Categories of 2021 INMA Global Media Awards to reflect pandemic impact

INMA officials have acknowledged that the COVID-19 crisis will have an impact on the Global Media Awards competition. That’s the why the association has decided for new category selections in the awards in 2021 to reflect that impact. INMA aspires to capture the progress of the news industry’s transformation and reinvention through this crisis.

INMA Global Media Awards reward outstanding achievement in growing the brand, audience, and revenue of news companies. The association has announced 20 categories for the 2021 competition, including nine that are new – with heavy emphasis on subscriptions and data. INMA also unveiled an expansion of the competition to include multi-brand media groups for the first time. The categories are listed below.

News Brands

• Best Brand Awareness Campaign
• Best Public Relations or Community Service Campaign
• Best Use of an Event to Build a News Brand
• Best Idea to Encourage Reader Engagement

Media Platforms

• Best Use of Print
• Best Use of Video
• Best Use of Audio
• Best Use of Social Media

Subscriptions

• Best Initiative to Register Users (new)
• Best Initiative to Acquire Subscribers (new)
• Best Initiative to Retain Subscribers (new)
• Best Subscription Niche Product (new)

Business Development

• Best Idea to Grow Advertising Sales
• Best Execution of Native Advertising
• Best Digital Commerce Initiative (new)
• Best Product and Tech Innovation

Data and Insights

• Best Use of Data to Drive Subscriptions, Content, or Product Design (new)
• Best Use of Data to Drive Advertising (new)
• Best Use of Data to Automate or Personalise (new)
• Best Data Dashboard (new)

Media companies are allowed to submit entries, based on the emanation of the work, in one of three segments: National brands, Regional brands and Groups

Adding media groups is a major expansion of the competition for 2021 and the first time INMA has rewarded groups. “INMA is excited to put new emphasis on subscription and data categories to reflect the passion behind the subjects in the news industry,” said Earl J. Wilkinson, Executive Director and CEO. “We also want to spotlight the fantastic work by central offices and shared-service operations at media groups. This is a major expansion of the Global Media Awards, and we hope it resonates with media companies worldwide.”

The International News Media Association (INMA) is a global community of market-leading news media companies reinventing how they engage audiences and grow revenue in a multi-platform environment. The INMA community consists of more than 15,000 members at 850+ news media companies in 71 countries, representing tens of thousands of news brands. Celebrating its 90th anniversary, INMA is the news media industry’s foremost ideas-sharing network with members connected via conferences, reports, Webinars, virtual meetings, awards competitions, and an unparalleled archive of best practices.

The competition will open for entry submissions on November 01, with a deadline to submit entries on January 29, 2021. A Global Media Awards competition Web site has been launched at www.inma.org/awards.