Amnesty International Canada Media Awards

Deadline: 7 August 2024

Nominations are now open for the Amnesty Media Awards to celebrate excellence in human rights storytelling by Canadian-based journalists and Canadian journalists reporting abroad.

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 celebrate the Media Awards’ 30th year.

Award 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.