Categories

Description

Recognizes the best breaking news coverage originally delivered on station's digital platforms such as a website, social media accounts, and/or mobile app. The entry can be digital only in nature or be in conjunction with or in support of a regular newscast.

Requirements

Maximum of 2 links (website, social media or a combination of both) that showcases the depth of reporting and effective delivery through digital platforms.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the best news story produced solely for a station's digital platforms such as a website, social media accounts, and/or mobile app.

Requirements

Maximum of 2 links (website, social media or a combination of both) that showcases the depth of reporting and effective delivery through digital platforms.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the best multi-episode podcast series produced by a Georgia radio or tv station. The series must be easily accessible via the station website and be supported by broadcast, social, or other digital promotion. Only original content created for the podcast format will be considered. Recordings of broadcasts will be disqualified. Format may be video or audio in nature.

Requirements

Maximum of 3 sample clips, from the same series. Each clip should be 10 minutes or less. Include the link to your podcast's webpage, which is live on your station's website.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the most outstanding political coverage by a station during the 2024 Election Cycle.

Requirements

Entry should be a compilation of coverage throughout the year and must not exceed 10 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes initial coverage of an event as it occurs or develops and warrants the interruption of scheduled programming. This category does not include Severe Weather.

Requirements

Entry may include a compilation of coverage from the first 24 hours after the news event. Entry must not exceed 20 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes a single, planned community service project that has had a significant impact on a station's local area which can be measured by how the community benefited. Broadcasters are charged with identifying what local needs are and then meeting those needs by putting internal and external resources together. This award will honor that effort and acknowledge what broadcasters do best – serve their communities.

Requirements

Please submit an audio or video “montage” of your project (10 minutes or less), written narrative (2 pages or less), and letter(s) of endorsement from a project beneficiary. The entire submission should describe how the project fulfilled a community need or improved the area's quality of life. Describe the project, its goals and objectives, and its results.

Description

Recognizes a locally produced feature story that is not part of a series, franchise, breaking news or general assignment reporting.

Requirements

Entry should include one feature story and should not exceed 5 minutes

Criteria

Description

Recognizes coverage of a single news story or topic which is shot, edited and aired within one work shift. Entry may include live and/or recorded elements. The topic covered must not be considered breaking news, investigative, or feature reporting.

Requirements

Entry should be a single hard news story and must not exceed 5 minutes

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the best regularly scheduled newscast airing between January 1st, 2023 and December 31st, 2023.

Requirements

The submitted newscast should be from an ordinary day that is free of breaking news and severe weather coverage. Entry must not exceed 30 minutes.

Criteria

Description

This category will recognize the most outstanding Georgia-based on-air talent. Nominated talent or group of talen must be station employee or contract employee who host or co-host a regularly scheduled on-air program.

Requirements

Entry must be a compilation of work that best represents the talent's capabilities. Entry must not exceed 10 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes locally produced programs on the station outside of news and sports coverage.

Requirements

Entry may be a one-off production or part of a regularly scheduled or multi-part series. Entry must not exceed 30 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the best performance by an individual reporter of local news events or stories. Entry must have been developed for the local community/audience.

Requirements

Entry must be a compilation of work that best represents the reporter's capabilities. Entry must not exceed 10 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes coverage of a single severe weather event as it occurs and warrants the interruption of scheduled programming.

Requirements

Entry should include a compilation of coverage from the first 24 hours of a severe weather event. Entry must not exceed 20 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the best sports play-by-play of a Georgia-based sporting event.

Requirements

Entry may be of a one-time event or from a regular scheduled series of sports events. Entry must not exceed 10 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes locally produced sports programs. Entries can be of a one-off production or part of a regularly scheduled or multi-part series.

Requirements

Entry must not exceed 30 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the best locally produced commercial designed and produced for a station's audience/community. The station must have had total conceptual and creative control of the production. Commercials containing music must have used music in the public domain or used copyrighted music with permission.

Requirements

Entry must include one commercial and must not exceed 1 minute.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes a single station employee in the early stages of their career who shows great promise in their desire and ambition to succeed in broadcasting. This individual consistently displays a strong work ethic, a desire to learn, and a willingness to go above and beyond their daily job responsibilities to ensure the station produces and airs excellent content that exceeds the expectations of its viewers or listeners. Judges will only consider individuals with less than five years of professional work experience.

Requirements

A member of station management (not the employee who is to be considered) should submit the required items for this entry.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes a Radio Station that demonstrates overall excellence in their local communities.

Requirements

**Only stations who actively participate in other GABBY categories will be considered for Station of the Year**

Submit an edited audio and/or video entry which describes/highlights the efforts of the station from January 1st, 2024 to December 31st, 2024. The length should not exceed 10 minutes.

