Overview

• The 85th Annual Peabody Awards will take place on June 1, 2025, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles for the second consecutive year.
• Nominees for the awards will be announced in April, followed by the announcement of winners in May.
• The Peabody Awards honor excellence across categories including entertainment, documentary, news, podcast/radio, arts, children’s programming, immersive media, and public service content.
• Dr. Dana Heller, Dean of the College of Arts at Eastern Michigan University, has been named the new chair of the Peabody Board of Jurors, which includes several newly appointed members.
• The awards program, based at the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism, requires unanimous votes from jurors to select winning entries.