SPA won the 2024 Arab Media Excellence Award in the category of Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Media.
Dr. Fahd bin Hassan Al Aqran, SPA's President, received the honor at the Manama conference of the Council of Arab Information Ministers.
A SPA investigative report centered on the efforts of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center in supporting the Gaza Strip.
Manama, May 30, 2024. In the year 2024, the Saudi Press Agency received the award during the ninth Arab Media Excellence Award in the \"Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Media\" category. SPA President Dr.Fahd bin Hassan Al Aqran during today's 54th Council of Arab Information Ministers meeting in Manama. During the meeting, presidents of Arab League federations and organizations were in attendance along with information ministers from Arab nations. The SPA was awarded the prestigious Arab Media Excellence Award 2024 in the digital media category for the investigative story "King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center works to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip within three priorities: food, shelter, and health." This report was acknowledged by the "Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Media" area. More than a hundred entries were sent to the prize general secretariat from all media platforms, including radio, television, newspapers, and the Internet. 48 submissions were made in the television category, 24 in the radio category, 7 in the written journalism category, and 9 in the digital media category. We also forwarded three nominations to three different people and organizations.
The Council of Arab Information Ministers established this award in 2015 with the view to inspiring creativity, innovation, and excellence within the media. These targets include the government, recognized media outlets, Arab organizations, federations in the Arab League as observers, and prominent media figures. The dual purposes of the award are shedding light over the outstanding Arab media figures and providing the best media material that forwards the interests of the Arab society and the causes it presents. The triumph of SPA from the Arab Media Excellence Awards, 2024, contributes to the outstanding work it has done in fields such as editing, photography, and contribution to multimedia. The prestige of this institution shares its net of correspondents and offices, scattered all over the Kingdom and the world.
