Three South African finalists in Global Media Awards competition

From these finalists, 40 first-place winners, regional winners and the international ‘Best In Show’ will be announced at the Global Media Awards Dinner Tuesday, May 23, at the Harvard Club of New York. INMA has run an annual competition rewarding excellence in media since 1937.

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The INMA Global Media Awards competition received 655 entries from 196 media companies in 36 countries. Participants included newspaper media, magazine media, digital media, television media and radio media.

Competition entries were judged in February by an international panel of 44 executives from 17 countries. Judges represented a wide range of media-related companies.

This year’s Global Media Awards competition focused on six activities crucial to success:

• Energizing brands

• Creating new products
• Growing, engaging and monetising audiences
• Growing advertising revenue
• Developing customer insights

• Instilling innovation

“Across the media community internationally, creativity abounds,” said Earl J. Wilkinson, executive director and CEO of INMA. “Notable this year was the diversity of media companies, including television and digital, along with strong performances from the South Pacific and Scandinavia. The news media industry gets smarter as that diversity expands.”

Finalists

Finalists below are listed alphabetically. Group 1 represents regional/local brands. Group 2 represents global/national brands.

Category 1: Best Brand Awareness Campaign

Group 1: Regional/Local Brands
• Berliner Morgenpost, Berlin, Germany, “Brand Campaign for the Launch of Berliner Morgenpost Compact”

• Toronto Star, Canada, “Toronto Star Touch”

• Winnipeg Free Press, Canada, “The Value of Local Journalism”

Group 2: Global/National Brands
• Financial Times, New York, US, “Facts. Truths.”

• Singapore Press Holdings, Singapore, “A Micro Film entitled Pa's Expressions”

• WeltN24, Berlin, Germany, “WELT Campaign”

Category 2: Best Public Relations or Community Service Campaign

Group 1: Regional/Local Brands
• El Colombiano, Envigado, Colombia, “Plebiscite on the Scale: Casting a Conscientious Vote”

• DMNmedia/The Dallas Morning News, US, “The Dallas Morning News Charities Campaign 2016-2017”

• Kasturi & Sons, Chennai, India, “The Hindu Tamil – Tamil Nadu Election Campaign 2016”

Group 2: Global/National Brands
• 24sata, Zagreb, Croatia, “Better Education for Better Croatia”

• Independent Media, Cape Town, South Africa, “Racism Stops with Me”

• KSF Media, Helsingfors, Finland, “HBL Launching the Mobile Service Recommend a Refugee – A Small Step for a Greater Good”

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

Group 1: Regional/Local Brands
• ABP, Kolkata, India, “The Telegraph SHE Awards”

• HT Media, Mumbai, India, “HT No TV Day”

• Leader Community News, Melbourne, Australia, “Snap Melbourne”

Group 2: Global/National Brands
• The Economist, London, United Kingdom, “The Economist's Pride & Prejudice Event and Campaign”

• Jagran Prakashan, New Delhi, India, “The Road to India’s ‘Epic’ Issue”

• NBC News Digital, New York, US, “Virtual Democracy Plaza”

Category 4: Best New Print Product

Group 1: Regional/Local Brands
• Independent Media, Cape Town, South Africa, “Home Property Magazine Kwa-Zulu Natal”

• LNP Media Group, Lancaster, US, “Sunday Magazine: For People Who Love Lancaster County”

• News Corp, Surry Hills, Australia, “Summer Time Magazine”

Group 2: Global/National Brands
• Blank Spot Project, Stockholm, Sweden, “Blankspot #0”

• The Economist, London, United Kingdom, “The Economist’s 1843 Magazine”

• South China Morning Post, New Territories – Hong Kong, “This Week in Asia”

Category 5: Best Use of Mobile

Group 1: Regional/Local Brands
• Correio, Salvador, Brazil, “Segmented WhatsApp Groups”

• Newsday, Melville, US, “Newsday Sports App”

• Toronto Star, Canada, “thestar.com, Toronto Star, SMG Digital”

Group 2: Global/National Brands
• O Estado de São Paulo, Brazil, “Songs of Violence”

• Grupa Onet-RAS Polska, Warsaw, Poland, “Onet 4.0”

• Wall Street Journal, New York, US, “WSJ VR for Daydream”

Category 6: Best Use of Video

Group 1: Regional/Local Brands
• Calgary Herald, Canada, “Without Limits: Kids with Special Needs”

• Domain, Pyrmont, Australia, “Domain Satirical Video Series: Avalon Now”

• KIT, Stockholm, Sweden, “Doing Something Different – How KIT Video Changed Social Video in Sweden”

Group 2: Global/National Brands
• The Guardian, London, United Kingdom, “Dab – Shareable Videos from The Guardian”

• Hürriyet, Istanbul, Turkey, “Hürriyet – Kilis 360”

• Independent Media MOJO, Cape Town, South Africa, “Don't Look Away: 16 Days of Activism”

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