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Announcing the 2018 OJA Winners

The OJAs awarded 31 projects with awards, as well as three special recipients and five General Excellence winners.

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Trump Town

The Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award, Medium NewsroomTrump TownProPublica
The Uber Game

Excellence and Innovation in Visual Digital Storytelling, Large NewsroomThe Uber GameThe Financial Times
Verificado 2018

Excellence in Collaboration and PartnershipsVerificado 2018AJ+ Español
All Work. No Pay.

Knight Award for Public ServiceAll Work. No Pay.Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting
Project Nora

Feature, Medium NewsroomProject NoraThe Oregonian / OregonLive
The Wall

Explanatory Reporting, Large NewsroomThe WallThe Arizona Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK
Walking While Black

The University of Florida Award for Investigative Data Journalism, Small/Medium NewsroomWalking While BlackFlorida Times-Union
Betrayed

The Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award, Large NewsroomBetrayedChicago Tribune

See all winners from the 2018 OJAs

This year the Online Journalism Awards featured 37 awards, including 13 with a total of $58,500 in prize money.

These prizes are made possible by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Gannett Foundation, the University of Florida and Journalism 360. Their awards honor data journalism, visual digital storytelling, investigative journalism, public service, technical innovation and general excellence.

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Introducing the ONA Community Award and call for nominations

July 5, 2018 | Karolle Rabarison

Note: Nominations for the community award are now closed.

We have an exciting announcement about the Online Journalism Awards! In addition to the 37 categories that were open for submissions, we’re delighted to introduce the ONA Community Award and ... Read More

Over 400 Recipients in the Past 18 Years

Recent General Excellence winners include The Globe and Mail, Le Temps, and Nexo Jornal.

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See the event and follow along with emcee Niala Boodhou, host of NPR Illinois’ The 21st, along will all of the acceptance speeches.

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