Future of Media Awards 2026: Enter now

If you’ve been involved in creating a great website, newsletter, podcast or app - time is running out to enter the Press Gazette Future of Media Awards.

***The deadline for entries is 18 June***

This event highlights the digital products and innovation lighting the way to a successful future for journalism in the digital age.

Last year’s big winners included: The Financial Times, The i Paper, The Guardian and The Telegraph.

The awards are open to all news publishers anywhere in the world and have separate categories for national/international brands and specialist/local ones.

This year there are four new categories!

Best Use of AI: This award recognises the most innovative use of AI by editorial, product or commercial terms. The judges are looking for use of the technology that supports great journalism and helps make it more commercially viable.

News Industry Technology Partner of the Year: This is for the technology company that has done the most to support publishers. It could be an adtech platform, content management company, analytics platform, audio/video or even a news aggregator.

Media Innovator of the Year (individual award): For the journalist, commercial executive or product leader who has done the most to lead innovation and break new ground in terms of finding new ways to make quality journalism pay in the digital age.

Publisher of the Year: For the publisher that has done the most over the last year to lead digital and commercial innovation helping to find new ways to make journalism pay in the digital age.

Sponsored by Admiral and Pugpig, the winners of the 2026 Future of Media Awards will be announced at a dinner held on Thursday 10 September at the Hilton Bankside Hotel in London (directly after the Future of Media Technology Conference).

What are the other categories for the 2026 Future of Media Awards?

The other Future of Media Awards categories are:

— Advertising Technology & Commercial Excellence

— App of the Year

— Digital Storytelling (national/international)

— Digital Storytelling (specialist/regional)

— Live Journalism (national/international)

— Live Journalism (specialist/regional)

— Newsletter of the Year (national/international)

— Newsletter of the Year (specialist/regional)

— Online Video (national/international)

— Online Video (specialist/ regional)

— Podcast of the Year (national/international)

— Podcast of the Year (specialist/regional)

— Reader Revenue Strategy

— Website of the Year (specialist/B2B)

— Website of the Year (regional/local)

— Website of the Year (national/international)

How to enter the Future of Media Awards

Entries can be submitted by setting up an account on the awards portal.

The qualification period for work is the year to the end of May 2026.

Publishers do not have to be UK-based.