The Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) is pleased to announce the nominees for the 37th CBU Media Awards, which recognise excellence in journalism, broadcasting, digital media, and content creation across the Caribbean.
This year’s nominees represent the outstanding work of media professionals and organisations from across the region, whose reporting, storytelling, production, and creative content continue to inform, educate, entertain, and inspire Caribbean audiences.
The nominations span a wide range of categories, including radio, television, print, digital media, student journalism, environmental reporting, arts and culture, child rights, financial literacy, and social media content creation.
Winners will be announced at the 37th CBU Media Awards Gala during the Caribbean Broadcasting Union’s 57th Annual General Assembly (AGA 57), to be held in Georgetown, Guyana, from August 17–19, 2026.
List of Nominees
Agency for Public Information St. Vincent & the Grenadines
BEST MAGAZINE PROGRAMME – TV
BEST NEWS STORY – TV
BEST ENTERTAINMENT ITEM – DIGITAL
Andrea De Silva
BEST NEWS PHOTOGRAPH
BEST NEWS STORY DIGITAL
HEALTH EDUCATION JOURNALISM – PRINT
BEST ITEM ON A CHILD RIGHTS ISSUE – PRINT
Antigua & Barbuda Broadcasting Service
BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME – TV
ATV Telesur
BEST DOCUMENTARY – TV
BEST NEWS STORY – TV
BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME – TV
Barbados Community College
BEST STUDENT ITEM – DIGITAL
BEST STUDENT PHOTOGRAPH
Barbados Today
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD: BEST NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS REEL
BEST NEWS STORY – PRINT
BEST ENTERTAINMENT ITEM – PRINT
BEST INVESTIGATIVE ITEM – PRINT
BEST NEWS STORY – DIGITAL
BEST ENTERTAINMENT STORY – DIGITAL
HEALTH EDUCATION JOURNALISM – PRINT
BEST ITEM ON A CHILD RIGHT’S ISSUE – PRINT
Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas
BEST NEWS STORY – TV
BEST NEWS STORY – DIGITAL
BVI Beacon
EXCELLENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING ON CORAL REEFS – DIGITAL
Capital Media HD 99.3
BEST DOCUMENTARY – RADIO
BEST MAGAZINE PROGRAMME – RADIO
BEST DRAMA PROGRAMME – RADIO
BEST NEWS STORY – RADIO
BEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORT – RADIO
BEST COMEDY ITEM – RADIO
BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME – RADIO
BEST ADVERTISEMENT – RADIO
Carnival Catwalk
BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME – TV
Cayman Islands Government Department of Communication
BEST NEWS STORY -DIGITAL
CCN TV6
BEST DOCUMENTARY – TV
BEST NEWS STORY – TV
BEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORT – TV
BEST ITEM ON A CHILD RIGHT’S ISSUE – TV
Compass TV
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD: BEST NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS REEL
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD: BEST MUSIC REEL
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD: BEST EDUCATIONAL REEL
BEST MAGAZINE – TV
BEST NEWS STORY – TV
BEST SPORTS STORY – TV
CVM Television
BEST NEWS STORY – TV
BEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORT – TV
BEST NEWS STORY – DIGITAL
Elaine’s Caribbean Crochet
SDG CHAMPION – RADIO
SDG CHAMPION – DIGITAL
Greater Belize Media
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD: BEST MUSIC REEL
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD: BEST COMEDY REEL
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD: BEST EDUCATIONAL REEL
BEST DOCUMENTARY – TV
BEST MAGAZINE PROGRAMME – TV
BEST NEWS STORY – TV
BEST SPORTS STORY – TV
BEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORT – TV
BEST COMEDY ITEM – TV
BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME – TV
BEST NEWS STORY – DIGITAL
BEST SPORTS STORY – DIGITAL
BEST INVESTIGATIVE ITEM – DIGITAL
BEST ADVERTISEMENT – TV
BEST PSA – TV
EXCELLENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING ON MANGROVE/ SEAGRASS – TV
CHILD RIGHTS CHAMPION: INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING – TV
CHILD RIGHTS CHAMPION: ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN – TV
