Categories and Media Requirements

This award recognises the sports publishing organisation that demonstrated outstanding journalistic excellence during the eligibility year, following the merger of several former organisational awards into a single Open Media category.

It celebrates organisations that consistently serve their audience through high-quality sports journalism, regardless of platform, format or distribution model. Eligible entries may include newspapers, digital publishers, broadcasters, specialist outlets or multi-platform portfolios, and may represent a single company or a collection of titles.

Judges will be looking for organisations that combine original reporting, strong editorial identity and clear journalistic values with effective use of style, storytelling and innovation. This may include coverage such as:

• Agenda-setting news and analysis.
• Big-hitting interviews and investigations.
• Exclusive or distinctive content.
• Compelling storytelling that deepens audience understanding of sport.
• Innovative uses of storytelling to engage audiences in an era where consumption is varied across platforms for different generations.

Entries should consist of an up to 500-word citation demonstrating how the organisation uses its journalism to inform, engage and influence audiences, and how its editorial output contributed meaningfully to the sporting conversation during the eligibility year.

Entries may consist of either:

• Up to 10 written articles.
• A broadcast/audio/video showreel of up to 10 minutes.
• 10 Social media examples.
• A combination of written work, clips and social examples within these limits.