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  • Announcing the longlists for the OWM Awards 2021

    Selected from a record-breaking 500+ entries across 96 countries, we are honoured to announce the longlists in all 15 awards categories.

  • Introducing our two new trustees!

    We are very pleased to welcome Godfrey Cromwell and Leonor Stjepic to the One World Media Board of Trustees. Each bring a wealth of NGO and fundraising experience to the One World Media team, having worked to bring about lasting positive change across a wide range of organisations.

  • Get your pitches ready!

    The One World Media Fellowship is now open for applications. Whether you’re looking for support to direct your short documentary, write an international feature story, or produce a radio piece, we want to hear from you.

  • Say hello to our wonderful judges

    This year’s line up of award-winning filmmakers, top editors, international correspondents and media experts will join us from every corner of the globe to select the final nominees and winner of each of the fifteen One World Media Awards.

  • Welcome to our new trustee, Charlotte Alfred

    We are thrilled to welcome investigative journalist and editor, Charlotte Alfred as the newest member of the One World Media Board of Trustees.

  • It’s time to enter the One World Media Awards

    Calling journalists + filmmakers all over the world! The One World Media Awards 2021 are now open for entries. From news, documentary and podcasts, to environmental impact and refugee reporting, the One…

  • 4 reasons we’re ending 2020 on a positive note

    Reflecting on a year that none of us could have predicted, we wanted to end 2020 on a high. We’ve decided to pick out the things that have brought us joy and…

  • Get ready for the One World Media Awards 2021!

    The One World Media Awards will open for entries on 12th January! Open to journalists and filmmakers globally, the awards celebrate the year’s best media coverage of underreported stories from around the…

  • Hold The Line Coalition calls for new cyber libel charge to be dropped against Maria Ressa

    One World Media stands with the #HoldTheLine Coalition in condemning the new legal threats against Rappler founder and CEO Maria Ressa, recipient of this year’s OWM Special Award. Ressa posted bail after…

  • The key to telling powerful stories with your photographs

    Award-winning photojournalist Kate Holt describes her work on a challenging project in South Sudan, and breaks down some of the techniques she used to tell powerful stories with her photographs.   In…

  • Building a Global Short Documentary Community in 2020

    Over two days at the Global Short Docs Forum, commissioners will meet 12 filmmakers with incredible stories, who care passionately about short docs. We hope some of the films will peak their…

  • The New Humanitarian wins the Coronavirus Reporting Award 2020!

    Selected from 400 entries across 68 countries, we are thrilled to announce that the winner of the OWM Coronavirus Reporting Award is How Coronavirus Hit Aden: A Yemeni Doctor’s Diary, The New…