CHILD RIGHTS CHAMPION: CHILDREN WHO INSPIRE STORY – TV
BEST PRODUCTION ON LAND DEGRADATION NEUTRALITY – TV
EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA COVERAGE OF CARIBBEAN ARTS & CULTURE – TV
FINANCIAL LITERACY JOURNALISM – TV
BEST SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT CREATOR
BEST VIDEOGRAPHER
BEST PRODUCER – TV
BEST SOUND ENGINEER – RADIO
Guardian Media
BEST DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMME – RADIO
BEST MAGAZINE PROGRAMME – RADIO
BEST DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMME – TV
BEST NEWS STORY – TV
BEST SPORTS STORY – TV
BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME – TV
BEST NEWS STORY – PRINT
BEST SPORTS STORY – PRINT
BEST ENTERTAINMENT ITEM – PRINT
BEST INVESTIGATIVE ITEM – PRINT
BEST NEWS PHOTOGRAPH
BEST NEWS STORY – DIGITAL
BEST ENTERTAINMENT ITEM – DIGITAL
BEST PRODUCTION ON LAND DEGRADATION NEUTRALITY – TV
EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA COVERAGE OF CARIBBEAN ARTS & CULTURE – TV
EXCELLENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING ON CORAL REEFS – DIGITAL
EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA COVERAGE OF CARIBBEAN ARTS & CULTURE – DIGITAL
BEST PRODUCTION ON LAND DEGRADATION NEUTRALITY – PRINT
Guyana Chronicle
BEST NEWS STORY – PRINT
BEST INVESTIGATIVE ITEM – PRINT
HEALTH EDUCATION JOURNALISM – PRINT
Instituto de Communicacion y Sociales
BEST DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMME – RADIO
BEST MAGAZINE PROGRAMME – RADIO
BEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORT – RADIO
EXCELLENCE IN COVERAGE OF CARIBBEAN ARTS & CULTURE – RADIO
IRIE FM
BEST DOCUMENTARY – RADIO
BEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORT – RADIO
Jamaica Information Service
BEST NEWS STORY – PRINT
Joanne C. Hillhouse
BEST ITEM ON A CHILD RIGHT’S ISSUE – PRINT
EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA COVERAGE OF CARIBBEAN ARTS & CULTURE – PRINT
Nation Publishing
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD: BEST NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS REEL
BEST NEWS STORY – PRINT
BEST SPORTS STORY – PRINT
BEST ENTERTAINMENT ITEM – PRINT
BEST INVESTIGATIVE ITEM – PRINT
BEST NEWS PHOTOGRAPH
BEST SPORTS PHOTOGRAPH
BEST NEWS STORY – DIGITAL
BEST SPORTS STORY – DIGITAL
BEST ENTERTAINMENT ITEM – DIGITAL
SDG CHAMPION – DIGITAL
EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA COVERAGE OF CARIBBEAN ARTS & CULTURE – DIGITAL
BEST ITEM ON A CHILD RIGHT’S ISSUE – DIGITAL
HEALTH EDUCATION JOURNALISM – PRINT
BEST ITEM ON A CHILD RIGHT’S ISSUE – PRINT
SDG CHAMPION – PRINT
EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA COVERAGE OF CARIBBEAN ARTS & CULTURE – PRINT
National Communications Network
BEST DOCUMENTARY – RADIO
BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME – RADIO
BEST DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMME – TV
BEST NEWS STORY – TV
BEST SPORTS STORY – TV
BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME – TV
BEST ADVERTISEMENT – RADIO
NBC St. Vincent & the Grenadines
BEST ADVERTISEMENT – DIGITAL
BEST ADVERTISEMENT – RADIO
SDG CHAMPION – RADIO
BEST SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT CREATOR
News Room Inc
BEST NEWS STORY – TV
BEST SPORTS STORY- TV
BEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORT – TV
BEST NEWS PHOTOGRAPH
EXCELLENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT ON MANGROVE/ SEAGRASS – TV
EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA COVERAGE OF CARIBBEAN ARTS & CULTURE – TV
EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA COVEAGE OF CARIBBEAN ARTS & CULTURE – PRINT
BEST VIDEOGRAPHER
BEST PRODUCER – TV
Parliament Channel
BEST DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMME – TV
Plan A Productions
BEST DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMME – TV
BEST PSA – DIGITAL
Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica
BEST DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMME – TV
BEST DRAMA PROGRAMME – TV
BEST SPORTS STORY – TV
BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME – TV
BEST PSA – TV
EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA COVERAGE OF CARIBBEAN ARTS & CULTURE – TV
