AMEJA Awards • 2025

Announcing the 2025 Awards Winners

Congratulations to the journalists whose work deepens understanding of our communities.

Best Investigative Reporting

“The Gaza Family Torn Apart by IDF Snipers from Chicago and Munich”

An Anonymous Gaza Journalist, Hoda Osman, Emma Graham-Harrison, Maria Retter, Daniel Laufer, Frederik Obermaier & Maria Christoph

The Guardian | ARIJ | Paper Trail Media

Finalists

“NYU Langone Fired a Nurse Battling Cancer. Her Story Isn’t the Only One.” — Yezen Saadah Washington Square News
“What October 7 and its Fallout Cost a High School in Philadelphia” — Rhonda Roumani Religion News Service

Excellence in Opinion & Analysis (Tie)

“Treating Gaza’s Collective Trauma”

Mohammed R. Mhawish

The New Yorker

“The Destruction of Palestine Is Breaking the World”

Moustafa Bayoumi

The Guardian

Finalists

“Covering Columbia’s Student Protests Gave Me Hope About Journalism’s Future” — Hoda Sherif Time Magazine
Coverage of Israel's War on Gaza, and its Domestic Fallout — Sanya Mansoor The Cut | TIME Magazine | The Intercept | Acacia Magazine

Best Culture & Lifestyle Reporting

“Finding My Grandmother’s Ma’amoul Cookie in Brooklyn: A Story of Palestinian Survival”

Nadine Apelian Dobbs

Zeteo

Finalists

"Dear Habibti Series” — Donya Momenian Teen Vogue
“Sowing Solidarity: How Lebanon’s Wineries Remain Rooted” — Farrah Berrou Vittles

Best Visual Journalism

“All That Remains”

Rhana Natour & Laila Al-Arian

Al Jazeera English

Finalists

“How the Assad Regime Buried Its Victims in a Mass Grave in Syria + Inside Syria’s Most Fearsome Prison” — Christina Goldbaum, Charlie Smart, Helmuth Rosales, Anjali Singhvi, Reham Mourshed, Bora Erden, Mika Gröndahl & K.K. Rebecca Lai The New York Times
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“No Box to Check: When the Census Doesn’t Reflect You” — Karen Zraick, Allison McCann, Sarah Almukhtar, Yuliya Parshina-Kottas & Robert Gebeloff. New York Times

Best Audio Journalism

“Voice Notes From Gaza”

Alaa Elassar, Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Way Mullery, Byron Manley, Matt Dempsey, Nadeem Muaddi, Janie Boschma & Alex Newman

CNN

Finalists

“Edward Said and the Question of Palestine” - Rund Abdelfatah, Ramtin Arablouei, Julie Caine, Anya Steinberg, Lawrence Wu, Casey Miner, Cristina Kim & Devin Katyama NPR
“The Copernic Affair” — Dana Ballout Canadaland

Emerging Voices Award

“A Harrowing Journey to Find Food in Gaza”

Anas Baba

NPR

Finalists

“Coverage of Mahmoud Khalil and the Trump Administration's Targeting of Student Protesters” — Prem Thakker Zeteo
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“Erasure and Exile: The Struggle for Palestinian Truths” — Yasmine Salam NBC News
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Walid El-Gabry Memorial Award

“Treating Gaza’s Collective Trauma”

Mohammed R. Mhawish

The New Yorker

Finalists

“A Palestinian Editor's Sample Portfolio” — Laura Albast Palestine Square Prism | The Nation | The New Arab | Institute for Palestine Studies
“How To Hide A Genocide” — Sana Saeed Independent

Congratulations to Our Winners & Finalists

A heartfelt thank-you to the 2025 AMEJA Awards Jury for their time, their care, and their commitment to recognizing excellence. This work is only possible because of people like them — and people like you.

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