The Journalism Award contest is a program of the AAR's Committee on the Public Understanding of Religion oversees the Journalism Awards contest.
The Journalism Award recipients are selected by the members of the Best In-Depth Newswriting jury and the Best In-Depth Multimedia Journalism jury. Each jury consists of two current or former journalists, plus a member of the AAR’s Committee on the Public Understanding of Religion, who serves as the chair for both juries.
Jury members typically review entries during April and make final deliberations via conference call in May.