INMA today announced 40 first-place recipients in its 2023 Global Media Awards competition, with Bergens Tidende’s “Journey Around the World” taking the global “Best in Show.”

During the awards ceremony at New York’s Harvard Club, 40 first-place winners were unveiled across 20 categories aimed at surfacing innovation and best practices in news brands, optimising the use of media features, subscriptions, advertising, data and insights, product, and newsroom innovation.

The INMA Global Media Awards competition announcement was supported by the Google News Initiative. Photos from the evening can be found here after the conclusion of the awards gala.

Winning the coveted “Best in Show” was Schibsted-owned Bergens Tidende in Norway for “Journey Around the World,” an inventive storytelling format enabling users to travel around the world visually. Judges said this campaign was a world-class execution of an epic journey featuring total immersion in an adventure.

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

Three companies won multiple first-place awards: Bennett, Coleman and Co., as well as Schibsted across its brands in Norway, and Stampen Media. Four companies garnered two first places: Advance Local, Amedia, Jagran Prakashan, and Relevo from Vocento.

The 2023 Global Media Awards competition attracted 775 entries from 239 market-leading news media brands in 40 countries.  Participants included newspaper media, magazine media, digital media, television media, and radio media.

An international jury of 54 media executives from 19 countries selected 198 finalists earlier this year.

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

• Best in Africa: Media24 Group for “Adspace24 — Swipe Cards and Catalogue” 
• Best in Asia/Pacific: The Straits Times for “World Cup: A ‘Hat-Trick’ Special”
• Best in Europe: Bergens Tidende in Norway for “Journey Around the World” 
• Best in Latin America: Editora Globo for “Um Só Planeta”
• Best in North America: The Wall Street Journal for “The Future of Everything Festival”
• Best in South Asia: Bennett, Coleman, and Co.  for “The Times of a Better India” 

In the spirit of innovation, INMA judges decided to give out a special award based on overall excellence in experimentation, innovation, and execution across multiple categories. A “Special Jury Distinction” was awarded to Aftenposten, Bergens Tidende, Schibsted, and VG for their use of technology paired with outstanding multimedia narratives and excellent journalism.

“We were honoured to be able to celebrate these huge accomplishments in person for the first time in four years,” said Earl J. Wilkinson, executive director and CEO of INMA. “The brilliance of this 2023 class really shined a light on the creativity and innovation taking root in the news media industry. We’re incredibly proud of all the entrants and especially of this year’s winners.”

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2023 Global Media Awards winners

Editor’s note: Regional brands represent a single brand serving a city or region. National brands represent a single brand with a national reach. Honourable mentions are listed alphabetically.

Category 1: Best Brand Awareness Campaign

Regional brands

• First Place, The Arizona Republic, Austin American-Statesman, The Tennessean, United States, “Here For It”
• Second Place, Stampen Media, Sweden, “World Press Freedom Day”
• Third Place, Boston Globe Media, United States, “The Boston Globe: Serving Our Community for 150 Years”
• Honourable Mention, Hearst Newspapers, United States, “Houston Chronicle ‘We Headline Houston’ Brand Campaign”
• Honourable Mention, Hindustan Media Ventures, India, “Naya Hindustan: Brand Refresh”

National brands

• First Place, Bennett, Coleman and Co., India, “The Times of a Better India”
• Second Place, Reach, United Kingdom, “Liz Truss and the Lettuce”
• Third Place, VG, Norway, “VG ‘The Day Is Not the Same Without ...’”
• Honourable Mention, The Globe and Mail, Canada, “Invest In You”
• Honourable Mention, USA Today, United States, “USA Today ‘To the Point’ Campaign”

Category 2: Best Public Relations or Community Service Campaign

Regional brands 

• First Place, Manchester Evening News, United Kingdom, “Awaab’s Law”
• Second Place, NJ Advance Media, United States, “Mosaic Empowerment Program”
• Third Place, Hindustan Media Ventures, India, “Hindustan Mission Shakti”
• Honourable Mention, The Courier Mail, Australia, “Future Brisbane”
• Honourable Mention, NWT Media, Sweden, “War In Ukraine: When the Readers Saved Lives”

