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“ 30 Under 30 Awards ” competition is part of INMA ’ s Young Professionals Initiative

INMA honours 30 rising stars in news media

INMA unveils 30 rising stars in global news media with young professional awards . Photo INMA

The International News Media Association ( INMA ) recently unveiled its list of 30 young professionals worldwide judged rising stars in the news media industry for 2021 . This is the second year INMA has run this global competition .

The “ 30 Under 30 Awards ” competition is part of INMA ’ s Young Professionals Initiative and received 133 applicants in July and August .
Members of the association ’ s Young Professionals Committee reviewed applications and voted on six award recipients in five categories : Advertising , Audience , Content , Leadership , and Product .
Criteria for selection included being under 30 years of age , earlycareer achievements , insights into innovation , ability to influence , and likely management skills .
Winners in each of the five categories , coming from 20 countries , are :
Advertising – Shirine Bauer , digital business developer , Aftonbladet , Sweden – Katie Fabry , marketing director ,
Wall Street Journal , United States
– Afrian Muflihul Imron , programmatic sales & operations manager , KG Media , Indonesia
– Nastasia Pawlak , manager business development , Axel Springer , Germany
– Damini Pustake , senior officer , The Times of India , India
– Mark Rossman , major accounts manager , LNP Media Group , United States
Audience – Cédric Algoed , data performance manager , DPG Media , Belgium
– Brianne Kennedy , associate director , Member Engagement , Wall Street Journal , United States
– Nidhi Mahajan , associate editor , Audience Engagement , The Quint , India
– Giuliana Pasquali , social media analyst , Clarín , Argentina
– Mitchell Powell , head of social / newsroom , NZME , New Zealand
– Katharina Puntigam , digital subscription manager , Kleine Zeitung , Austria
Content
– Julia Beil , senior editor and co- Leader , department for career , Science and Life News , Insider , Germany
– Rafeed Elahi Chowdhury , lead , content and product growth , The Business Standard , Bangladesh
– Denis Domínguez , editor , El Heraldo , Honduras
– Lee Hee Ai , team lead ( Young Audience ), Singapore Press Holdings , Singapore
– Claudia Mann , editor in chief , Futter Magazine / Kleine Zeitung , Austria
– Lilys Njeru , correspondent , Nation Media Group , Kenya
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