Award Criteria

The CMA Media Achievement Award was established to recognize outstanding achievements in the media as they relate to Country Music. Print and internet journalists; columnists; authors; editors; television writers, producers, and bookers; and syndicated radio reporters are eligible to win this award. Past recipients are eligible for nomination 5 years after they have last received the honor.

This honor has a slightly different process than the others. Information is sent to eligible voters during the nomination period.

Recent Winners
2022
Leslie Fram
2021
Sarah Michaud
2020
Melinda Newman
2019
Holly Gleason
2018
Tom Roland
2017
Brittany Schreiber
2016
Beville Dunkerley
2016
Joseph Hudak
2015
Cindy Watts
2014
Chuck Dauphin
2013
Deborah Evans Price