Judges will consider programming, promotions, community relations and service, public affairs/public service programming, and station awards and recognition. It is recommended that entries include a list of boards/organizations in which station personnel are actively engaged; estimates of how much money was raised for charitable purposes; estimates of how many hours of public service were performed by personnel and how many public service campaigns aired on the station.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the best locally produced commercial designed and produced for a station's audience/community. The station must have had total conceptual and creative control of the production. Commercials containing music must have used music in the public domain or used copyrighted music with permission.

Requirements

Entry must include one commercial and must not exceed 1 minute.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes a locally produced feature story that is not part of a series, franchise, breaking news or general assignment reporting.

Requirements

Include one feature story, should not exceed 5 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes coverage of a single news story or topic which is shot, edited and aired within one work shift. Entry may include live and/or recorded elements. The topic covered must not be considered breaking news, investigative, or feature reporting.

Requirements

Include a single hard news story and must not exceed 5 minutes

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the most outstanding political coverage by a station during the 2024 Election Cycle.

Requirements

Entry should be a compilation of coverage throughout the year and must not exceed 10 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes initial coverage of an event as it occurs or develops and warrants the interruption of scheduled programming. This category does not include Severe Weather.

Requirements

Entry should include a compilation of coverage from the first 24 hours of the news event. Entry must not exceed 20 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes a single, planned community service project that has had a significant impact on a station's local area which can be measured by how the community benefited. Broadcasters are charged with identifying what local needs are and then meeting those needs by putting internal and external resources together. This award will honor that effort and acknowledge what broadcasters do best – serve their communities.

Requirements

Please submit an audio or video “montage” of your project (10 minutes or less), written narrative (2 pages or less), and letter(s) of endorsement from a project beneficiary. The entire submission should describe how the project fulfilled a community need or improved the area's quality of life. Describe the project, its goals and objectives, and its results.

Description

Recognizes the best multi-part investigative reporting series aired by the station between January 1st and December 31st, 2024

Requirements

Entry must include at least two investigative reports

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the most outstanding local meteorologist presenting daily weather segments, severe weather coverage and weather-related stories.

Requirements

Entry must be a compilation of work that best represents the reporter's capabilities. Entry must not exceed 10 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the best Georgia-based television news anchor. Talent must be a station employee or contract employee aired on the submitting station.

Requirements

Entry must be a compilation of work that best represents the talent's capabilities. Entry must not exceed 10 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the best regularly scheduled newscast airing between January 1st, 2024 and December 31st, 2024.

Requirements

The submitted newscast should be from an ordinary day that is free of breaking news and severe weather coverage. Entry must not exceed 30 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes locally produced programs on the station outside of news and sports coverage.

Requirements

Entry can be a one-off production or part of a regularly scheduled or multi-part series.Entry must not exceed 30 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the best performance by an individual reporter of local news events or stories. Entry must have been developed for the local community/audience.

Requirements

Entry must be a compilation of work that best represents the reporter's capabilities. Entry must not exceed 10 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes coverage of a single severe weather event as it occurs and warrants the interruption of scheduled programming.

Requirements

Entry may include a compilation of coverage from the first 24 hours after the severe weather event. Entry must not exceed 20 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the best performance by an individual television sports anchor. Entry must have been developed for the local community/audience. Entrants must submit a video montage representative of their on-air performance.

Requirements

Entry must be a compilation of work that best represents the talent's capabilities. Entry must not exceed 10 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes locally produced sports programs. Entries can be of a one-off production or part of a regularly scheduled or multi-part series.

Requirements

Entry must not exceed 30 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the most outstanding videographer in their ability to convey news in a visual form as demonstrated in a compilation video.

Requirements

Entry must be a compilation of work that best represents the talent's capabilities. Entry must not exceed 10 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes a single station employee in the early stages of their career who shows great promise in their desire and ambition to succeed in broadcasting. This individual consistently displays a strong work ethic, a desire to learn, and a willingness to go above and beyond their daily job responsibilities to ensure the station produces and airs excellent content that exceeds the expectations of its viewers or listeners. Judges will only consider individuals with less than five years of professional work experience.

Requirements

A member of station management (not the employee who is to be considered) should submit the required items for this entry.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes a TV Station that demonstrates overall excellence in their local communities.

Requirements

**Only stations who actively participate in other GABBY categories will be considered for Station of the Year**

Submit an edited audio and/or video entry which describes/highlights the efforts of the station from January 1st, 2024 to December 31st, 2024. The length should not exceed 10 minutes.

Judges will consider programming, promotions, community relations and service, public affairs/public service programming, and station awards and recognition. It is recommended that entries include a list of boards/organizations in which station personnel are actively engaged; estimates of how much money was raised for charitable purposes; estimates of how many hours of public service were performed by personnel and how many public service campaigns aired on the station.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the best breaking news coverage originally delivered on station's digital platforms such as a website, social media accounts, and/or mobile app. The entry can be digital only in nature or be in conjunction with or in support of a regular newscast.

