BARBADOS – The Caribbean Tourism Group (CTO) is celebrating the distinctive work of journalists and influencers who seize the essence of the Caribbean via storytelling on the 2025 Caribbean Media Awards. The awards will occur throughout Caribbean Week in New York. This occasion runs from June 1 to six, 2025. The awards will acknowledge nice media work from the U.S. and the Caribbean. Submissions are open to public relations businesses, CTO member nations, and the journalistic group.
“The Caribbean is greater than a vacation spot. It’s a vibrant assortment of cultures, histories and experiences that need to be shared with the world. These awards acknowledge the storytellers whose work ignites curiosity, conjures up journey, and deepens the worldwide appreciation for our area,” mentioned Dona Regis-Prosper, Secretary-Common & CEO of CTO.
Entries are sought within the following award classes:
- Finest Characteristic Article or Story: Acknowledges excellence in long-form storytelling (print or on-line) that gives in-depth evaluation, compelling narratives, and distinctive views on Caribbean tradition, historical past, and so forth.
- Finest Information Reporting: Honors distinctive reporting of breaking information, occasions or problems with significance to the Caribbean area that demonstrates accuracy and journalistic integrity.
- Finest Podcast/Radio: Celebrates excellence in podcasting/radio reporting, whether or not itʼs storytelling, interviews or discussions providing partaking and informative Caribbean content material.
- Finest Photojournalism: Celebrates impactful visible storytelling via pictures, capturing the essence of life within the Caribbean area, from every day life to cultural occasions, pure landscapes, or social points.
- Finest Video Manufacturing: Honors excellent video manufacturing, together with broadcast information segments, brief movies, or on-line video content material that showcases the richness and variety of Caribbean tradition, individuals and landscapes.
- Finest Social Media Marketing campaign: Acknowledges modern and efficient social media campaigns (by journalists or influencers) that interact audiences, increase consciousness, or promote constructive change on points related to the Caribbean area.
- Finest Private Immersive Story: Highlights a characteristic story that demonstrated time within the vacation spot, integration and deep exploration of off-the-beaten-path in a vacation spot.
- Diaspora Journalist of the Yr: Honors members of the Diaspora group who impression tourism within the Caribbean area via their storytelling.
- Rising Journalist of the Yr: Spotlights the achievements of up-and-coming journalists, reporters or content material creators who’ve demonstrated distinctive expertise, potential and dedication to excellence in Caribbean media.
Solely entries submitted by CTO authorities members, their public relations businesses or certified media shall be eligible. Minimal circulation for newspaper or journal entries is 20,000 (1,000 for Caribbean media). Each submission should be launched or aired in the course of the 2024 calendar 12 months. Every particular person could submit just one entry for every class. Submissions ought to showcase creativity and considerate data of the Caribbean and have a provocative story angle.
Standards for the judging of entries shall be:
- Content material – Relevance, accuracy, cohesiveness of fabric, adherence to journalistic requirements
- Construction & Type – Relevance of matter, readability, tempo, construction (introduction, growth and conclusion), presentation of data and concepts
- Title – Relevance of title, concision, readability
- High quality of Language – Use of language, high quality of syntax, high quality of sentence construction
- Originality – Originality of concepts, capacity to spark audienceʼs curiosity, boldness, creativity
Entries that don’t meet the choice standards can be disqualified.
The judges can select to not give awards in any class. This choice will depend on how they assess the entries. They might additionally ascribe “Particular Point out” (with out award) to an entry the place warranted. Selections of the judges shall be last.
Entrants are required to submit their contributions at https://bit.ly/caribbeanmediaawards2025 by the deadline of Could 1, 2025.
