2026 Journalism Awards Offered

AUDIO MEDIA Awards

Military Reporters & Editors offers four awards* for audio journalism. Two awards are open to all audio journalism formats, including broadcast radio, online audio and podcasts, while two awards are reserved for radio only, based on market.

*At the sole discretion of contest judges a piece of work could be singled out for “Honorable Mention” resulting in more than four audio media awards.

TEXT MEDIA Awards

Military Reporters & Editors offers eight awards* for traditional print and online written-word journalism, in two separate divisions based on a media outlet’s newsroom size.

• Division 1: Newsrooms with 20 or more reporters
• Division 2: Newsrooms with fewer than 20 reporters

*At the sole discretion of contest judges a piece of work could be singled out for “Honorable Mention” resulting in more than eight text media awards.

VIDEO MEDIA Awards

Military Reporters & Editors offers four awards* for broadcast television or online video journalism, in two separate divisions based on media outlet’s market.

• Division 1: International / National Market
• Division 2: Local / Regional Market

*At the sole discretion of contest judges a piece of work could be singled out for “Honorable Mention” resulting in more than four video media awards.

VISUAL MEDIA Award

Military Reporters & Editors offers one award* for news photography published either in print or online.

*At the sole discretion of contest judges a piece of work could be singled out for “Honorable Mention” resulting in more than one visual media award.

STUDENT MEDIA PROJECT

Military Reporters & Editors offers one award for a journalism student’s work submitted in any format – text, video, audio, visual media.