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We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2023 American Journalism Online Awards! The awards highlight work outside the mainstream, like Twitter threads, as well as in traditional categories, like public records. Congrats to all! #AJOawards 1/journalism.nyu.edu/graduate/progr…
The award for Best Non-Profit News Source goes to @calmatters. Judge @mdy1 called the publication an “excellent model for nonprofits that seek to explain, investigate, and look for solutions while holding those in power to account.” 2/calmatters.org
The Honorable Mention for Best Non-Profit News Source is @PublicSourcePA. Our judge praised this outlet for being “a reliable, trusted, and authoritative source of information” for the people of Pittsburgh. 3/publicsource.org
The award for Best Debunking of Fake News goes to “Jail Time for an Imaginary Crime” by @ellefs0n for Buzzfeed News. Judge @mjs_DC called the piece "brilliant and astonishingly well-reported.” 4/ https://t.co/snjdGvF0Clbuzzfeednews.com/article/lindse…
The Honorable Mention for Best Debunking of Fake News goes to @tylerkingkade @BenjaminGoggin @oneunderscore__ @BrandyZadrozny of @NBCNews for “How an urban myth about litter boxes in schools became a GOP talking point.” 5/nbcnews.com/tech/misinform…
The award for Best Use of Public Records goes to “Deaths in the Family,” a database of killings of transgender Americans by @thisisinsider. Judge @cerisecastle said the piece “should be an inspiration and model to reporters.” 6/insider.com/transgender-vi…
The first Honorable Mention for Best Use of Public Records goes to “Never-before-seen images show Rikers inmates locked in caged showers, left in soiled pants, more poor conditions” by @mattkatz00 for @gothamist 7/gothamist.com/news/rikers-im…
The second Honorable Mention for Best Use of Public Records goes to “A Rape Forgotten” by @jyotiyadaav for @ThePrintIndia 8/theprint.in/the-fineprint/…
The award for Best Data Visualization goes to the team behind “Warehouse Nation” for @thisisinsider, including @ByKLong, Shayanne Gal, and Alonso Guzmán Barone. 9/businessinsider.com/warehouse-nati…
Judge @annjychoi called Warehouse Nation “a prime example of how data-driven reporting can expose systemic problems and demand answers.” 10/
The Honorable Mention for Best Data Visualization goes to @smjyoti @unamandita @miriamquick and Gioncarlo Valentine for “Discrimination is breaking people’s hearts” for @scientificamer 11/scientificamerican.com/interactive/di…
The award for Best TikTok Explainer goes to @KrishnaS1241 of @baltimorebanner for his video on the use of BABY SHARK to deter sleeping homeless people. Judge @maxfosterCNN called it “intriguing, thorough, relatable, important, surprising and viral.” 12/tiktok.com/@baltimorebann…
The award for Best Solo Newsletter goes to @hannaraskin for The Food Section. Judge @jacqbryant commended Raskin for being a “dogged and thorough reporter” who treats subjects and stories with “reverence and intellectual curiosity.” 13/thefoodsection.substack.com
The award for Best Non-Traditional News Source goes to @LongLead. Judge @schick_will called the journalism on the site “nothing short of stunning.” 14/longlead.com
The award for Best News-Based Podcast goes to Embedded: Changing the Police hosted by @kellymcevers and Dan Girma in a collaboration between @NPR and @TheMarshallProject. 15/npr.org/series/1140728…
Judges @catchatweetdown @tighe_claire and @matthewshaer called the series “artful” and said it poses important questions for our time. 16/
The award for Best Media Criticism goes to @dankois for “My PR Day of Yes” in @slate. Judge @ParkerMolloy called the piece “an engaging, well-written piece of service journalism, offering readers a glimpse into the media's inner workings.” 17/slate.com/human-interest…
The Honorable Mention for Best Media Criticism goes to @lisquart for “Let’s make journalism work for those not born into an elite class” in @CJR. 18/cjr.org/opinion/freela…
Judge @kattenbarge said this: “By mastering the medium of Twitter threads, Pittman unpacked a complex state story with a compelling angle of public interest that elevated his reporting to a national audience.” 20/mississippifreepress.org/27903/mississi…
The award for the Feature Most Likely to Inspire Future Journalists goes to @LinRod and a team including Amelia Lang, @eoinocarroll and Decimal Studios for “The People vs Rubber Bullets” for @longleads. 22/rubberbullets.longlead.com
Judges @AlmaMilisic @realdbenmoshe and @lilianmanansala called the piece a “stunning, gut-wrenching account” that “takes the digital format to another level.” 23/
The Honorable Mention for Feature Most Likely to Inspire Future Journalists goes to @mattdrange for “He was my high school journalism teacher. Then I investigated his relationships with teenage girls” in @thisisinsider. 24/businessinsider.com/rosemead-high-…
Congratulations to all of this year's winners and thank you to our judges — your work continues to inspire us and the next generation of journalists! #AJOAwards
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