National brands

• First Place, Vecernji list, Croatia, “Earth Resolution: The Biggest Ecological Project in Croatia” 
• Second Place, Editora Globo, Brazil, “Um Só Planeta”
• Third Place, NZME, New Zealand, “Ukraine Crisis Appeal”
• Honourable Mention, Jagran Prakashan, New Delhi, India, “Holy Cow!!”
• Honourable Mention, The Straits Times, Singapore, “Stop Scams”

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

Regional brands

• First Place, Russmedia, Austria, “11th Children and Youth Book Fair ‘Buch am Bach’”
• Second Place, Mediacorp, Singapore, “Young Reporter Challenge 2022”
• Third Place, Bennett, Coleman and Co., India, “Ei Samay: Ek Hobar Utsav”
• Honourable Mention, Gruppo Editoriale Athesis, Italy, “Festival del Futuro”
• Honourable Mention, Kleine Zeitung, Austria, “Kleine Zeitung Crime Night”

National brands

• First Place, Dow Jones, United States, “The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival 2022”
• Second Place, Stuff, New Zealand, “Stuff Festival of Fashion and The Ensemble Edit”
• Third Place, Aftenposten Junior, Norway, “How a Birthday Party in Minecraft Made a Massive Impact on Brand Awareness, Engagement, and Sales”
• Honourable Mention, Editora Globo, Brazil, “Cidadão Global”
• Honourable Mention, The Times of India, India, “The Art of India Fest ’22”

Category 4: Best Idea to Encourage Reader Engagement

Regional brands

• First Place, Advance Local Media, United States, “Finding Readers with Potential”
• Second Place, Russmedia, Austria, “User Engagement For a Good Cause”
• Third Place, Bergens Tidende, Norway, “Reinventing Onboarding: How Bergens Tidende Increased its Average Renewal Rate by 15% In Just a Few Months”
• Honourable Mention, The Courier and The Press Journal, United Kingdom, “DMP-Powered Subscriber Engagement On- and Off-Platform”
• Honourable Mention, The News-Press and Naples Daily News, United States, “Hurricane Ian: Reaching Community Through Text”

National brands

• First Place, The Straits Times, Singapore, “World Cup: A ‘Hat-Trick’ Special”
• Second Place, USA Today/Gannett, United States, “Action Bar Feature”
• Third Place, Corriere della Sera, Italy, “Le Tue Notizie”
• Honourable Mention, Guardian News & Media,  United Kingdom, “A Climate-Themed Campaign To Engage Guardian Supporters”
• Honourable Mention, News Corp Australia, Australia, “Birmingham Commonwealth Games — Your Games, Your Way”

Category 5: Best New Video Product or Feature

Regional brand 

• First Place, The Daily Telegraph, Australia, “The War”
• Second Place, Jagran New Media, India, “Pulse of the City: Bajaj Pulsar”
• Third Place, pd next, Germany, “Local Video Documentary Series”
• Honourable Mention, NTM, Sweden, “Capturing Sports Fanatics With Live TV to Strengthen Subscriber Loyalty”
• Honourable Mention, Rede Gazeta, Brazil, “Political Fox (Raposa Política)”

National brands

• First Place, Relevo, Spain, “A Video News Front Page for the TikTok Generation”
• Second Place, Stuff, New Zealand, “Fire and Fury”
• Third Place, VG, Norway, “Skrekkminuttene: Minutes of Horror”
• Honourable Mention, Jagran Prakashan, India, “The Road to Kallu’s House”
• Honourable Mention, Nexo Jornal,  Brazil, “Foi Assim”

