LONDON/GENEVA 17 October – Save the Children International is proud to announce the finalists for its inaugural Global Media Awards 2024, a prestigious set of awards that celebrate excellence in journalism focused on child rights.

The finalists represent outlets from around the world whose innovative and impactful reporting has raised awareness about the challenges and achievements of children whose unique rights were first recognised exactly 100 years ago due to Save the Children founder Eglantyne Jebb.

An independent judging panel made up of high-profile journalists from around the world are now evaluating the finalists and will select the winners for two categories: Local/Regional Media and International/Wires. The winners will be announced during a virtual ceremony on World Children’s Day, Wednesday 20 November 2024.

"Save the Children’s Global Media Awards were created to recognise the essential role journalism plays in reporting on children’s rights and the profound impact it can have," said Belinda Goldsmith, Director of Save the Children’s Global Media Unit. "These finalists have delivered exceptional journalism that has played a pivotal role in exposing child right issues and spurred action to protect vulnerable children. By honouring these exceptional journalists, we aim to showcase the power of media in driving positive change for children everywhere."

Save the Children launched the awards in honour of the centennial year since the first Declaration of the Rights of the Child–drafted by Eglantyne Jebb—was adopted by the League of Nations in 1924.

Finalists:

Local/Regional Category

• ABC Four Corner - “The kids who fear school”
  Mridula Amin and Sascha Ettinger-Epstein

• BBC One “Panorama: Undercover School: Cruelty in the Classroom”
  Ruth Evans, Sasha Hinde, Oliver Newlan and Hayley Clarke

• Crown TV Zambia “UNMASKING STICKER: A Cruel Drug Destroying Zambia´s Street”
  Annie Zulu

• Investigate Europe “France and Netherlands lobbied for child border detention from birth in EU migration pact”
  Pascal Hansens, Maria Maggiore, Leïla Miñano, Harald Schumann

• Gatopardo - “Out at sea lies healing”
  Ricardo Hernández Ruiz

• Malaysiakini - “Baby snatching: How stateless mums lose their infants in Sabah hospital”
  Vinothaa Selvatoray

• Nation Africa - “Unmasking the rising tide of defilement and incest”
  Anjeline Atieno Okech

• The Nation Media Group – “Beyond Magufuli: Tanzania's teen moms reclaiming their education dream”
  Moraa Obiria

• South China Morning Post - “Rise in suicides among young Hongkongers sparks calls for more action”
  Emily Hung Tsz Yin

• The Wire - “Children Who Lost Their Parents to COVID-19 Reckon with Traumatic Pasts, Uncertain Futures”
  Sachi Hegde, Umesh Kumar Ray and Parth MN

International / Wire

• Al Jazeera - “How the Israel war, blockade affects mental health of Palestinian children”
  Indlieb Farazi Saber

• Al Jazeera - “In Rwanda, teenage pregnancies are rising. The cost is high, analysts say”
  Ruchi Kumar

• BBC World - “Nigeria food crisis: 4.4m children under the age of 5 are acutely malnourished in the north”
  Madina Maishanu, Ellen Tsang and Ifiokabasi Ettang

• DW – “Extreme vulnerability: children crossing the Darien”
  Alexandra Correa Solarte

• Mongabay – “Kenya’s Lake Victoria floods leave orphaned children to run their households”
  Mactilda Mbenywe

• News Lines Magazine - “A Rare Distraction for Youngsters at a Syrian Camp Spotlights a Precarious Existence”
  Victor J. Blue

• The Guardian – “How child labour in India makes the paving stones beneath our feet”
  Romita Saluja

• The Telegraph – “Hazard or heritage? Mongolia saddles up for fight over child jockeys”
  Nicola Smith, Simon Townsley and Khaliun Bayartsogt

• The Telegraph - “Vaccination would have kept my child alive - that is something I always regret”
  Tom Parry and Simon Townsley

• Tortoise Media - “A Hidden Hell: the prison for children”
  Louise Tickle and Patricia Clarke

ENDS

For more information on the awards, please visit the Save the Children Global Media Awards website: www.savemediaawards.com