Each category in the One World Media Awards is judged by a carefully selected panel, all of whom are distinguished members of their professions with expertise in the relevant areas. The jurors are drawn from all sectors of the media industry and not-for-profit sector.
International Journalist of the Year Award
Jacqueline Simmons
Executive Editor | Global Business, Bloomberg News

Jonathan Miller
Executive Director, Homeland Productions

Zanny Minton Beddoes
Editor-in-Chief, The Economist

Raymond Whitaker
Freelance Writer, Editor and Commentator

Feature Documentary Award
Mohamed Jabaly
Filmmaker and Artist

Dominique Young
Executive Producer

James Jones
Documentary Filmmaker (Emmy award winning and BAFTA-nominated)

Liesel Evans
Creative Director, UK Factual

New Voice Award
Adeyemi Michael
Filmmaker

Tracy Mcveigh
Editor | Global Development, Guardian News and Media

Sarah Waldron
Executive Producer, BBC Current Affairs

Burhan Wazir
Consulting Editor, WikiTribune

Television Documentary Award
Uli Hesse
Filmmaker and Journalist, Stolen Moments

Rodrigo Vazquez
Film Director & Producer

Shaminder Nahal
Commissioning Executive - Specialist Factual, Channel 4

Alison Rooper
Executive Producer, InFocus Productions

Radio Award
Ismail Einashe
Freelance Journalist

Andrew Spence
Projects Manager & Producer, We Are Unedited

Natalia Antelava
Chief Executive & Editor in Chief, Coda Story

Leo Hornak
Reporter and Producer, BBC World Service

Print Award
Megan Gibson
Foreign Editor, Monocle

Poorna Bell
Author and Senior Editor

Mark Rice-Oxley
Head of Special Projects, Guardian

Lianna Brinded
European News Editor, Quartz

Digital Media Award
Maegan Tillock
Producer

Juliet Riddell
Head of New Formats, Financial Times

Kim Bode
Community and Product Operations Manager, News Deeply

Lindsay Poulton
Executive Producer | Documentaries, Guardian

News Award
Caro Kriel
Europe News Director, Associated Press

Pete Jeary
Video Producer, NBC News

Versha Sharma
Senior correspondent & managing editor, Now This Media

Afua Hirsch
Author, Journalist and Broadcaster

Refugee Reporting Award
Kristy Siegfried
Senior Editor & Writer, UN Refugee Agency

Sasha Polakow-Suransky
Deputy Editor, Foreign Policy Magazine

Estephan Wagner
Documentary Director & Editor

Hassan Akkad
Filmmaker

Student Award
Andrew Roy
Foreign Editor and Deputy Head of Newsgathering, BBC

Lara Akeju
Commissioning Executive, Channel 5

Dominic Sivyer
Documentary Director, Minnow Films / BBC

Jane Drinkwater
Freelance TV Producer / Director

Women Entrepreneurs Reporting Award
Minna Salami
Writer and Speaker

Adrienne Klasa
Development Finance Editor, The Banker and fDi magazines | Financial Times Group

Victoria Bridges
Executive Director, GlobalGirl Media UK

Stella Paul
Award-winning Journalist

Popular Features Award
Ninder Billing
Executive Producer, The Garden

Will Rowson
Executive Producer, True North

Satmohan Panesar
Commissioner, ITV Factual Entertainment

Mona Chalabi
Data Editor, Guardian US

Short Film Award
Gaia Meucci
Short Film Programmer, Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival

Shelley Jones
Video Commissioner, NOWNESS

David Alter
Director of Programmes, Economist Films

Hunter Holcombe
Executive Producer, AJ+
