Human rights reporters, editors, and news appreciators in Canada: there’s still time to nominate journalists and their work for the 2023/2024 Amnesty International Canada Media Awards. Our deadline for submissions has been extended to 11:59 p.m. EDT on Sunday, August 25, 2024.
To be eligible for consideration, all entries must have been published or broadcast in Canada between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2023. Please review the categories below as you prepare your submissions.
Entries must be submitted at www.amnesty.ca/media-awards using the electronic form, making sure all the required fields are filled out. Please include URLs for your media work. The nominee must give permission for their work to be reviewed by our judges and featured in Amnesty’s communications.
Since 1996, the Amnesty International Canada Media Awards have celebrated excellence in Canadian human rights journalism. While no ceremony is slated for the 2024 instalment of the Media Awards, organizers are planning an in-person awards ceremony for 2025, when Amnesty International Canada will mark the Media Awards’ 30th year.
Categories for 2023-2024:
- National Written News Story: A written story of approximately 3,500 words or less on a current or breaking news story relating to a human rights issue.
- Local/Alternative Media Story: A written story of approximately 3,500 or less on a current or breaking news story relating to a human rights issue. (Usually, alternative publications or outlets have a mandate to highlight stories and perspectives that are overlooked or underrepresented in the mainstream press.)
- Mixed Media: A web or social media-based story that features at least three of the following elements: text, photography, video, audio, animation, data visualization. The text of the story should be no longer than 3,500 words.
- Short-Form Video: A filmed news story of no longer than 10 minutes relating to a human rights issue.
- Long-Form Video: A filmed documentary or current affairs segment with a runtime of more than 10 minutes relating to a human rights issue. The total runtime should not exceed 80 minutes.
- Long-Form Radio: A radio documentary or current affairs program with a maximum runtime of approximately 80 minutes highlighting a human rights issue.
- Long-Form Podcast: A podcast episode with a maximum runtime of approximately 80 minutes highlighting a human rights issue.
- Post-Secondary Youth Award: A text, audio, video or mixed media story about a human rights issue created by a student attending a post-secondary school in Canada. The piece must have been published or broadcast by a media outlet associated with a post-secondary institution.
For more information about the Amnesty International Canada Media Awards, or to submit a nomination, please visit www.amnesty.ca/media-awards.
For more information, please visit www.amnesty.ca/media-awards or contact: Cory Ruf, Media Officer, Amnesty International Canadian Section (English-Speaking), media@amnesty.ca.
