What is the best thing your team did in 2025?

Did they up your audio game? Reach young readers on new (or old) platforms? Create a new digital product or newsletter? Did you bring in revenue with an innovative ad format or e-commerce product? Did they engage subscribers, grow subscriptions, or increase ad sales in an impressive way?

There are 20 category options in this year’s INMA Global Media Awards, focusing on advertising, innovation, media features, newsroom, news brands, product, readership, and subscriptions. Look at the categories and see what reflects the innovative work your company did last year and showcase your team’s best work by entering. 

Here are the details:

• You can see all 20 categories here.
• Two new categories are featured this year: Best Newsletter (under Media Features) and Best New Revenue Diversification Strategy (under Innovation). 
• Friday, January 30, is the deadline to enter. Finalists will be announced in early March and winners in May during the INMA World Congress of News Media at the Global Media Awards dinner in Berlin.

Check out last year’s winners and finalists for inspiration.

“Right now, media professionals across the globe are pouring their creativity, ambition, and boldest 2025 initiatives into submissions for the INMA Awards,” said INMA Awards Manager Raquel Meikle. “This passion and momentum are palpable from every corner of the world. I strongly urge you and your teams to step into this extraordinary global competition to celebrate innovation in media, showcase your best work, and claim the recognition it truly deserves. Media teams, let’s GO!” 

Winners will be announced on Thursday, May 7, at the Awards Dinner at at Tipi am Kanzleramt during INMA World Congress of News Media in Berlin.

Be sure not to miss the INMA Global Media Awards deadline of this Friday, January 30. Get started now and submit your entries here. Questions: Contact Raquel Meikle at raquel.meikle@inma.org.

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