2025 Winners & Finalists

2025 award winners

CELEBRATING THE POSITIVE IMPACT STORYTELLERS!

The winners of the Inspire Global Media Awards 2025 were announced on a lovely Spring evening at the stunning No. 11 Cavendish Square, London, on 1 April 2025. We recognised 30 winners, including two Positive Impact Outstanding Contribution Awards (individual and organisation) and Positive Impact Storyteller of the Year Award.

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United Kingdom

Ailsa Sheldon

for ‘Heighten the Senses’ published in The Herald

Award sponsored by Tunisian National Tourist Office

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Europe

Teresa Machan

for ‘It’s like stepping back in time’: an eco-tour across the wilds of Albania’ published in The Guardian

Award sponsored by Tunisian National Tourist Office

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Africa & the Indian Ocean

Yvette Cook

for ‘Meet the women restoring Morocco mountain tourism’ published in The Independent

Award sponsored by Tunisian National Tourist Office

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Asia, Australasia & Oceania

Sarah Marshall

for ‘A Voyage That Will Send You 40,000 Years Back In Time’ published in The Telegraph

Award sponsored by Tunisian National Tourist Office

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North America

Richard Franks

for ‘8 incredible Californian road trips that are sustainable too’ published in The Standard

Award sponsored by Tunisian National Tourist Office

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Latin America & The Caribbean

Kevin Rushby

for ‘The alternative Machu Picchu: a hike to find the ‘real’ lost world of the Incas’ published in The Guardian

Award sponsored by Tunisian National Tourist Office

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United Kingdom

Estella Shardlow

for ‘The vision behind Woolsery’ published in The Spectator

Award sponsored by St. Vincent and The Grenadines

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Europe

Carolyn Boyd

for ‘In France's highlands, the flowers are tasty and the cheese is stretchy’ published in Food by National Geographic Traveller

Award sponsored by St. Vincent and The Grenadines

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Africa & Indian Ocean

Karlina Valeiko

for ‘Born to be Wild’ published in National Geographic Traveller (UK)

Award sponsored by St. Vincent and The Grenadines

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Asia, Australasia & Oceania

Nori Jemil

for ‘Mandurah: Meeting Place of the Heart’ published in Oceanographic

Award sponsored by St. Vincent and The Grenadines

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North America

Karen Gardiner

for ‘Nunavik—with Inuit Storytelling and Arctic Wildlife—Is Opening Up to Travelers’ published in Conde Nast Traveller

Award sponsored by St. Vincent and The Grenadines

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Latin America & The Caribbean

Kate Wickers

for ‘Dances with Wolves’ published in The Ethicalist

Award sponsored by St. Vincent and The Grenadines

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United Kingdom

Emma Gibbs

for ‘The Scottish isle you can only visit on a day trip’ published in BBC Travel

Award sponsored by Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Tourism