Lunchtime Live was nominated for their work reporting on laws surrounding mandatory sentencing in Ireland.
Lunchtime Live spoke to victim advocate Ruth Maxwell on the merits of mandatory sentencing.
Heather Blackbyrne, Andrea Gilligan, Dee King and Ross Leahy have been nominated for their research and production on the issue.
The Justice Media Awards honours journalistic work relating to justice, the legal system and legal matters.
The ceremony will take place at the Law Society of Ireland in Blackhall, Dublin on June 22nd.
Mandatory sentencing
Ms Maxwell described the current rules around mandatory sentencing as a “sentencing lottery” for victims.
"It's trying to weigh a balance up between going through the whole system and how exhausted you are after it," she said.
"You don't know how much time they're going to get off for good behaviour - so you will never actually know their release date.
"It's really, really difficult," she added.
A courtroom inside the Courts of Criminal Justice in Dublin. Picture by: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall IrelandMs Maxwell said any suspended sentences need to be subsidised with other punishments, such as a mandatory programme for sex offenders.
"If they're not going to implement harsher deterrents through mandatory sentences, why then don't they shift it more towards the community with all these mandatory programmes [like] the electronic tagging system?” she told Lunchtime Live.
"They've got to balance it out so that there is some kind of proper punishment even with suspended sentences," she added.
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