Category 6: Best New Audio/Voice Product or Feature

Regional brands 

• First Place, Göteborgs-Posten, Sweden, “Nyhetsshowen”
• Second Place, Bennett, Coleman and Co., India, “Times Podcast Challenge”
• Third Place, Hearst Newspapers, United States, “San Francisco Chronicle Audio Walking Tours”
• Honourable Mention, Kleine Zeitung, Austria, “Kleine Zeitung Podcast Series GrazNOST”

National brands

• First Place, Prisa, Spain, “Victoria, the Voice of Soccer”
• Second Place, Aftenposten, Norway, “Creating the Synthetic Voice of Aftenposten”
• Third Place, Jagran Prakashan, India, “The Kids Are Alright Online. Are They?”
• Honourable Mention, Funke, Germany, “+100% Growth Within One Year: Our Path to Regional No. 1 Podcast Publisher”
• Honourable Mention, VG, Norway, “Nerid Audio Story”

Category 7: Best Use of Print

Regional brands

• First Place, Der Tagesspiegel, Germany, “The Reinvention of Tagesspiegel”
• Second Place, Bennett, Coleman and Co., India, “#iamhyderabad”
• Third Place, Geelong Advertiser, Australia, “Geelong Advertiser Grand Final Souvenir Edition”
• Honourable Mention, Dainik Bhaskar, India, “Newspaper on Gajji Silk Fabric”
• Honourable Mention, pd next, Germany, “Rocketeer Magazin: Celebrate Ideas”

National brands

• First Place, 20 Minutes, France, “20 Mint Magazine Launch”
• Second Place, Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland, “#NoNonsenseSchool”
• Third Place, Dainik Bhaskar Group, India, “MICA Newspaper — Bhilwara”
• Honourable Mention, Jagran Prakashan, New Delhi, India, “Holy Cow!!”
• Honourable Mention, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, “Subdivided Flat Living in Hong Kong”

Category 8: Best Use of Social Media

Regional brands

• First Place, Bennett, Coleman and Co., India, “#iamhyderabad”
• Second Place, KStA Digitale Medien, Germany, “EXPRESS.de Social Media Strategy”
• Third Place, Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun, Canada, “Downtown Turnaround: 24 Hours, 24 Voices, 24 Ideas to Build a Better Downtown”
• Honourable Mention, A Gazeta, Brazil, “Capixapédia”
• Honourable Mention, Pulgar Digital, Argentina, “IGnovation”

National brands

• First Place, Relevo, Spain, “Launching on Social Networks Without a Web Site: A Success Story”
• Second Place, Dagbladet, Norway, “Dagbladet Tiktok”
• Third Place, VG, Norway, “VG’s Presence on TikTok”
• Honourable Mention, Grupo El Comercio, Peru, “HYPE, Multiplatform Media for Centennials and Young Millennials”
• Honourable Mention, The Economist, London, United Kingdom, “The Economist on TikTok”

Category 9: Best New Digital Product

Regional brands

• First Place, Bergens Tidende, Norway, “Journey Around the World: How Bergens Tidende Invented a Brand New Digital Format”
• Second Place, Russmedia, Austria, “V+”
• Third Place, Russmedia, Austria, “ländlejobconnects.at ”
• Honourable Mention, Budstikka/NTB, Norway, “The Oslo Pilot”
• Honourable Mention, NJ Advance Media, United States, “N.J. Destination of the Year”

National brands

• First Place, Hindustan Media Ventures, India, “Mintgenie: Learn To Invest By Playing In the Stock Market”
• Second Place, Relevo, Spain, “A News Front Page For the TikTok Generation”
• Third Place, Omni, Sweden, “Omni Mer”
• Honourable Mention, Dow Jones, New York, United States, “Iconic Mints: A Hybrid NFT Exhibition”
• Honourable Mention, Newslaundry, India, “Newslaundry App”

