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Rewarding innovative journalism in France
Monday, December 10, 2012
The Internet may be changing the ways in which we consume information, but it also offers great opportunities for innovative journalism. And by reducing the costs of production and distribution, a new generation of entrepreneurial journalists can reach readers more easily than ever before. To encourage this new generation of digital journalists, we teamed up with one of France’s most prestigious journalism schools, run by Sciences Po and
supported a contest
for the best student-run digital news start-up.
This year’s winner, announced today in Paris at the school’s
annual digital journalism workshop
, is Sciences Po student Amandine Briand who created a
local news website about the 19th “arrondissement” in Paris
. Her venture demonstrates how the Internet can bring back 'hyper-local' journalism.
#NPDJ12 - 1 minute avec Amandine Briand
par
ecoledejournalisme
At the awards ceremony, Agnès Chauveau, Executive Director of the Sciences Po School of Journalism, highlighted to students the opportunity offered by the Internet. “The traditional economic models of the press are going through a crisis, so our students have to be able to invent new ones and innovate,” she said.
After the success of this year’s contest, we and our partners at Sciences Po have decided to reprise the Innovation Award in Journalism next year too. But in the 2013 edition, there will be multiple awards, rather than just one - we’re throwing the competition is open to professional journalists too. You can find more information on the
Sciences Po website
.
We hope that through initiatives like these, we can encourage the kind of innovation that will help journalism thrive and give the up and coming generation of French journalists a bright future.
Posted by Florian Maganza, Policy Analyst, France
Supporting a free press in North Africa
Friday, December 7, 2012
These are tumultuous, exciting times in North Africa, for all citizens, but particularly for journalists. Once subject to strict controls, the press in much of the region suddenly is free to report and write. We want to encourage the free press, so we recently teamed up with the
United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
and the
World Bank Institute
to present comprehensive training on how our tools can benefit the media at
IPSI
(Institut de Presse & des Sciences de L'Information).
Some 26 journalists attended, selected from more than 300 applicants across Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria. Our Tunis-based Googler, Khaled Koubaa, spoke about the importance of a free and open internet and how it has evolved in the region. Workshop sessions featured hands-on training (via translation) with search, trends, Google Maps & Google Earth, Google Fusion Tables and Google+, and YouTube. The World Bank focused on finding data, showing the journalists how to use census data, GDP, health statistics and many more useful sources of information. Each participant received a certificate signed by the the UN and Google.
During the workshop’s second day, some 22 local Tunisian journalism received a glimpse into the next-generation of storytellers. Some of these students (and working journalists) have already been witness to
historic events
across North Africa. While some of the practices of data journalism are relatively new for many of them, their enthusiasm to learn and share ideas and integrate Google into their efforts was both humbling and inspiring.
Posted by Maha Abouelenein, Head of Communications, Middle East and North Africa
Saluting African digital journalism pioneers
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Digital tools are an increasing impetus for innovation across African newsrooms. From crowdsourcing content to using infographics to tell stories, journalists are finding new ways to report the news. We're excited to be supporting these innovators through the $1 million Africa News Innovation Challenge,
announced in May this year
—the latest in a series of projects to spur innovation in African journalism.
Run by the t
he
African Media Initiative
, other partners include
Omidyar Network
, the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
, the
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
, the
U.S. State Department
, the
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS)
and the
World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA)
. The response to the challenge was really enthusiastic, with more than 500 proposals submitted.
The 20 winners are all exciting digital journalism projects that will contribute to solving some of the biggest challenges facing the African media industry. They range from mobile apps to mobilise citizens against corruption and improved infographics to communicate complex issues, to developing new platforms for sharing content on buses and taxis. Key themes among the projects include a growing concern about manipulated online content, the security of communications with whistleblowers and sources, and the need to improve engagement with audiences.
The projects have the potential to be replicated by media elsewhere in Africa, or to be scaled up across the continent, to create wide and sustained impact. Some projects will also develop new tools to support newsrooms and boost media revenues to support sustainable journalism. Winners will receive cash grants ranging from $10,000 to $100,000; technology support from a team of four developers at AMI’s
jAccelerator lab
in Kenya, and business development support from top media strategists affiliated with the
World Association of Newspapers & News Publishers
. Ten of the winners will also be flown to the Knight Foundation’s annual
M.I.T. Civic Media Conference in the U.S., while the rest will be showcased at other important industry events.
