Migration Media Award

Date Shared:

Thursday, August 15, 2019 - 12:14

Countries and areas:

Global

GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:

Objective 16: Empower migrants and societies to realize full inclusion and social cohesion

Objective 17: Eliminate all forms of discrimination and promote evidence-based public discourse to shape perceptions of migration

Contributors:

Civil Society

Chairmanship:

Ecuador 2019

Geographical Relevance:

Regional

Tags:

Diversity, Inclusiveness and Social Cohesion, Connectivity and Migration, Discrimination and Xenophobia

Summary:

The Migration Media Award (MMA) recognizes and rewards the journalistic excellence, relevance and newsworthiness of press pieces dealing with migration in the Euro-Mediterranean region in all its aspects. For its first edition in 2017, the MMA rewarded 35 journalists based in an EU country or a Southern Partner Country (SPC) and 41 in 2018, and had their winning stories published on www.migration-media-award.eu.

Link:

For more information:

http://www.migration-media-award.eu/index.php/en/

GFMD Source:

GFMD 2019 - Thematic Workshop on Narratives on Migration: Toward evidence-based Communication

GFMD 2019 - Background Paper RT 2.1 "Shaping the Public Narrative on Migration and Migrants"