Category 10: Best Product Iteration

Regional brands

• First Place, VK Media, Sweden, “Article Recommendations: How To Increase CTR by 130%”
• Second Place, Der Tagesspiegel, Germany, “The Reinvention of Tagesspiegel”
• Third Place, KStA Digitale Medien, Germany, “Destroy ksta.de: Evolving a Traditional Local News Web Site By Changing Everything”
• Honourable Mention, The Dallas Morning News, United States, “LocalGraf: Internal Database Linking From Inside Stories”
• Honourable Mention, Russmedia, Austria, “Employer Reviews on ländlejob.at”

National brands

• First Place, Ekstra Bladet — JP/Politikens Hus, Denmark, “The Platform Intelligence in News Project (PIN)”
• Second Place, Süddeutsche Zeitung Digitale Medien, Germany, “Scaling Visual Storytelling at Süddeutsche Zeitung”
• Third Place, Aftenposten, Norway, “How a New Front Page Structure and Active Personalisation Helped Kids Find Content They Love”
• Honourable Mention, Jagran Prakashan, India, “Walking the Walk with First-Party Data”
• Honourable Mention, Prothom Alo, Bangladesh, “Prothom Alo ePaper”

Category 11: Best Initiative to Acquire Subscribers

Regional brands

• First Place, Advance Local, United States, “Gooooooooaal! How Advance Local Scored With High School Sports in 2022”
• Second Place, Seven West Media, Australia, “Driving Subscriber Acquisition at the West Australian Using AI”
• Third Place, The Daily Telegraph, Australia, “The War”
• Honourable Mention, NWT Media, Sweden, “Young Audiences Key For Digital Growth”
• Honourable Mention, Russmedia, Austria, “V+ meets Ländlepoints”

National brands

• First Place, Jagran Prakashan, India, “Shifting Subscription Gears with First-Party Data”
• Second Place, The New York Times, United States, “How The New York Times Uses Machine Learning To Make Its Paywall Smarter”
• Third Place, Tamedia, Switzerland, “Understanding the Needs of Young Individuals and How to Excite Them On Eye Level for Media”
• Honourable Mention, Agora, Poland, “Boost Your Employees’ Potential: Digital Subscription as a Benefit For Employees”
• Honourable Mention, Irish Examiner Group, Ireland, “Irish Examiner Sport Live Streaming”

Category 12: Best Initiative to Retain Subscribers

Regional brands 

• First Place, Keskisuomalainen, Finland, “Improving Retention with Hyperlocal Personalised and Automated JAMES Newsletters Introduced Across 16 Local Newsrooms of Keskisuomalainen Oyj”
• Second Place, Bergens Tidende, Norway, “Reinventing Onboarding — How Bergens Tidende Increased Its Average Renewal Rate by 15% in Just a Few Months”
• Third Place, NTM, Sweden, “Capturing Sports Fanatics With Live TV to Strengthen Subscriber Loyalty”
• Honourable Mention, Russmedia, Austria, “V+ ”

National brands

• First Place, Time, United States, “AI-Driven Article Recommendations: Dynamic Subscriber E-Mails”
• Second Place, Expressen, Sweden, “The Engagement Month: How One Test Changed Expressens Newsroom Strategy”
• Third Place, Schibsted, Norway, “How Aftenposten Convinced More People to Stay by Making It Easier to Leave”
• Honourable Mention, The Irish Times, Ireland, “Surprise and Delight”
• Honourable Mention, NZ Herald, New Zealand, “Win Back Offer by Reason for Cancellation”

Category 13: Best Subscription Niche Product

Regional brands

• First Place, La Voz de Galicia, Spain, “The Health Curious Gen”
• Second Place, Lee Enterprises, United States, “HuskerExtra Sports Web Site and Mobile App”
• Third Place, Newsday Media Group, United States, “Newsday’s FeedMe”
• Honourable Mention, Bennett, Coleman and Co., India, “Times Philanthropy Honours”
• Honourable Mention, NTM, Sweden, “Capturing Sports Fanatics With Live TV to Strengthen Subscriber Loyalty”

