INMA unveils 2024 30 Under 30 Award recipients

The 30 Under 30 Awards is part of INMA's Young Professionals Initiative, and this year's competition garnered 140 applications.

Now in its fifth year, members of the association's Young Professionals Committee reviewed applications and voted on five award recipients in six categories: Advertising, Data, Editorial, Reader Revenue, Leadership, and Product.

Judges selected candidates who are under the age of 30, employed by a news media company, big picture thinker with an ability to shape the news media industry, demonstrated expertise and accomplishments, and soft skills that make a great leader.

"INMA is proud to elevate these impressive professionals in our fifth class of 30 under 30 honourees," said Earl J. Wilkinson, executive director and CEO of INMA. "The world of news media is changing rapidly, and these are the leaders we want at the helm during this transformation."

Beyond global recognition, INMA 30 Under 30 Awards recipients receive:

• Membership to INMA for one year

• Free access to two INMA Master Classes

• A complimentary ticket to INMA's Media Innovation Week

Winners in each of the six categories, coming from 16 countries, are:

Advertising

Marcus Billingham-Yuen, Client Strategy Manager, News Corp Australia, Australia

Jubaer Bin Latif, Senior Brand Specialist, The Daily Star, Bangladesh

Ahmed Saleh Michika, Content Writer, Tudun Tsira, Nigeria

Thorge Schramm, Senior Social Media & Product Manager, Nordwest Mediengruppe, Germany

Teodora (Teddy) Tepavicharova, Director/Programmatic Strategy, Condé Nast, United Kingdom

Data

Kevin Cheberenchick, Senior Insights Manager, Bloomberg, United States

Vadim Radinsky, Director/Product, Analytics, Data Science, MediaNews Group, United States

Ankit Kumar Roy, Lead Data Scientist, HT Media, India

Andrea Skeith, Senior Data Analyst, Gannett, United States

Leslie Wong, Assistant Manager/Data, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong

Leadership

Tamara Bajcic, Executive Manager/CEO, Demostat Research & Publishing Center, United States

Sanket Jain, Journalist, Freelance, India

Saher Merchant, Audience Development Director, The Dallas Morning News, United States

Kinya Nina, Author/Radio Host, Sound Mental Health, Kenya

Anastasia Rudenko, CEO/Editor-in-Chief/Media Manager, Rubryka Recover Window Media Network, Eastern Variant, Ukraine

Editorial

Eden Benibo, Founder/Editorial Director, Hello Icon Magazine, Nigeria

Aaron Dahmen, Senior Journalist/Producer, Stuff, New Zealand

Kathleen Farmilo, Social Media Producer, SBS News, Australia

Ryo Namiki, Journalist, Nikkei, Japan

Mohammad Abdullah Al Noman, Editor-in-Chief/CEO, Gaznobay, Bangladesh

Product

Madison Flanders, Senior Project Manager, The New York Times, United States

Mikko Kivistö, Software Developer, Helsingin Sanomat, Finland

Catarina Mexia, Product Manager, Público, Portugal

Lea Nowack, PM Content Development, Tamedia, Switzerland

Ben Rubinsztein, Product Manager/Web, The Telegraph, United Kingdom

Reader Revenue

Evangeline Braithwaite, Performance Marketing Executive, Financial Times, United Kingdom

Caleb Davidson, Marketing Manager/Growth Team, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, United States

Adam Frank, Senior Specialist/Lifecycle Marketing, The Washington Post, United States

Ana Mendonça, Political Columnist, Estado de Minas, Brazil

Jeevanand Sumesh, Growth Product Analyst, The Hindu, India

About Young Professionals Initiative

INMA's Young Professionals Initiative was set up to look at how to engage under-30 rising stars to help them elevate the news media, guide the INMA community, and bring new life and energy to an industry undergoing transformation. The Young Professionals Initiative is spearheaded by the Young Professionals Committee with seven members from around the world.

About International News Media Association (INMA)

The International News Media Association (INMA) is a global community of market-leading news media companies reinventing how they engage audiences and grow revenue. The INMA community consists of over 21,000 members at 1000+ news media companies in 92 countries. INMA is the news media industry's foremost ideas-sharing network with members connected via conferences, reports, Webinars, virtual meetings, an unparalleled archive of best practices, and strategic initiatives focused on digital subscriptions, smart data, product, advertising, newsrooms, and the publisher relationships with Big Tech.

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