The Diamond Awards for Media Excellence, DAME, has called for entries for its 34th edition.
There are 25 categories in all.
The trustees of the Diamond Awards for Media Excellence, DAME, Trust Fund, made the announcement in a press statement.
DAME is Africa’s longest running media awards programme.
The categories that can be entered for are:
Reporting
Business Reporting, Child Friendly Reporting, Education Reporting, Energy Reporting, Health Reporting, Investigative Reporting, Judicial Reporting, Lagos Reporting, Nutrition Reporting, Radio Reporting, Solid Mineral Reporting, Sports Reporting and Television Reporting
Commentary
Editorial Cartooning, Editorial Writing and Informed Commentary
Documentary Drama
Radio Drama, Television Drama and Television Documentary
Aesthetics
Best Designed Newspaper, Best Media Website, Child Friendly Photography and News Photography
Overall Awards
Child Friendly Medium, Newspaper of the Year, Editor of the Year.
The organisers said entries should be uploaded to the DAME website – www.dameawards.com – on or before the close of business on Wednesday, September 17, 2025.
Other details are that:
- Entries in the Reporting categories should conform to DAME’s ABCADER principle of: Accuracy, Balance, Contextual Analysis, Depth of Research/Investigation, Engaging use of language, and Relevance of subject.
- Entries in the Commentary category (Editorial Writing and Informed Commentary) will be judged on the basis of Subject, Substance, Significance, Structure, Style and Size. Works to be entered for this category must therefore have these essential sextets.
- An entry can only be entered in ONE category. Series will count as one entry. No one should enter more than two entries in any category.
- Any significant challenge to the honesty, accuracy or fairness of an entry such as published rejoinders, corrections and retractions, should be addressed in the cover letter.
First held in 1992, DAME is a not-for-profit trust established to enhance professionalism in the Nigerian media.
Apart from the 33 uninterrupted annual awards presentations to date, it holds periodic trainings for media professionals.
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