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Home»Search by Region»America»Amnesty International Canada Media Awards 2025

Amnesty International Canada Media Awards 2025

Jude OgarJune 4, 20252 Mins Read
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Deadline: July 30, 2025

Nominations are open for the 30th Annual Amnesty International Canada Media Awards 2025. First handed out in 1996, the Media Awards recognize excellence in human rights reporting by Canada-based journalists and Canadian journalists reporting abroad.

Past winners include some of the most celebrated Canadian reporters of the past three decades, such as the CBC’s Ana Maria Tremonti and former Globe and Mail foreign correspondent Stephanie Nolen, as well independent and student journalists whose outstanding work elevated them to the national stage.

Categories

  • National Written News Story: National news story of approximately 3,500 words or less on current or breaking news relating to human rights issues.
  • Long-Form Video: Documentary or current affairs segments with a runtime of 10-80 minutes relating to a human rights issue. 
  • Mixed Media: Online stories featuring at least three elements: text, photos, video, audio, animation and data visualization. 3,500-word maximum.
  • Short-Form Video: Filmed news stories with a maximum runtime of no longer than 10 minutes highlighting a human rights issue. 
  • Long-Form Radio: Radio documentaries or current affairs programs with a maximum runtime of approximately 80 minutes highlighting a human rights issue.
  • Long-Form Podcast: Podcast episodes with a maximum runtime of approximately 80 minutes highlighting a human rights issue.
  • Local/Alternative Media: Current affairs or breaking news stories of 3,500 words or less relating to a human rights issue. Alternative media denotes publications that are not major private or publicly funded media outlets.*
  • Post-Secondary Youth: Text, audio, video or mixed media stories by post-secondary school students in Canada about a human rights issue. It must be published or broadcast by a media outlet associated with a post-secondary institution.

*Alternative publications often have mandates to highlight stories and perspectives that are overlooked or underrepresented in the mainstream press.

Eligibility

  • Entries must have been published or broadcast in Canada between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024.
  • Nominations are open in multiple categories, with a maximum of three total submissions per person.
  • Journalists may nominate their own work or that of others (with express written permission).

Selection Criteria

A distinguished jury will evaluate entries based on journalistic excellence, depth of storytelling, amplification of voices at the heart of the issue, and the framing of solution.

Nomination

Submissions are open until 11:59 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July 30, 2025.

Click here to nominate

For more information, visit Amnesty International Canada Media Awards.

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