National brands

• First Place, Telegraph Media Group, United Kingdom, “How The Telegraph Are Using Puzzles to Crack the Subscription Conundrum”
• Second Place, NZME, New Zealand, “Viva Premium Launch”
• Third Place, Jagran Prakashan, India, “Shifting Subscription Gears with First-Party Data”
• Honourable Mention, Bonnier News, Sweden, “A Unique Combination: Streaming of Live Sport+Journalism — a Local and National Success”
• Honourable Mention, The Hindu Group, India, “The Hindu In School Weekender ”

Category 14: Best Idea to Grow Advertising Sales

Regional brands

• First Place, Stampen Media, Sweden, “Stampen Deals”
• Second Place, Amedia, Norway, “It’s a Match: Unique Accuracy With CRM-Match”
• Third Place, Nordwest Mediengruppe, Germany, “Innovative Digital Magazines of Northwest Mediagroup”
• Honourable Mention, The Chronicle, Australia, “Custom Publishing Digital Acquisition”
• Honourable Mention, Russmedia, Austria, “ländlejobconnects.at”

National brands

• First Place, Amedia, Norway, “Use of Personalisation to Increase Content Relevance and Grow Advertising Sales”
• Second Place, Media24, South Africa, “Adspace24: Swipe Cards and Catalogue”
• Third Place, Prothom Alo, Bangladesh, “bKash Eid Gathering”
• Honourable Mention, Bloomberg Media, United States, “Bloomberg Media Launches New Suite of First-Party Ad Products”
• Honourable Mention, NZ Herald, New Zealand, “NZME Print Makes an Instant Impression”

Category 15: Most Creative Use of Advertising Formats

Regional brands

• First Place, Newsday Media Group, United States, “Do It Downtown Brand360 Custom Content Marketing Program”
• Second Place, NTM, Sweden, “The Fading Words”
• Third Place, Jagran New Media, India, “Roke Na Ruke”
• Honourable Mention, Hearst Newspapers, United States, “SFGATE, HNP StoryStudio & Ka’anapali Beach Resort”
• Honourable Mention, Russmedia, Austria, “VOL.AT Topscroll”

National brands

• First Place, Media24, South Africa, “Adspace24: Swipe Cards and Catalogue”
• Second Place, Guardian News Media, Australia, “Guardian Australia Live Headlines”
• Third Place, USA Today/Gannett, United States, “Walmart’s Holiday Top Toys”
• Honourable Mention, Bennett, Coleman and Co., India, “Print Ad with Augmented Reality (Hyundai Ad)”
• Honourable Mention, Tempo Digital, Indonesia, “Optimising Programmatic Ads Revenue and User Engagement by Debunking Disinformation”

Category 16: Best Multi-Channel Client Advertising Campaign

Regional brands

• First Place, ABP, India, “Cadbury Gaane Mishti Jugalbandi”
• Second Place, Media24, South Africa, “City Press & ABSA Money Makeover”
• Third Place, ABP, India, “Coke Pet Pujor Pandal”
• Honourable Mention, Dainik Jagran Inext, India, “Trends: Holi Ka Har Rang”
• Honourable Mention, Russmedia, Austria, “Unter Strom (“Electrified”)”

National brands

• First Place, Jagran Prakashan, India, “Connecting the Last Mile”
• Second Place, Hindustan Media Ventures, India, “SLURRP”
• Third Place, Editora Globo, Brazil, “Embratel — Vamos Habilitar o Próximo Nível? (Let’s Enable the Next Level)”
• Honourable Mention, Bonnier News, Sweden, “Kry: Doktorn Svarar”
• Honourable Mention, Stuff, Auckland, “Pascall: The Family FUNdamentals”

Category 17: Best Internal Data Dashboard and Reports

Regional brands

• First Place, Göteborgs-Posten, Sweden, “User-Friendly Data”
• Second Place, De Limburger, Belgium, “Article DNA: The Secret Life of Article Characteristics”
• Third Place, Bennett, Coleman and Co., India, “Driving Subscriptions, Traffic, and User Engagement Through Smart Use of Data Visualisation”
• Honourable Mention, The Age, Australia, “Homepage CTR Bootstrap”
• Honourable Mention, Russmedia, Austria, “Real People Index”

