Nominations open for Save the Children’s Global Media Awards

Save the Children has launched its second annual Global Media Awards, a prestigious initiative dedicated to honouring exceptional journalism that champions the rights of children worldwide.

Categories

• This year’s competition features four distinct categories:
  • Written News (print and online)
  • Broadcast
  • Radio/Podcast
  • Photography

Benefits

• The winner of each category is invited to attend a Save the Children international press trip or programme visit in their country of residence, with Save the Children covering up to £1,500 of the trip, with the expectation that the winner(s) will produce a media story from the trip.
• However, Save the Children will only cover up to a combined total of £1,500 for the press trip/programme visit, in the event an entry with multiple authors wins.

Eligibility Criteria

• Save the Children’s Global Media Award is open to all professional journalists aged 18 and over.

Ineligibility Criteria

• Individuals (and their partners and family) involved in the judging of the competition;
• Employees of any Save the Children office or a Trustee of the Save the Children.
• Entries must be original and published/broadcast in a national, regional or international media outlet between 31 August 2024 and 1 July 2025.
• Winners of previous Save the Children Global Media Awards are not eligible to win again.

Selection Criteria

• Relevance: Compelling Storytelling: Expose a child rights issue or highlights children taking action for positive change through compelling storytelling.
• Children’s Voices and Safeguarding: Inclusion of Child Voices: Include case studies, first-hand accounts, or testimonials from children (or their parents/guardians) to amplify their voices and provide a human perspective.
• Impact and Innovation: Further Media Coverage: If the piece resulted in additional media coverage on the child rights.

Application Requirements

• All submissions must clearly identify who the author is and which media outlet they represent.
• All entries must be submitted in English or original text be accompanied with an English translation.
• Participating journalists must submit a letter from the media outlet certifying that the piece was published in their outlet and certifying the date of publication of the piece.
• All photographs entered must be the result of photographic process using a camera.
• Submissions must be journalistically ethical, must not put children at risk, and must respect the dignity of children.
• For those submitting photo essays/photojournalism pieces, you can submit a total of 10 photos as one package. The capture date must be after 30 August 2024 and evidenced on request.
• You must include a caption that is true and accurate, and include a description setting out what is happening in the photo, why the photo is meaningful, the behaviour observed; background story; exact location, the year the photo was taken.
• Your entry must be uploaded in JPEG format.
• You will be asked to submit your entries in one of the following ways:
  • by uploading files ideally as PDF, JPG, MP3 or MP4 to their viewing platform.
  • For video, please submit a link to your own viewing platform (eg: vimeo/youtube).
• Each entry should be submitted along with the following information:
  • Synopsis and impact statement.
  • Credits for up to three people connected with the entry in the description.
  • A letter from the media outlet certifying that the piece was published in their outlet and certifying the date of publication of the piece.
• The following digital adjustments are not allowed:
  • adding, moving or removing objects, people, plants etc.
  • composites
  • painting the foreground or painting out the background
  • AI generated photographs or images
  • Post processing methods that add new image content to the photograph via AI algorithms or by manual intervention.

For more information, visit Save the Children.