The ANIC winners are:
actNOW (Ghana)
AdBooker (
South Africa)
Africa Check
(
South Africa / Nigeria)
skyCAM
(
Kenya / Nigeria)
Africa’s Wealth
(
renamed NewsStack
) (
Nigeria / Namibia)
Citizen Desk
(
Mozambique)
Code4Ghana (
Ghana)
ConvergeCMS
(
Kenya / Tanzania / Uganda)
CorruptionNET
(
South Africa)
DataWrapper
(
Nigeria / Senegal / Tanzania)
End-to-End
(
renamed LastMile Crowdmapping
) (
Liberia / Ghana / Kenya)
FlashCast
(
Kenya)
Green Hornet
(
South Africa)
ListeningPost
(
South Africa)
MoJo: Keeping media honest by monitoring online journalism
(
South Africa)
openAFRICA
(
Kenya / Nigeria / Rwanda / South Africa)
ODADI
(
renamed Code4SouthAfrica
) (
South Africa)
Oxpeckers
(
South Africa)
Wikipedia Zero
(
Cameroon / Ivory Coast / Tunisia / Uganda)
ZeroNews (
pan-African)
You can learn more about the winners’ projects on the
ANIC website
.
We can’t wait to see how these innovations unfold and we look forward to working with more African journalists to help them use technologies to tell important stories.
Posted by Julie Taylor, Communications Manager, Sub Saharan Africa
Honoring Czech and Slovak Journalism
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Throughout Europe, we have been working hard to aid the often wrenching transition from offline to online journalism. We have forged partnerships with newspapers and newspaper associations and sponsored a series of digital journalism contests. Our latest effort comes in the Slovakia and the Czech Republic, where we worked with the Open Society Fund to support a series of journalism awards.
The Czech and Slovak Journalism awards are eight years old, so we wanted to bring something new to the event. Our answer was to create organize "
public online voting
” for a special Czecho-Slovak award. Our sponsorship also supported two entirely new online categories, the Google Digital Innovation for professional journalism and the Google Digital Innovation for citizen journalism.
A total of 685 entries from 409 authors too part, almost a hundred more than the previous year. Online blogs comprised the single largest share of all entries. The winners of the Google prizes are:
Google Digital Innovation: Citizen Journalism
Czech Winner: Mikuláš Kroupa, Michal Šmíd, Lenka Kopřivová:
"A memory of the nation"
Slovak Winner: Editorial team SME a
SME.sk
- "
Online updates from the day of voting about ESM and government trust
"
Google Digital Innovation: Professional Journalism
Czech Winner: Petr Holub, Sabina Slonková (Aktuálně.cz): "
Corruption in health system
vs 'Thanks, we are leaving' campaign"
Slovak Winner: Martin Filko "
Series of blogposts about Slovak health system
"
Czecho-Slovak Winner of public voting (the biggest impact on society)
:
Czech journalist Sabina Slonková (Aktuálně.cz): “
Special investigation: Top secret salaries
”
Congratulations for helping bring high-quality digital journalism to Slovak and Czech readers.
Posted by Janka Zichova, Communications Manager, Czech Republic and Slovakia
Data journalism awards announced
Friday, June 1, 2012
At the
News World Summit
in Paris this week most of the discussion was about how technology is transforming journalism. A good example is the rapid growth data journalism, the analyzing and filtering large data sets to uncover news.
Last November we announced our support for the first international
Data Journalism Awards
organised by the
Global Editors Network
and the
European Journalism Centre
. Winners were announced this week in Paris at the News World Summit.
1.
Terrorists for the FBI
(Mother Jones and UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program, USA) Data-Driven Investigations (national/international)
2.
Methadone and the Politics of Pain
(The Seattle Times, USA) Data-Driven Investigations (local/regional)
3.
Riot Rumours
(The Guardian, UK) Data Visualizations and Storytelling (national/international)
4.
Pedestrian Crashes in Novosibirsk
(Nikolay Guryanov, Stas Seletskiy and Alexey Papulovskiy, Russia) Data Visualizations and Storytelling (local/regional)
5.
Transparent Politics
(Polinetz AG, Switzerland) Data-Driven Applications (national/international)
6.
Illinois School Report Card
s (Chicago Tribune, USA) Data-Driven Applications (local/regional)
Congratulations to all the winners who will each receive a prize of EUR7,500 We hope you’ll take a look at their projects.
Posted by Peter Barron, Director, External Relations, Europe, Middle East, and Africa
Supporting innovation in the African news industry
Thursday, May 10, 2012
We’re eager to see journalism flourish in the digital age, in all forms and on all continents. Today, with half a dozen other generous sponsors, we’re taking a big step forward with a new $1 million
African News Innovation Challenge
.
