INMA has named the 30 newsmedia “rising stars” honoured with its young professionals awards.

A record 216 applicants vied for ‘30 Under 30 Awards’ in the third year of its Young Professionals Initiative.

With an additional category for this year, members of the association’s young professionals committee reviewed applications and voted on five award recipients in six categories: advertising, data, newsroom, reader revenue, leadership, and product.

Winners in each of the six categories, from 19 countries, are:

Advertising

Sofia Dahlström, Interim Director of Ad Operations, Schibsted Marketing Services, Sweden; Trey Dean, Regional Advertising Director, Gannett, USA; Sarah Glenn, Ad Operations Manager, Alabama Media Group/Advance Local, USA; Hesty Utami, Programmatic Lead, Emtek Digital, Indonesia; and Shreyashi Shetty, Senior Officer, Times of India, India.

Data

Gabriella Caimmi, Senior Optimisation Analyst, Financial Times, UK; Meera Panchal, Group Data Strategist, News UK, UK; Arvind Subramanian, Product Manager, The Hindu Group, India; Dick van Klaarbergen, Data Analyst B2C, Mediahuis Noord, The Netherlands; and Gabriel Zanlorenssi, Infographics Editor, Nexo Jornal, Brazil.

Leadership

Anna-Katharina Kölbl, Head of Business Development News Media, Funke, Germany; Paul Ostwald, Lead New Markets, Ringier, Switzerland; Kaushala Ratnayake, Head of Strategy, Bauer Media, UK; Kamaria Roberts, Deputy Director of Local News Transformation, American Press Institute, USA; Julia Tran, Chief Operating Officer, Medienhaus Aachen, Germany.

Newsroom

Eduardo Barroeta, Content Director, Republica.gt, Guatemala; Dan Lutaaya, Journalist, 24/7, Uganda; Glenn McConnell, Political Reporter, Stuff, New Zealand; Aminata E. Sanyang, Journalist, Gambia Radio and Television Services, Gambia; and Andrea Thiis-Evensen, Podcast Producer, NewsCast, Australia.

Product

Sarah Cavender, Social Product Manager, Cox First Media, USA; Rijul Chatterjee, Senior Product Manager, HT Digital Streams, India; Taishi Ikai, Software Engineer, Nikkei, Japan; Gabriella Vukelic, Social Media Editor, Newsday, USA; Katriina Wallinmaa, Development Manager, Sanoma Media, Finland.

Reader Revenue

Felix Cheng, Assistant Manager, Digital Marketing, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong; Devina Heriyanto, Membership Manager, Project Multituli, Indonesia; Emily McBurney, Audience & Acquisition Manager, Nine, Australia; Mary-Katharine Phillips, Associate Director, Engagement, Wall Street Journal, USA; and Chitranshu Tewari, Product and Revenue Lead, Newslaundry, India.

INMA executive director and chief executive Earl Wilkinson said the industry needed “continuous fresh looks and approaches to problems in all corners of the business.

“With this ‘30 Under 30 Awards’ competition, INMA wants to elevate young professionals in our industry – precisely the people who can bring us those fresh and new ideas.”

Pictured: Nine Australia's Emily McBurney