Requirements

Maximum of 2 links (website, social media or a combination of both) that showcases the depth of reporting and effective delivery through digital platforms.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the best news story produced solely for a station's digital platforms such as a website, social media accounts, and/or mobile app.

Requirements

Maximum of 2 links (website, social media or a combination of both) that showcases the depth of reporting and effective delivery through digital platforms.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the best multi-episode podcast series produced by a Georgia radio or tv station. The series must be easily accessible via the station website and be supported by broadcast, social, or other digital promotion. Only original content created for the podcast format will be considered. Recordings of broadcasts will be disqualified. Format may be video or audio in nature.

Requirements

Maximum of 3 sample clips, from the same series. Each clip should be 10 minutes or less. Include the link to your podcast's webpage, which is live on your station's website.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the most outstanding political coverage by a station during the 2024 Election Cycle.

Requirements

Entry should be a compilation of coverage throughout the year and must not exceed 10 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes initial coverage of an event as it occurs or develops and warrants the interruption of scheduled programming. This category does not include Severe Weather.

Requirements

Entry may include a compilation of coverage from the first 24 hours after the news event. Entry must not exceed 20 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes a single, planned community service project that has had a significant impact on a station's local area which can be measured by how the community benefited. Broadcasters are charged with identifying what local needs are and then meeting those needs by putting internal and external resources together. This award will honor that effort and acknowledge what broadcasters do best – serve their communities.

Requirements

Please submit an audio or video “montage” of your project (10 minutes or less), written narrative (2 pages or less), and letter(s) of endorsement from a project beneficiary. The entire submission should describe how the project fulfilled a community need or improved the area's quality of life. Describe the project, its goals and objectives, and its results.

Description

Recognizes a locally produced feature story that is not part of a series, franchise, breaking news or general assignment reporting.

Requirements

Entry should include one feature story and should not exceed 5 minutes

Criteria

Description

Recognizes coverage of a single news story or topic which is shot, edited and aired within one work shift. Entry may include live and/or recorded elements. The topic covered must not be considered breaking news, investigative, or feature reporting.

Requirements

Entry should be a single hard news story and must not exceed 5 minutes

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the best regularly scheduled newscast airing between January 1st, 2023 and December 31st, 2023. The submitted newscast should be from an ordinary day that is free of breaking news and severe weather coverage.

Requirements

Entry must not exceed 30 minutes.

Criteria

Description

This category will recognize the most outstanding Georgia-based on-air talent. Nominated talent or group of talen must be station employee or contract employee who host or co-host a regularly scheduled on-air program.

Requirements

Entry must be a compilation of work that best represents the talent's capabilities. Entry must not exceed 10 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes locally produced programs on the station outside of news and sports coverage. Entries can be of a one-off production or part of a regularly scheduled or multi-part series.

Requirements

Entry must not exceed 30 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the best performance by an individual reporter of local news events or stories. Entry must have been developed for the local community/audience.

Requirements

Entry must be a compilation of work that best represents the reporter's capabilities. Entry must not exceed 10 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes coverage of a single severe weather event as it occurs and warrants the interruption of scheduled programming.

Requirements

Entry may include a compilation of coverage from the first 24 hours after the severe weather event. Entry must not exceed 20 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the best sports play by play of a Georgia-based sporting event.

Requirements

Entry may be of a one-time event or from a regular scheduled series of sports events. Entry must not exceed 10 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes locally produced sports programs. Entries can be of a one-off production or part of a regularly scheduled or multi-part series.

Requirements

Entry must not exceed 30 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the best locally produced commercial designed and produced for a station's audience/community. The station must have had total conceptual and creative control of the production. Commercials containing music must have used music in the public domain or used copyrighted music with permission.

Requirements

Entry must include one commercial and must not exceed 1 minute.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes a single station employee in the early stages of their career who shows great promise in their desire and ambition to succeed in broadcasting. This individual consistently displays a strong work ethic, a desire to learn, and a willingness to go above and beyond their daily job responsibilities to ensure the station produces and airs excellent content that exceeds the expectations of its viewers or listeners. Judges will only consider individuals with less than five years of professional work experience.

Requirements

A member of station management (not the employee who is to be considered) should submit the required items for this entry.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes a Radio Station that demonstrates overall excellence in their local communities.

Requirements

**Only stations who actively participate in other GABBY categories will be considered for Station of the Year**

Submit an edited audio and/or video entry which describes/highlights the efforts of the station from January 1st, 2024 to December 31st, 2024. The length should not exceed 10 minutes.

