Awards

Call for Entries 2025

RADIO, TV AND DIGITAL MEDIA AWARDS 2025

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DEADLINE: January 31, 2025


Call for Entries 2024

RADIO, TV AND DIGITAL MEDIA AWARDS 2024

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All award winners 1995-2023


Call for Entries 2023

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RADIO, TV AND DIGITAL MEDIA AWARDS 2023

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Call for Entries 2022

RADIO, TV AND DIGITAL MEDIA AWARDS 2022

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Call for Entries 2021

RADIO, TV AND DIGITAL MEDIA AWARDS 2021

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RADIO, TV AND DIGITAL MEDIA AWARDS

The RIAS Berlin Commission annually presents awards for excellence in reporting on German-American issues. The awards are given for radio, TV and internet productions which made special contributions to the mutual understanding between the people of Germany and of the United States of America. Eligible are all kinds of reports on German topics aired in the US or on US topics aired in Germany or other programs with German-American aspects in the fields of international politics, economics, social issues, cultural developments or current events.


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The RIAS Berlin Commission Radio, TV, and Digital Media Awards 2020 – Call for Entries

The RIAS Berlin Commission presents annual awards for excellence in reporting on transatlantic issues. Awards are presented in three categories: Radio, TV, and Digital Media. In order to qualify a report must have been on a German topic aired domestically in the U.S. or on a U.S. topic aired in Germany, or be another local, national or international story of mutual interest, be it on politics, economics, security, social issues, culture or current events and developments.

Entries from recent and former RIAS Fellows are welcomed and encouraged.

RADIO AND TV AWARDS 2020

Entries must be radio or television stories aired in 2019 and may be single stories or multi-part series. There is no length requirement. All entries must be submitted electronically, with a URL for the story, and an attached script.

Entries must include:
– your name, title, business address, phone, and e-mail
– air date(s) of your story and its running length
– title and a brief description of your story
– a brief description of your role in the production of the story

DIGITAL MEDIA AWARDS 2020

This award will honor all kinds of German or American stories posted on the internet in 2019. All entries must be submitted electronically, with a URL for the story, and any additional materials should be submitted as an attachment. Accurate web addresses leading to the website(s) must be transmitted by email to the RIAS Berlin Commission. Sites must be active and accessible by the RIAS jury at the time of judging, and not require any proprietary information for access.

Entries must include:
– your name, title, business address, phone, e-mail,
– posting date(s) of the story, its running length, word count,
– title and a brief description of your story,
– a brief description of your role in the production of the story.

Entries must include your name, title, business address, phone, and e-mail and a brief description of your entry and your role in it.

DEADLINE: closed on January 15, 2020

Entries must be received no later than January 15, 2020. Entry material cannot be returned. All work submitted must be the primary effort of the person or persons making the entry.

AWARDS CEREMONY

The awards ceremony will be held in Berlin on May 7, 2020. Qualified expenses (travel and hotel) will be paid for each award winner attending the ceremony in Berlin.

All entries should be digitally sent to:

info@riasberlin.org