Data journalists from all over the world have until midnight BST tomorrow (10 April) to submit their work to the Data Journalism Awards : the largest international competition recognising excellence in the field. The competition is organised by the Global Editors Network : a cross-platform community of editors-in-chief and media innovators committed to high-quality journalism.
Supported by Google and Knight Foundation, the Data Journalism Awards are a fantastic opportunity for media innovators to showcase their work, and the prizes are worth €1,500 each. Previous winners include The New York Times , La Nacion , Kiln and Detective.io , as well as individuals such as Chad Skelton:
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The #DJA2015 awards will recognise the best work in 10 categories :
Data visualisation of the year
Investigation of the year
News data app of the year
Data journalism website of the year
Best individual portfolio
Best use of data in a breaking news story
Open data award
Best entry from a small newsroom
General excellence (jurors’ choice and public choice).
It’s easy to enter on the GEN Community website, where can explore last year’s winners and short-listed projects, as well as this year’s entrants
The winners will be announced during a gala dinner at the Global Editors Network Summit in Barcelona on June 18. Good luck!
Posted by Simon Rogers, Data Editor, News Lab at Google and Director of the Data Journalism Awards
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