The winning journalistic productions are selected by an international jury comprised of media experts and leading intellectuals in the field of cultural diversity and Mediterranean cooperation, responsible for selecting overall winners for each of the five award categories as well as runners-up and honorable mentions for each category.

Winning journalistic productions are selected on the basis of the professional quality and journalistic standard applied in research and reporting, the originality of the contribution and the capacity of the journalists to take on others’ perspectives and to inspire its readers and audiences.

Previous Jury members have included Mostapha Cherif (Intellectual and former Algerian Minister of Higher Education), Robert Sole (Le Monde), Amr Hass (Haaretz), Daoud Kuttab (Amman Net), Zeynep Oral (Hurriet) and Wolfgang Machreich (Die Furche).