This initiative is the latest in a series of projects to spur innovation in African journalism. Since 2010 we’ve been working with newsrooms across the continent to show journalists how the Internet can help them be better reporter. In Ghana we’re helping journalists produce evidence-based reporting on the country’s new oil wealth; in Senegal we gave journalists training on
election reporting
, and in Kenya we helped pioneer Africa’s first data journalism boot camp. Participants produced eight separate data-driven stories or news apps, including a
TV documentary
that exposed the plight of rural schools and an
analysis of government spending at county level
that has been nominated for an international award.
Now, we’re looking for even more innovations aimed at strengthening and transforming African news media. The News Innovation Challenge will provide grants ranging from $12,500 to $100,000 for project proposals falling into four categories: news gathering, storytelling, audience engagement and the business of news. Proposals can include ideas that improve everything from data-based investigative journalism and crowdsourced citizen reporting, to new ways of distributing news on mobile platforms, or new revenue models that help wean media off a reliance on advertising. In addition to cash grants, winners will receive technical, business development and marketing advice.
The
African Media Initiative
, Africa’s largest association of media owners and operators, is running the Challenge. Other partners include
Omidyar Network
, the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
, the
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
, the
U.S. State Department,
the
Konrad Adenhauer Stiftung
and the
World Association of Newspapers & News Producers
.
Entries must be submitted to this
website
by midnight Central African Time on July 10, 2012. While news pioneers from anywhere in the world are welcome, all entries must have an African partner that will help develop and test the innovation. Entries will be judged by an international jury, and finalists will get a chance to refine their proposals during one-on-one mentoring sessions at a “tech camp” in Zanzibar in August 2012.
The winners will be announced at the Africa’s largest gathering of media owners and executives, at the
Africa Media Leaders Forum
, in Ivory Coast in November 2012.
We’re also active in promoting digital journalism outside of Africa, such as supporting the
Nordic News Hacker
, the
Global Editor Network’s data journalism prize
and
International Press Institute media innovation prizes
. As media organizations continue to adapt to the new digital world, we’re committed to working with journalists to help them use technologies to gather and tell important stories.
Posted by Julie Taylor, Head of Communications, Sub Saharan Africa
Celebrating World Press Freedom Day
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Update from Tunis
: UNESCO kicked off its World Press Freedom celebrations here at a ceremony at the presidential palace conducted via Google Hangout. Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki spoke with Freedom House Vice President Daniel Calingaert in Washington DC. The President said that his country's revolution last year "was done in the defense of freedom of expression," vowing that "Tunisia will never give up the freedom of expression is has won." A full two day program on press freedom continues Friday and Saturday under the theme “Media Freedom Helping to Transform Societies: New Voices, Youth and Social Media.”
The United Nations designates every May 3 as
World Press Freedom Day
. The day is designed to raise awareness about of the importance of freedom of the press and remind governments of their commitment to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression enshrined in the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
.
This year,
UNESCO
is marking the day in Tunisia. The choice of setting honours the North African country’s recent uprising in favor freedom of expression, one in which the Internet played an important role. On Thursday afternoon,
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki
will host the ceremony conferring the
Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
on a deserving individual, organisation or institution that has made an outstanding contribution to the defence of press freedom.
We’re proud to be sponsoring the celebrations. President Marzouki announced the event through his official
Google
page and we’re organising a Google Hangout from the presidential palace, allowing guests from Amsterdam, Tripoli and Washington, D.C. to speak with the Tunisian President.
Thursday’s ceremony will be followed by a two-day conference bringing journalists, NGOs and officials from all over the world to Tunisia. They will discuss how to improve the safety of journalists, deal with defamation, develop opublic service broadcasting, and the issue of media ownership in a changing media landscape. Throughout, the impact of the Internet and social media will be on the agenda.
We’re involved here as well. Maha Abouelenein, our head of communications in MENA, will participate in a session about new media in the afternoon of May 4. Khaled Koubaa, our policy manager for North Africa, will appear on the same day on a panel titled “Innovation in Gathering and Sharing News. Finally, I will speak on May 5 about freedom of expression.
Please stay with us to follow UNESCO’s Tunis World Press Freedom celebrations.
