IAFF Announces Winners in 2018 Media Awards Contest

December 6 • 2018

The IAFF congratulates the more than 50 award winners in the 2018 Media Awards Contest.

A complete list of winners is online and in the Fall 2018 edition of Fire Fighter Quarterly magazine.

More than 300 entries were submitted in the contest, which recognizes IAFF affiliates/members and professional journalists and photographers. Award-winning entries were produced, published or broadcast between January 1 and December 31, 2017.

Winners are recognized in 13 categories, including communications, reporting, photography, social media and public relations. First Prize winners receive $500, a T-shirt and 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.