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37th CBU Media Awards Nominees

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 (Suriname)

BEST DOCUMENTARY – TV

BEST NEWS STORY – TV

BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME – TV

Barbados Community College

BEST STUDENT ITEM – DIGITAL

BEST STUDENT PHOTOGRAPH

Barbados Government Information Service

BEST DOCUMENTARY – RADIO

BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME – TV

BEST NEWS STORY – PRINT

BEST NEWS STORY – DIGITAL

BEST ENTERTAINMENT ITEM – DIGITAL

BEST PSA – DIGITAL

BEST PSA – RADIO

BEST PSA – TV

FINANCIAL LITERACY JOURNALISM – TV

EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA COVERAGE OF CARIBBEAN ARTS & CULTURE – DIGITAL

BEST ITEM ON A CHILD RIGHT’S ISSUE – DIGITAL

EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA COVERAGE OF CARIBBEAN ARTS & CULTURE – PRINT

BEST SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT CREATOR

BEST VIDEOGRAPHER

BEST DIRECTOR – TV

BEST SOUND ENGINEER – RADIO

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 (Barbados)

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 (Trinidad & Tobago)

BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME – TV

Cayman Islands Government Department of Communication

BEST NEWS STORY -DIGITAL

CCN TV6 (Trinidad & Tobago)

BEST DOCUMENTARY – TV

BEST NEWS STORY – TV

BEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORT – TV

BEST ITEM ON A CHILD RIGHT’S ISSUE – TV

Compass TV (Cayman Islands)

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 (Jamaica)

BEST NEWS STORY – TV

BEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORT – TV

BEST NEWS STORY – DIGITAL

Elaine’s Caribbean Crochet (Barbados)

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 (Trinidad & Tobago)

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 (Cuba)

BEST DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMME – RADIO

BEST MAGAZINE PROGRAMME – RADIO

BEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORT – RADIO

EXCELLENCE IN COVERAGE OF CARIBBEAN ARTS & CULTURE – RADIO

IRIE FM (Jamaica)

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 (Barbados)

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 (Guyana)

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  (Guyana)

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 COVERAGE OF CARIBBEAN ARTS & CULTURE – PRINT

BEST VIDEOGRAPHER

BEST PRODUCER – TV

Parliament Channel (Trinidad & Tobago)

BEST DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMME – TV

Plan A Productions (Barbados)

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

 

Richès Karayib (Martinique)

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 (Jamaica)

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 (Barbados)

BEST DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMME – RADIO

BEST NEWS STORY – RADIO

BEST INVESTIGATIVE ITEM – DIGITAL

SDG CHAMPION – RADIO

SDG CHAMPION – DIGITAL

Starnieuws.com (Suriname)

BEST NEWS STORY – PRINT

BEST INVESTIGATIVE ITEM – PRINT

BEST ENTERTAINMENT ITEM – DIGITAL

Teleislas (Colombia)

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD – BEST EDUCATIONAL REEL

BEST DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMME – TV

BEST MAGAZINE PROGRAMME – TV

BEST NEWS STORY – TV

The National Channel (Belize)

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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