Welcome to DAME Awards

Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) is an annual humanistic scheme designed to encourage media responsibility.


DAME's first outing was on March 20, 1992. Eight awards in Print Journalism were given to deserving professionals. The Vice President, Admiral Augustus Aikhomu was the Special Guest of Honour. Both the marketing and the outing itself made a strong impression on the media. Four months before the presentation, Tell magazine, in anticipation, wrote on December 2, 1991 that "What looks like a Nigerian version of the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for media excellence in the US, is in the making courtesy of Diamond Publications Limited, publishers of Media Review. To be known as Diamond Awards for Media Excellence, the awards are meant to enhance professionalism and reward hard work."

DAME INVITES ENTRIES FOR THE 30TH EDITION

The Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) has invited entries for the 30th edition of the annual awards in 24 categories, broadly grouped under reporting, commentary, documentary-drama, aesthetic and overall awards.

Media Professionals Present Book on Media and Nigeria’s Fourth Republic

Adigun Agbaje, professor of political science and former Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academics, University of Ibadan, reviewed the book, Watchdogs or Captured Media: A Study of the Role of the Media in Nigeria’s Emergent Democracy 1999-2016 at its public presentation at the University of Lagos May 22nd.

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Our Judges

Our judges are drawn from the media disciplines of Journalism, Broadcasting and Advertising and are people of integrity and good reputation in the media industry.........read more

Jimi Disu

Judge

Nosa Owens Ibie

Judge

Bunmi Sofola

Judge

Tam Fiofori

Judge

Our Sponsors

DAME Awards Night is made possible through the support of our sponsors. We sincerely appreciate their financial and moral support over the years.

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DAME To reward Excellencein the Media

The Trustees of Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME)—Africa’s longest-running media awards programme—invite entries forits 30th edition of works produced in 2020 in the following Print, Online, and Broadcast categories: Reporting(12) Agriculture Reporting Business Reporting Child Friendly Reporting Education Reporting Insurance Reporting Investigative Reporting Judicial Reporting Lagos Reporting Nutrition ReportingRead More

29th DAME Holds December 12

Thirteen media organisations will share honours this year at the 2020 edition of the Diamond Awards for Media Excellence. Billed for Saturday, December 12 in Lagos, the event is the 29th since DAME birthed in 1992.  Established to encourage media professionalism by rewarding talent and enterprise, the annual exercise has been acknowledged asRead More

THE 28th DAME: CALL FOR ENTRIES

The Diamond Awards for Media Excellence Trust Fund; Africa’s longest media awards programme invites for its 28th edition in the following categories. Print, Online and Broadcasting Agriculture Reporting Anti-Corruption Reporting Best Designed Newspaper Business Reporting Child Friendly Reporting Editorial Cartooning Education Reporting Insurance Reporting Investigative Reporting Judicial Reporting Lagos ReportingRead More

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