The Judging Panel

A three-person judging team will be assembled from MLI members, and other non-MLI experts in the field, for each award category. Judges cannot submit an entry for the category they are judging, or be involved with a nomination for the category they are judging.

Each award category will be assessed on the criteria outlined below and, at the discretion of the judges, weightings may be applied to some criteria.

The decision of the Judging Panel is final.

If you would like to be considered for a Judging Panel please complete this form.

Eligibility

Award Category 1: Best Media Literacy initiative for young people

• The target audience of this initiative must have been children or young people aged under 18, living on the island of Ireland.
• The initiative must have helped to empower the target audience to develop skills, knowledge and/or competencies to be able to make informed choices about the media content and services that they consume, create and disseminate.
• Projects or initiatives that have previously won an MLI award are not eligible.

Award Category 2: Best Media Literacy initiative for older people

• The target audience for this initiative must have been older people aged 65 or over, living on the island of Ireland.
• The initiative must have helped to empower the target audience to develop skills, knowledge and/or competencies to be able to make informed choices about the media content and services that they consume, create and disseminate.
• Projects or initiatives that have previously won an MLI award are not eligible.

Award Category 3: Best Community-based Media Literacy initiative

• The target audience for this initiative must have been people living in a community (geographic or community of interest), on the island of Ireland.
• The initiative must have helped to empower the target audience to develop skills, knowledge and/or competencies to be able to make informed choices about the media content and services that they consume, create and disseminate.
• Projects or initiatives that have previously won an MLI award are not eligible.

Award Category 4: Best General Media Literacy initiative

• The initiative must have helped to (directly or indirectly) empower people living on the island of Ireland to develop skills, knowledge and/or competencies to be able to make informed choices about the media content and services that they consume, create and disseminate.
• Projects or initiatives that have previously won an MLI award are not eligible.

Award Category 5: Best Large Scale Media Literacy initiative

• The initiative must have helped to (directly or indirectly) empower people living on the island of Ireland to develop skills, knowledge and/or competencies to be able to make informed choices about the media content and services that they consume, create and disseminate
• The initiative must meet one of the following criteria:
  • Be delivered at a national level, or
  • Be in its third (or more) consecutive year, or
  • Operate on a budget of more than €75,000 per year.
• Projects or initiatives that have previously won an MLI award are not eligible.

Award Category 6: Best Media-led Media Literacy initiative

• This media organisation, media professional or media collaboration must have consistently supported the work of MLI and/or promoted media literacy messages via their channels, in an empowering and engaging way, to people living on the island of Ireland.
• Projects or initiatives that have previously won an MLI award are not eligible.”

Criteria

Criteria for Award categories 1 – 4

Criteria 1: Empowerment of Target Audience with MIL skills (Q3, 5, 6)

Criteria 2: Project Impact (Q. 8)

Criteria 3: Inclusion (Q.9)

Criteria 4: Approach to Collaboration (Q.10)

Criteria 5: Approach to Innovation (Q.11)

Criteria 6: Evaluation process. This criteria is concerned with the evaluation process, not the outcomes of the project. (Q.12)

Criteria for Award category 5

Criteria 1: Promotion of Media Literacy and/or support of Media Literacy Ireland (Q3, 5, 7, 8)

Criteria 2: Project Impact (Q. 8)

Criteria 3: Inclusion (Q.9)

Criteria 4: Approach to Collaboration (Q.10)

Criteria 5: Approach to Innovation (Q.11)

Criteria 6: Evaluation process. This criteria is concerned with the evaluation process, not the outcomes of the project. (Q.12)