Deadline: 7 April 2017
Applications are open for Data Journalism Awards 2017. The Data Journalism Awards are the first international awards recognising outstanding work in the field of data journalism worldwide.
This year the prizes are worth $1,801 (US) each (compared to $1000 (US) last year) and will be awarded at a special ceremony at the Vienna City Hall during the seventh annual GEN Summit on 22 June 2017.
Categories
- Data visualisation of the year
- Investigation of the year
- News data app of the year
- Data journalism website of the year
- Best use of data in a breaking news story, within first 36 hours
- Open data
- Best individual portfolio
- Public choice
- Small newsrooms (one or more winners)
- Student and young data journalist of the year
Prize Information
The Data Journalism Awards 2017 will be awarding a $1,801 (US) prize to each winner of the ten categories (mentioned above).
Eligibility Criteria
- The Data Journalism Awards competition celebrates outstanding work in the field of data journalism worldwide. It can be won by any media organisation, big or small.
- The awards are given to examples of data-driven investigations, data-driven applications and storytelling projects that use data visualisation, to cover topics relevant to the general public and aiming at having an impact on society.
- Media companies, non-profit organisations and freelancers or individuals are all eligible for the Data Journalism Awards. Works produced by individuals or teams of staffers from media companies and non-profit organisations, as well as freelancers or individuals are all eligible for entry.
- Works that are the result of collaboration between organisations may also be submitted. Works produced by staffers or freelancers collaborating with government agencies, business or trade organisations with a stake (financial or of other nature) in the issue at hand are not eligible. In other words, the awards are not given to business data visualisations or projects produced for branding purposes.
- Works that include significant input from the members of the jury will not be accepted for entry into the competition.
- The DJA administrators have the final authority to determine whether an entry is eligible or not.
How to Apply
- All submission forms must be filled in English.
- Entries in languages other than English will be accepted provided that they are accompanied by thorough explanations of the work in English and a translation if possible.
- Words included in graphics, databases and web applications must also be translated. Radio material must be transcribed in English and video material must contain English subtitles. If a work originally published in a language other than English passes the pre-jury selection stage, applicants may be asked to provide additional information and translations.
- Applicants can apply via given website.
For more information, please visit Data Journalism Awards 2017.
