The
Madhyamam team has won numerous national and international awards for its contribution to journalism and in particular issues of agriculture, rural development and human rights. ;International honours Savad Rahman, a sub-editor at
Madhyamam, won the Development Journalist of the Year prize at the Developing Asia Journalism Awards (DAJA), sponsored by the
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI). An article on the plight of women trapped in the brothels of Mumbai earned him the prize. He also won the Diversity and Equal Opportunity special prize at the ESR World Journalism Prize 2007 for his feature "Bant Singh The Lion of Mansa", about
Bant Singh, a
Dalit activist in Punjab. won a silver medal for Tokyo Olympics print design competition 2021 conducted by newspaperdesign.in ;National awards P.K. Prakash, a senior staff reporter since 1996, won the 23rd "Journalism for Human Rights" award instituted by the
People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) in 2003. His reports on the Adivasi land issue in
Muthanga, the illegal kidney trade in Kerala, prisoner torture at the
Aluva Sub-jail, and the illegal viagra experiments on infants at a private hospital in Kochi earned him the award. He also earned a special mention from the PUCL award committee the previous year. His article series "Choothattam Thudarunna vipani" (The continuing gambles of the market, published 26–30 Oct 2007), explaining the impact of globalisation on the remote corners of rural India, and "Bhoomiyude jaathi" (Caste of the land), an analytical study on the impact of
land reforms on the Dalit population in Kerala, won him "
The Statesman Award for the Best Rural Reporting – First Prize" (2007), and the
Ramnath Goenka "Excellence in Journalism Awards for Regional Languages 2007–2008" – Print category. He also received the 12th National Media Fellowship instituted by the National Foundation for India, a Rs. 100,000 grant for conducting studies on the plight of
adivasis in the
Kerala model of development. MJ Babu, a senior reporter of Madhyamam since 1993, twice won "
The Statesman Award for the Best Rural Reporting", first in 1998 and then in 2008. His series of articles titled "Pattanam gramathodu cheyyunnath" (What a city does to a village, published:7–9 April 2008) won him the 2008 award. The series was about the sorry plight of the people living around the Canoli canal of the Chakkamkandam Lake in
Guruvayoor where all the waste including human excreta from the city were dumped making it a breeding ground for many diseases. It also highlighted how paddy cultivation near Guruvayoor was destroyed due to pollution. ;State government awards PK Prakash won the 2007 Ambedkar Media Award instituted by the
Government of Kerala, for his report on "Bhoomiyude jaathi" (Caste of the land), an analytical study on the impact of
land reforms on the Dalit population in Kerala. He also won the same in 2004 for his investigative report on the illegal kidney trade in Kerala. Jisha Elizabeth, a reporter at the daily, won the award in 2009 for her article series on a tribal colony working its way to join the mainstream of society with the help of the government. NS Nisar, currently Chief Sub Editor at madhyamam.com, won the BR Ambedkar Award for outstanding news reports on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, instituted by the Government of Kerala, for his articles
‘Veyilettu Vadiya Prathibha Vilasangal’, ‘Ente Aattinkoodanu Ee Veedinekkal Nallathu’, and ‘Babuvilninnu Ramyayilekku – Oradivasiyude Jeevithapath’. The reports were published in the Madhyamam Weekly in 2016. Razak Thazhathangadi, press photographer at the newspaper, won the State Media Award 2003 in the news photography category for his photographs titled "Niram Maratha Nimisham" (The moment which did not change colour). N P Jishar, Senior correspondent, won the media award constituted by the Department of Culture, Govt of Kerala, for best reporting in
International Film Festival of Kerala in December 2010, and a media award for state school Kalolsavam reporting constituted by Department of Education, Government of Kerala 2010. ;Press Club / Press Academy awards
Madhyamam reporter Akbarali Puthunagaram won the Theruvath Raman Award 2006 instituted by the Calicut Press Club for his work "Super Chikiltsa, Hitech Kolla" (Superior treatment, Hi-Tech exploitation), which appeared between 31 August to 5 September 2006. Assistant Editor T P Cheruppa won the award in 2007 for his editorial "Nellu Mlechamo" (Is paddy shameful? – 11 Dec 2007). Sub-editor G Prajesh Sen won the award in 2008 for his work "Vadakathottiyile Vilppanatharatt", which appeared in the paper from 31 July to 6 August 2008. PK Prakash and
Prajesh Sen also won the R. Krishnaswamy Journalism Award, jointly instituted by the
Keralashabdam weekly and the Kollam Press Club, in 2007 and 2009 respectively. The two also won the V. Karunakaran Nambiar Award instituted by
Kerala Press Academy in 2007 (PK Prakash) and 2009 (Prajesh Sen). Reporter N P Jishar received the Chowwara Parameswran award of the press academy in 2008 for the serial named "Karshaka paadangalil kaliman khananam". He also received the First Best reporter award constituted by government of Kerala in state school festival, 2008. PK Prakash won the first C.P. Mammu Endowment award 2006 instituted by the Ernakulam Press Club for his story "Bhoomiyude jaathi" (Caste of the land). TP Cheruppa won the maiden Kambissery Memorial Journalism Award instituted by the
Kollam Press Club in 2006 for the best editorial in a Malayalam daily. The chosen editorial was "Irayakkapedunna Shaishavam"(Victimizing childhood), which appeared in
Madhayamam on 24 June 2006. MJ Babu received the Dr Moorkkannoor Narayanan Award instituted by the Kerala Press Academy, the Oorja Kerala Award and the Farm Journalism Award instituted by the State unit of the Indian Veterinary Association. ==Printing centres/Editions==