Judges will consider programming, promotions, community relations and service, public affairs/public service programming, and station awards and recognition. It is recommended that entries include a list of boards/organizations in which station personnel are actively engaged; estimates of how much money was raised for charitable purposes; estimates of how many hours of public service were performed by personnel and how many public service campaigns aired on the station.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the most outstanding political coverage by a station during the 2024 Election Cycle.

Requirements

Entry should be a compilation of coverage throughout the year and must not exceed 10 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes initial coverage of an event as it occurs or develops and warrants the interruption of scheduled programming. This category does not include Severe Weather.

Requirements

Entry may include a compilation of coverage from the first 24 hours after the news event. Entry must not exceed 20 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes a single, planned community service project that has had a significant impact on a station's local area which can be measured by how the community benefited. Broadcasters are charged with identifying what local needs are and then meeting those needs by putting internal and external resources together. This award will honor that effort and acknowledge what broadcasters do best – serve their communities.

Requirements

Please submit an audio or video “montage” of your project (10 minutes or less), written narrative (2 pages or less), and letter(s) of endorsement from a project beneficiary. The entire submission should describe how the project fulfilled a community need or improved the area's quality of life. Describe the project, its goals and objectives, and its results.

Description

Recognizes a locally produced feature story that is not part of a series, franchise, breaking news or general assignment reporting.

Requirements

Entry should include one feature story and should not exceed 5 minutes

Criteria

Description

Recognizes coverage of a single news story or topic which is shot, edited and aired within one work shift. Entry may include live and/or recorded elements. The topic covered must not be considered breaking news, investigative, or feature reporting.

Requirements

Entry should be a single hard news story and must not exceed 5 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the best multi-part investigative reporting series aired by the station between January 1st and December 31st, 2023

Requirements

Entry must include at least two investigative reports

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the most outstanding local meteorologist presenting daily weather segments, severe weather coverage and weather-related stories.

Requirements

Entry must be a compilation of work that best represents the reporter's capabilities. Entry must not exceed 10 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the best Georgia-based television news anchor. Talent must be a station employee or contract employee aired on the submitting station.

Requirements

Entry must be a compilation of work that best represents the talent's capabilities. Entry must not exceed 10 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the best regularly scheduled newscast airing between January 1st, 2023 and December 31st, 2023. The submitted newscast should be from an ordinary day that is free of breaking news and severe weather coverage.

Requirements

Entry must not exceed 30 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes locally produced programs on the station outside of news and sports coverage. Entries can be of a one-off production or part of a regularly scheduled or multi-part series.

Requirements

Entry must not exceed 30 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the best performance by an individual reporter of local news events or stories. Entry must have been developed for the local community/audience.

Requirements

Entry must be a compilation of work that best represents the reporter's capabilities. Entry must not exceed 10 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes coverage of a single severe weather event as it occurs and warrants the interruption of scheduled programming.

Requirements

Entry may include a compilation of coverage from the first 24 hours after the severe weather event. Entry must not exceed 20 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the best performance by an individual television sports anchor. Entry must have been developed for the local community/audience. Entrants must submit a video montage representative of their on-air performance.

Requirements

Entry must be a compilation of work that best represents the talent's capabilities. Entry must not exceed 10 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes locally produced sports programs. Entries can be of a one-off production or part of a regularly scheduled or multi-part series.

Requirements

Entry must not exceed 30 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the best locally produced commercial designed and produced for a station's audience/community. The station must have had total conceptual and creative control of the production. Commercials containing music must have used music in the public domain or used copyrighted music with permission.

Requirements

Entry must include one commercial and must not exceed 1 minute.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes the most outstanding videographer in their ability to convey news in a visual form as demonstrated in a compilation video.

Requirements

Entry must be a compilation of work that best represents the talent's capabilities. Entry must not exceed 10 minutes.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes a single station employee in the early stages of their career who shows great promise in their desire and ambition to succeed in broadcasting. This individual consistently displays a strong work ethic, a desire to learn, and a willingness to go above and beyond their daily job responsibilities to ensure the station produces and airs excellent content that exceeds the expectations of its viewers or listeners. Judges will only consider individuals with less than five years of professional work experience.

Requirements

A member of station management (not the employee who is to be considered) should submit the required items for this entry.

Criteria

Description

Recognizes a TV Station that demonstrates overall excellence in their local communities.

Requirements

**Only stations who actively participate in other GABBY categories will be considered for Station of the Year**

Submit an edited audio and/or video entry which describes/highlights the efforts of the station from January 1st, 2024 to December 31st, 2024. The length should not exceed 10 minutes.

Judges will consider programming, promotions, community relations and service, public affairs/public service programming, and station awards and recognition. It is recommended that entries include a list of boards/organizations in which station personnel are actively engaged; estimates of how much money was raised for charitable purposes; estimates of how many hours of public service were performed by personnel and how many public service campaigns aired on the station.

Criteria