awards ceremony (June 9, 2022)

 

About INMA

The International News Media Association (INMA) is a global community of market-leading news media companies reinventing how they engage audiences and grow revenue in a multi-media environment. The fast-growing INMA community consists of more than 20,000 executives at 900+ media companies in almost 83 countries. INMA is the news media industry’s foremost insights-sharing network with members connected via conferences, reports, webinars, chats, and an unparalleled archive of best practices. 

INMA Global Media Awards results

Editor’s note: Regional Brands represent a single brand serving a city or region. National Brands represent a single brand with a national reach. Groups represent companies owning 5+ different news brands across 5+ cities/regions or nationally. Honourable mentions are listed alphabetically. 

Category 1: Best Brand Awareness Campaign

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Category 2: Best Public Relations or Community Service Campaign

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Category 3: Best Use of an Event to Build a News Brand

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Category 4: Best Idea to Encourage Reader Engagement

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Category 5: Best Use of Print

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Category 6: Best Use of Video

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Category 7: Best Use of Audio

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Category 8: Best Use of Social Media

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Category 9: Best Initiative to Acquire Subscribers

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Category 10: Best Initiative to Retain Subscribers

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Category 11: Best Subscription Niche Product

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Category 12: Best Idea to Grow Advertising Sales

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Category 13: Most Creative Use of Advertising Formats

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Category 14: Best Multi-Channel Client Advertising Campaign

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Category 15: Best Internal Data Dashboard and Reports

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Category 16: Best Use of Data to Drive a Business Result

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Category 17: Best New Digital Product

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Category 18: Best Product Iteration

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Category 19: Best Innovation in Newsroom Transformation

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Category 20: Best Use of Visual Journalism and Storytelling Tools

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The next Global Media Awards competition deadline is Friday, January 27, 2023.

About Dawn McMullan

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