These prizes are made possible by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the University of Florida, McKinsey and Company, Journalism 360 and the Agora Journalism Center at the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication. Their awards honor engaged journalism, data journalism, visual digital storytelling, investigative journalism, public service, technical innovation and climate change reporting.
We are pleased to announce the Online Journalism Awards (OJAs) will feature a total of $25,000 in cash prizes over five years for winners of the Topical Reporting: Climate Change category, thanks to generous support from McKinsey and Company.
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The 2020 Online Journalism Awards are open for submissions, and it’s our most ambitious round yet, with 42 awards available across 19 categories, including new honors for newsletters and climate-change reporting.
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With the world in a public health and economic crisis, high-quality journalism is key to ensuring people’s survival and well-being. Newsrooms continue to do incredible work reaching audiences with the information they need, from timely updates about local lockdowns and ... Read More
Recent General Excellence winners include The Wall Street Journal, ProPublica, Honolulu Civil Beat, The Pudding, The Washington Post and The Marshall Project.
Each year we select a diverse set of volunteers to kickstart the review process and pass on their collective recommendations to the OJA judging panels, who then select the finalists and winners.
Join emcee Sam Sanders, host of NPR’s It’s Been a Minute, as he presents this year’s Online Journalism Awards.