Posted by William Echikson, Head of Free Expression, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Supporting innovation in journalism
Monday, April 30, 2012
The digital age generates reams of raw data. Much of that data is interesting or important, but since there’s a lot of it out there it’s often hard to find and analyze. This is where journalists can help. Journalists are experts at delving into complex issues and writing stories that make them accessible—essential skills for dealing with the data deluge of the digital age. In order to support and encourage innovative data journalism, we’re sponsoring a series of prizes all across Europe.
Let’s start in the Nordics, where we recently partnered with Danish newspaper Dagbladet Information and Southern Denmark University’s Center for Journalism to sponsor the
Nordic News Hacker 2012
contest. Contestants were asked to create and submit a piece of data journalism—anything from a data mash-up to a new mobile app.
This year’s winner is Anders Pedersen. Ander’s project,
Doctors for Sale
, inspired by
Pro Publica’s Docs for Dollars
investigation in the United States, used raw data to uncover doctors who receive money from the pharmaceutical industry. He wins a $20,000 scholarship to work with the
Guardian Data Blog
in London for one month to further his investigative skills.
Several thousand kilometers south of Denmark at the
International Journalism Festival
, the
Global Editors Network
announced the 60 shortlisted projects for the Google-sponsored
Data Journalism Awards
. Some 320 projects were submitted from a diverse group of applicants including major media groups, regional newspapers, press associations, and entrepreneurial journalists from more than 60 countries. Six winners will be announced during the
News World Summit
, on May 31, 2012 in Paris.
In Vienna, the
International Press Institute
recently announced the winners of their News Innovation contest, sponsored by Google. Fourteen projects were selected, including digital training in the Middle East, corruption chasing in the Balkans, and citizen photojournalism in the UK. All use digital data and new technologies to tell stories or reach new audiences. The
winners
received a total of more than $1.7 million.
Congratulations to all the journalists and publications who are embracing the digital world!
Posted by Peter Barron, Director, External Relations Europe Middle East and Africa
Meeting a royal leader in Belgium
Thursday, April 26, 2012
It’s not everyday that you meet a crown prince to discuss the future of the Internet. We had the privilege this week to address Belgium’s
Prince Philippe
.
Each year, the Prince’s
foundation
invites 16 aspiring young journalists between the age of 20 and 25 to compete in a journalism contest called
Belgodyssee
- Belgian Odyssey.
Winners are picked in December. Importantly, the contestants come from all the Belgian’s three (French, Dutch and German) language communities and they are obliged to work together.
Before the competition begins, the contestants attend series of master class courses on journalism. Google was invited to speak about freedom of speech, alongside Belgium's top-notch journalists Alain Gerlache of French-speaking RTBF and Luc Rademakers, the editor in chief of Flemish national television VRT. In addition to this year’s contestants, more than 100 participants in previous years attended the event at the Residence Palace in Brussels.
All three lectures focused on journalistic responsibility in dealing with new social media and on freedom of expression on the net. We presented our approach to these issues. The debate was animated and the Prince himself intervened with a question about the limits of free expression. As a company with the explicit mission to “make all the world’s information universally accessible and useful” - we explained how we protect our users’ privacy in the face of government demands for information and how we grapple with the tough question of how much speech is too much speech.
Right now we are standing at a critical crossroads in ensuring human rights and civil liberties for people around the world. Its good to know that royal leaders are taking note and the next generation of journalists is taking interest.
Posted by Tineke Meijerman, Communications, Benelux
Syrian citizen journalists capture Netizen Prize
Monday, March 12, 2012
For the past year, Syrian citizen journalists have continued to collect and disseminate information on the uprising wracking their country.
Reporters Without Borders
tonight honored these courageous activists, awarding them the
2012 Netizen Prize
.
Jasmine a 27-year-old Syrian activist living in Canada, accepted the award in a ceremony in Paris on behalf of the
Local Coordination Committees
. She preferred to use a pseudonym to protect her family inside Syria. “The Netizen Prize proves that our voices were heard and that we succeeded in delivering the stories of millions of Syrians who are struggling on the ground to achieve what they have always dreamed - to live in freedom and dignity” she said.
This is third year in a row that Google has sponsored the Netizen Prize. Reporters Without Borders counts 200 cases of netizens arrested in 2011, up 30% over the previous year. Five were killed. This is the highest level of violence against netizens ever recorded. More than 120 are currently in jail for keeping us informed. Our own products are blocked in about 25 of 125 countries in which the company operates. “The Internet allows courageous individuals in Syria and elsewhere to tell their story to the world,” said Google France President Jean-Marc Tassetto. “The Netizen Prize and our work with Reporters Without Borders testifies to our belief that access to information will lead to greater freedom and greater social and economic development.”
