2020's competition generated 824 entries from 242 news brands in 44 countries. Finalists hail from Africa, Asia / Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America. India has the highest number of finalists with 29, followed by the United States with 27, Norway with 14 and Australia with 12.

In terms of companies, leading the INMA shortlist with finalists are News Corp, Jagran, Schibsted, Bennett, Coleman & Company Ltd, Russmedia and Stuff.

INMA has aimed to reward excellence in news media since 1937. This year, the Global Media Awards competition rewards the following:
  • innovation in building news brands
  • platform excellence
  • audience development
  • advertising sales, and
  • nurturing corporate culture.
Entries were also divided into two groups, including global / national brands and regional / local brands. There were 42 media experts from 20 countries that judged the competition in February. The panel focused on breakthrough results, unique concepts, strong creativity, innovative thinking and winning synergies across media platforms.

First place winners, regional winners and the coveted global Best in Show will be unveiled at the closing dinner of the 90th annual INMA World Congress of News Media at the Opera Ballroom of the Intercontinental Le Grand in Paris. The event will take place on Tuesday, 28 April.

All 824 entries in this year's Global Media Awards competition are live on INMA.org in the association's Best Practices archive. Finalists may be viewed publicly, while all other entries are reserved exclusively for INMA members.

INMA says that it has nearly 6 000 Best Practices from the past nine years of Global Media Awards competition, sortable to finalists and winners, category, year and country.

The full list of finalists is available here

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