National brands

• First Place, SBS News, Australia, “Transforming Editorial and Content Strategy Using an Audience User Needs Data Approach”
• Second Place, Jagran Prakashan, India, “Good Horns, Good Brakes ... and Good Luck”
• Third Place, News Corp Australia, Australia, “Project Heartbeat”
• Honourable Mention, Harian Kompas (Kompas Daily), Indonesia, “BIKOM: Serving Data in One Portal to Achieve Digital Transformation and Become Customer Oriented Digital Media”
• Honourable Mention, News UK, United Kingdom, “New Performance Measurement Toolkit for The Sun”

Category 18: Best Use of Data to Drive a Business Result

Regional brands

• First Place, Amedia, Norway, “It’s a Match: Unique Accuracy With CRM-Match”
• Second Place, Reach, United Kingdom, “Creating Reasons to Log In to News”
• Third Place, Stampen Media, Sweden, “Stampen Deals”
• Honourable Mention, KStA Digitale Medien, Germany, “Man vs. Machine: Rapid Design, Deploy, and Run an ML-Based Recommender to Drive User Engagement”
• Honourable Mention, NTM, Sweden, “Calibration of Content: The Seven Subject Strategy”

National brands

• First Place, Helsingin Sanomat and Ilta-Sanomat, Finland, “SML Model”
• Second Place, Stuff, New Zealand, “Digital Advertising Inventory Optimisation”
• Third Place, Financial Times, United Kingdom, “FT Customer Segmentation 2022”
• Honourable Mention, Hindustan Media Ventures, India, “Ottplay Premium Subscription”
• Honourable Mention, The Times of India, India, “Client Deduplication: Innovative AI-Driven Customer Data Grouping”

Category 19: Best Innovation in Newsroom Transformation

Regional brands

• First Place, Mediahuis Ireland, Ireland, “Local News”
• Second Place, Göteborgs-Posten, Sweden, “GP Academy”
• Third Place, The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, “The Sydney Morning Herald Trainee Program”
• Honourable Mention, Nordwest Mediengruppe, Germany, “Newsletter Incubator”
• Honourable Mention, Russmedia, Austria, “V+”

National brands

• First Place, NZME, New Zealand, “Te Rito Journalism Cadetship — Te Ara Hou: A New Pathway”
• Second Place, Mediacorp, Singapore, “AI SmartCut”
• Third Place, Relevo, Spain, “Sprinting For Success: Innovating Sports Coverage by Working Together”
• Honourable Mention, Helsingin Sanomat and Ilta-Sanomat, Finland, “SML Model”
• Honourable Mention, Omni, Sweden, “Omni Mer”

Category 20: Best Use of Visual Journalism and Storytelling Tools

Regional brands

• First Place, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, Australia, “Multi-Dimensional Data Visualisation”
• Second Place, La Presse, Canada, “Récit Numérique”
• Third Place, Bergens Tidende, Norway, “Journey Around the World: How Bergens Tidende Brought the Whole World to Its Readers ”
• Honourable Mention, The Daily Telegraph, Australia, “The War”
• Honourable Mention, Funke Mediengruppe, Germany, “Climate Crisis: Mapping Where the Earth Will Become Uninhabitable”

National brands

• First Place, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, “Life in Hong Kong’s Shoebox Housing”
• Second Place, La Nación, Argentina, “This Is How the Attack Against Cristina Kirchner Was Planned and Carried Out”
• Third Place, The Straits Times Media, Singapore, “Living Inside and Outside with Dementia”
• Honourable Mention, Gazeta.pl, Poland, “One Day In”
• Honourable Mention, El País, Uruguay, “La hazaña de los Andes: a 50 Años del Accidente, la Historia de los 72 Días en la Montaña”

Congratulations to all the winners!

The next Global Media Awards competition deadline is Friday, January 26, 2024.

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