We have had the privilege of working with the fantastic Amnesty International UK team on all aspects of this prestigious awards ceremony since 2015. The annual Media Awards highlight excellence in human rights journalism, as well as the bravery of journalists who risk their lives to uncover human rights abuses around the world and hold power to account. Celebrating the best human rights journalism published and broadcast over the past year across 12 categories, including written and broadcast news and features, photojournalism and radio and podcasts.
Keystone handle all aspects of the Awards culminating in the live ceremony attended by hundreds of journalists, broadcasters, producers and presenters:
- Overall event management including supervision of the timeline and budget
- Overseeing the development of the awards website, online entry and payment, and entry processing
- Organising the initial call for entries and following up on suitable entries
- Managing the recruiting and preparation for, and execution of, the shortlisting and judging processes
- Working with Amnesty on the the Awards branded assets
- Creating the ceremony showreel and script
- Liaising with the ceremony host and presenters, including rehearsals on the day
- Managing the attendees with the guestlist development and upkeep, and registration on the day
- Liaising with the venue on all requirements including catering, security and branding
- Advance planning and overseeing of venue and livestream production on the night
Traditionally held in front of a live audience, during Covid we needed to create engaging online ceremonies instead! The 2021 awards were streamed live via the Amnesty Media Awards website. Since then the Awards have been run as a hybrid event with the ceremony being held live and also simultaneously live streamed.
The 2025 Awards took place at the prestigious BFI Southbank, the size of which enabled us to widen the in person invites to a larger audience, not only to celebrate but also to connect with like-minded people dedicated to protecting human rights around the world.
Each year Keystone work with Amnesty to improve the Awards – 2025 saw the introduction of the People’s Choice Award, entertainment from the fabulous Emeli Sandé, and the powerful remote speech from Wael Al Dahdouh, instantaneously translated from Arabic to English for those in the room and watching online.
With continued access to the ceremony recordings, the Awards have now been opened up to a whole new audience.
Keystone are a dream to work with – they make delivering a big event seem easy. The team are absolutely lovely and their professionalism means everything is finished to a high standard.