Congratulations to the winners in the 2019 IAFF Media Awards Contest!
A complete list of winners is online and in the Fall 2019 edition of Fire Fighter Quarterly magazine.
The contest recognizes affiliates, members and professional journalists and photographers. Award-winning entries were produced, published or broadcast between January 1 and December 31, 2018.
More than 250 entries were submitted in 13 categories, including communications, reporting, photography, social media and public relations. First Prize winners receive $500, a T-shirt and a plaque. Second Prize winners receive $250 and a certificate and Honorable Mention winners earn a certificate.
The IAFF Media Awards Contest helps create a greater awareness of the important and dangerous work IAFF members in the United States and Canada do to keep the public safe.
The contest honors communications with the media, elected leaders, the public and members, as well as news media reporting and photography that best portray fire fighters and paramedics as dedicated all-hazards responders.
The 2020 IAFF Media Awards Contest opens in the spring of 2020.