The Investec 20x20 Media Awards aimed to recognise and reward excellence in Irish journalism focused on women in sport across all media platforms. 20x20 is a national campaign calling on the people of Ireland to provide more support for women’s sport.  Investec is an official sponsor of 20x20 and Investec created this first-of-its-kind awards scheme to help change perceptions and celebrate women’s sport.

• The Investec 20x20 Media Awards invited broadcast, print and online journalists to submit entries on women in sport via www.investec.ie/20x20 from February 2019 to November 2019 with a winner announced each month.      
  
• Entries to the awards could be submitted by nominees themselves or on behalf of journalists by editors or peers across the media spectrum.
• Investec’s expert panel of judges selected one media article, interview, or podcast to award each month recognising and acknowledging the journalist’s contribution to women’s sport.  Each monthly winner received a prize of €1,000.
• In December 2019 an overall annual winner was announced and awarded the Investec 20x20 Media Award Winner 2019 title - ‘If She Can’t See It, She Can’t Be It’.
• Each entry was examined by an independent panel of judges, comprising of sporting and business leaders. The 2019 judicial panel comprises: Anna Kessel (Chair); Mary O’Connor, CEO, Federation of Irish Sport; Michael Cullen, CEO, Investec; Sarah Colgan, CEO, Along Came A Spider & Gordon D’Arcy, Former Irish International Rugby Player.

Please note the closing date for submissions for the 2019 Awards has now passed. The judging panel would like to thank all those who have entered throughout the year.

In celebrating women's sports journalism the Investec 20x20 Media Awards sent out a very powerful message: women's sport is amazing, and of value. For every sports editor who's ever wondered if it's worth covering; to every coach who questioned whether girls needed encouraging, and to every sports’ governing body deliberating over how much to invest in their female athletes this year, this initiative made it clear.