On the annual meeting Charter awarded “Charter Prize 2018” winners. Jury this year was the following: Gela Mtivlishvili, Lika Zakashvili, Maia Merkviladze – Charter’s Council members; Charter Executive Director – Nata Dzvelishvili, chief of party,– Lika Chakhunashvili and AP Journalist Sophiko Megrelidze.

From 70 applications, jury thought that these were the best:

• Video report – Giorgi Bolkvadze – “One Boy was Walking the Road”, mtisambebi.ge;
• Multimedia project – Nino Lomadze, Project 08.08.08, Indigo;
• Article in print or online media – Tatia Khaliani and Sopo Aptsiauri, “City that Got Tired of Grieving”, Liberali;
• Journalistic investigation – Maia Metkhvarishvili “Chinchaladze Clan – Failure of Court Reform”, Studio Monitori;
• Children’s issues – Mariam Abesadze, “Ana, Irina, Elene and others”, Indigo;
• Georgia and Europe – Nino Zuriashvili and Natalia Vakhtangashvvili – “Friendship in Russian”, Studio Monitori

The first four categories contest was with the help of IREX; Children’s issues ethical coverage prize was set by UNICEF; within the campaign “The force is in Europe” a special monetary prize was given by “International Transparency – Georgia”.

Charter Prize 2017 At the Annual meeting Charter awarded winner journalists of 5 categories in Charter Prize 2017. According to the jury following works were considered the best:

• The best article – Nino Lomadze, “Talk to me” (Indigo)
• The best journalistic investigation – Tskriala Shermadini, “Hardships of Georgian Sheep” (Studio Monitori)
• The best multimedia – Mariam Jatchvadze, Tamar Mshvenieradze, “Africa in Tbilisi” (Indigo)
• The best video reporting – Eka Kevanishvili, “Choice of Maria” (Radio Tavisupleba)
• In-depth reporting about children’s issues – Gela Mtivlishvili, “In absence of water, toilet and bath – how do children live in the boarding-schools of Pshav-Khevsureti” (Mtis Ambebi)

The Special certificate of Charter and UNICEF was awarded to Kristine Shanava, for the project “Parent’s Diary” in the show “Personal doctor – Mari Malazonia” of the public broadcasting channel. The project supported the reduction of existing stigma in society towards children with disabilities.

The contest in the first four categories was supported by IREX. The prize for in-depth reporting about children’s issues was awarded by the Georgian representation of UNICEF.

Winners of Charter Prize 2016 were announced at the annual meeting of the Charter's member