Media is Hope AWARD 2024: Second Half of the Year & Annual Awards Ceremony Held
We held the Media is Hope AWARD 2024 Second Half of the Year & Annual Award Ceremony.
On February 25, 2025, we held the “Media is Hope AWARD 2024 Second Half of the Year & Annual Awards” ceremony at the United Nations University.
*The Media is Hope Award is an award presented by MEDIA IS HOPE Inc. to recognize the achievements of media/journalists who contribute to solving social issues such as climate change and SDGs.
MEDIA IS HOPE Inc. is an association that provides various support to strengthen climate change reporting in order to realize a society that can solve climate change. It acts as a bridge to build co-creative relationships between media, citizens, companies, and all other stakeholders. It is not easy to continue to cover social issues such as climate change and the SDGs in the media. We at MEDIA IS HOPE Inc. believe that viewers/readers and other people outside the media need to support media and journalists who are working hard to address these issues, and this award is part of that.
MEDIA IS HOPE Inc. promotes its value by awarding reporting and initiatives that contribute to solving climate change, such as solutions journalism, which focuses not only on problems but also on solutions, and engaged journalism, which solves problems through dialogue and collaboration with audiences.
This time, we presented awards to a total of 12 media organizations—including television, newspapers, radio, and digital media—that creatively developed their reporting to help viewers/readers understand climate change as “an issue that is closely related to everyday life.”
■ For details on the winners’ initiatives, please see the press release [PR TIMES] below ↓
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000018.000128060.htmlhttps://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000018.000128060.html
We asked the award winners about the challenges of reaching and sustaining climate change communication, and the creative approaches they use to overcome these obstacles.
During the talk session, they also shared messages for viewers and readers. These message videos will be posted on MEDIA IS HOPE Inc.’s official social media. Please stay tuned.
Scenes at the award ceremony
<2024 Second Half Individual Award: Sumireko Tomita, HuffPost Japan>
<2024 Second Half Individual Award: Ryosuke Matsuzoe, Nikkei Inc.>
<2024 Second Half Media Award: J-WAVE>
<2024 Second Half Media Award: The Japan Agricultural News>
<2024 Annual Individual Award: Kai Ichino, Asahi Shimbun>
<2024 Annual Media Award: Weathernews>
<2024 Annual Media Award: Alterna>
<Special Award: Joint Statement by Meteorologist and Weather Casters on the Climate Crisis>
<Series Continuation Award: BS Asahi Earth Crisis>
<Investigative Reporting Award: NHK Special Investigative Reporting New Century File 7 “Blind Spots” in Climate Change Measures>
<Solution Award: Chukai Television Broadcasting>
<Solution Journalism Award: IDEAS FOR GOOD>
Scenes from the talk session where we asked award winners about their most well-received work
■ You can find the reasons for the awards given to the winners here ↓
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000018.000128060.html
The dedication shown by the award winners’ in addressing the major challenge of climate change through reporting and communication reminded us once again that media is the hope, and made us even more committed to supporting and collaborating with these initiatives.
We look forward not only to the winners’ future communications and initiatives, but also to collaborations among the winners themselves, as well as with leaders in various fields who are driving climate change solutions!
We sincerely hope this award recognition can provide some encouragement for continued climate change reporting and communication.
We at MEDIA IS HOPE Inc. are committed to working even harder to amplify the winners’ excellent work and help audiences join the effort toward solving these critical issues.
Let’s all continue supporting amazing media together!
MEDIA IS HOPE Inc.