Exchange on how to improve communication of meteorological and climatological information between developers, users, stake holders and decision makers, and to the general public has been one of the central objectives of the EMS since its foundation in 1999. To highlight outstanding examples and achievements the following four EMS Media awards have been established.
In 2019, applications and nominations for the Journalist Award, the Outreach & Communication Award and the TV Weather Forecast Award are invited. The closing date for all three awards has now passed.