FINANCIAL LITERACY JOURNALISM – TV
BEST PRODUCER – TV
BEST DIRECTOR – TV
Riches Karayib
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD – BEST MUSIC REEL
BEST NEWS STORY – PRINT
BEST SPORTS STORY – PRINT
BEST ENTERTAINMENT ITEM – PRINT
BEST NEWS PHOTOGRAPH
BEST NEWS STORY – DIGITAL
BEST SPORTS STORY – DIGITAL
BEST ENRTAINMENT ITEM – DIGITAL
EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA COVERAGE OF CARIBBEAN ARTS & CULTURE – DIGITAL
EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA COVERAGE OF CARIBBEAN ARTS & CULTURE – PRINT
RJRGLEANER Communications Group
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD: BEST NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS REEL
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD: BEST MUSIC REEL
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD: BEST COMEDY REEL
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD: BEST EDUCATIONAL REEL
BEST NEWS STORY – RADIO
BEST SPORTS STORY – RADIO
BEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORT – RADIO
BEST DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMME – TV
BEST MAGAZINE PROGRAMME – TV
BEST NEWS STORY – TV
BEST SPORTS STORY – TV
BEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORT – TV
BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME – TV
BEST NEWS STORY – PRINT
BEST SPORTS STORY – PRINT
BEST ENTERTAINMENT ITEM – PRINT
BEST INVESTIGATIVE ITEM – PRINT
BEST NEWS STORY – DIGITAL
BEST SPORTS STORY – DIGITAL
BEST INVESTIGATIVE ITEM – DIGITAL
BEST ENTERTAINMENT ITEM – DIGITAL
EXCELLENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING ON MANGROVE/ SEAGRASS – TV
BEST PRODUCTION ON LAND DEGRADATION NEUTRALITY – TV
EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA COVERAGE OF CARIBBEAN ARTS & CULTURE – TV
HEALTH EDUCATION JOURNALISM – PRINT
EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA COVERAGE OF CARIBBEAN ARTS & CULTURE – PRINT
BEST PRODUCTION ON LAND DEGRADATION NEUTRALITY – PRINT
BEST PRODUCER – TV
BEST SOUND ENGINEER – RADIO
St. Lucia Times
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD: BEST COMEDY REEL
BEST NEWS PHOTOGRAPH
BEST SPORTS PHOTOGRAPH
EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA COVERAGE OF CARIBBEAN ARTS & CULTURE – DIGITAL
EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA COVERAGE OF CARIBBEAN ARTS & CULTURE – PRINT
Starcom Network
BEST DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMME – RADIO
BEST NEWS STORY – RADIO
BEST INVESTIGATIVE ITEM – DIGITAL
SDG CHAMPION – RADIO
SDG CHAMPION – DIGITAL
Starnieuws.com
BEST NEWS STORY – PRINT
BEST INVESTIGATIVE ITEM – PRINT
BEST ENTERTAINMENT ITEM – DIGITAL
Teleislas
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD – BEST EDUCATIONAL REEL
BEST DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMME – TV
BEST MAGAZINE PROGRAMME – TV
BEST NEWS STORY – TV
The National Channel
BEST DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMME – TV
BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME – TV
Trinidad Express
BEST NEWS STORY – PRINT
BEST ENTERTAINMENT ITEM – PRINT
BEST INVESTIGATIVE ITEM – PRINT
BEST SPORTS PHOTOGRAPH
BEST NEWS STORY – DIGITAL
BEST INVESTIGATIVE ITEM – DIGITAL
HEALTH EDUCATION JOURNALISM – PRINT
BEST ITEM ON A CHILD RIGHT’S ISSUE – PRINT
Trinidad Newsday
BEST NEWS STORY – PRINT
BEST SPORTS STORY – PRINT
BEST ENTERTAINMENT ITEM – PRINT
EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA COVERAGE OF CARIBBEAN ARTS & CULTURE – PRINT
TTT Ltd
BEST DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMME – TV
BEST MAGAZINE PROGRAMME – TV
BEST NEWS STORY – TV
BEST SPORTS STORY – TV
BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME – TV
BEST NEWS STORY – DIGITAL
EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA COVERAGE OF CARIBBEN ARTS & CULTURE – TV
EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA COVERAGE OF CARIBBEAN ARTS & CULTURE – DIGITAL
University of Technology
BEST STUDENT PHOTOGRAPH
University of the West Indies
BEST STUDENT PHOTOGRAPH
BEST STUDENT ITEM – TELEVISION
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