The 2023 Online Journalism Awards honored 194 finalists that were selected from more than 1,500 submissions, a record for the program. For the Excellence in Newsletters award, judges recognized how the decision to deliver information straight into email inboxes … Read More
Under Xi Jinping’s zero-COVID policy, an internet meme and movement emerged in China as people searched for ways to escape the country for greater freedoms. In the mini-documentary The Young People Who “Ran” out of China, Are Their Dreams … Read More
Judges for the 2023 Online Journalism Awards praised the film Wy-Kan-Ush-Pum (Salmon People) as an “immensely captivating” view into a more than century-long fight for salmon survival and the right to fish. Produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) and … Read More
UPDATE (May 8): We received an unusual number of messages about needing more time in the week leading up to the deadline to submit entries to the 2024 OJAs. To give everyone the opportunity to be part of another impressive … Read More
Online Journalism Awards judges were impressed with how ProPublica’s Roots of an Outbreak leveraged academic literature, skillful data analysis, interactive design and an “impressively personal depth of reporting” to explain the complexity of disease outbreaks. The project was a … Read More
Internet access is an essential lifeline to learn, work, access public services and fully participate in today’s society. But for many American households, broadband internet is still too expensive, too slow and out of reach.