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”.