Syrian journalists and bloggers are threatened and arrested by the government. International news organizations are, for the most part, kept out of the country. In their absence, the committees have become almost the only way to keep the world abreast of the violence wracking the country. They emerged spontaneously following the start of the Syrian revolution last March, bringing together human rights activists and local journalists, and now are found in most cities and towns across the country. “The Netizen Prize proves that our voices were heard," Jasmine said.
Informants on the ground send information and the committees confirm it from multiple sources. A third group translates the news into English and distributes it. News, videos and pictures are posted on the group's
Facebook page
, on its
photo blog
, and on the group’s own
website
. "There are millions of stories that made us cry, laugh, get mixed emotions since the uprising began,” Ola added. “We were talking to a mother of three detainees and she made us all promise each other that no matter what, we will never stop covering the events of our beloved Syria."
The award was distributed on
World Day Against Cyber Censorship
. In 2010, the Netizen Prize was awarded to
Iranian cyberfeminists
. Last year, it went to
Nawaat
, a group blog run by independent Tunisian bloggers. The nominees for the Netizen Award 2012 come from across the globe, ranging from Russia to Syria to Brazil and China. their geographic diversity a reflection of the growing impact of the Net.
Posted by William Echikson, Head of Free Expression, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Working with Le Monde to aid Tunisian journalism
Friday, February 10, 2012
Update,
February 16
. Google France welcomed five of the six Tunisian journalists at its offices for a lunch to hear about their experiences in Paris and to discuss progress of freedom of expression in their homeland.
In a single, magnificent moment, journalists in Tunisia liberated themselves from the shackles of censorship. They no longer were forced to regurgitate government propaganda and finally could write what they wanted. Instead, they were confronted with the challenges of freedom.
We are teaming up with the prestigious French newspaper
Le Monde
to help tackle this crucial challenge. Six Tunisian journalists are coming to Paris to work for three months in the Le Monde newsroom. As the
paper explained
, the journalists will help cover daily news and the upcoming French Presidential election. Our hope is that they then will return home with new skills that will serve to construct a new, free but responsible professional press in Tunisia.
The six winners of the Google internship are:
Radhouane Somai, a political reporter for the Business News website.
Hajer Ben Arjroudi, an an investigative reporter for the Express FM radio station.
Thameur Mekki contributes to three online webzines, specializing in digital culture.
Zbiss Hanene, the editor of the culture section for Realities magazine.
Hajer Jeridi, the editor-in-chief of the www.gnet.tn news site.
Nacer Talel, a freelance photographer
At Google, we are aware of the need to work with publishers to smooth the transition not only from oppression to freedom, but from analogue to digital distribution. We are sponsoring a series of digital journalism prizes with
Institut de Sciences Politiques
, the
International Press Institute
in Vienna and the
Global Editors Network
in Paris. We also are the proud backer of Reporters Without Borders’ annual
Netizen of the Year
award. In addition, we have come up with a series of products such as
Adsense
to split online ad revenues with publishers.
The collaboration with Le Monde marks a significant step forward in our engagement. We are working hard to support free elections in the countries of North Africa and the Middle East, building a series of new Internet tools that allow politicians to reach voters and voters to have their voice heard by politicians.
A special thanks goes out to Le Monde’s
Sylvie Kauffmann
for this project. Sylvie covered Central Europe for Le Monde when it the communist imposed countries of the Soviet empire freed themselves. Sylvie continued to become the Le Monde’s first female editor-in-chief. She travelled to Tunis and personally interviewed and chose all the candidates. For her, and for Le Monde, strong journalism represents a key building block for free societies.
Posted by William Echikson, External Relations, Head of Free Expression, Europe, Middle East and Africa
News Innovation contest opens for applications
Monday, January 23, 2012
We are eager to see journalism flourish in the digital age. Last week, we announced our support of the
Global Editor Network’s data journalism prize
. Today, we’re happy to see that the
International Press Institute
has begun accepting applications for the second round of Google-funded media innovation prizes.
Click
here
for more information and to enter. Applicants are eligible from anywhere in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
The Vienna-based International Press Institute is our European partner for Google’s ambitious
$5 million global program
announced in 2010 to help journalism create new ways of reaching readers online. As media organizations globally continue to broaden their presence online, we’re eager to play our part on the technology side—experimenting with
new ways
of presenting news online; providing tools like Google Maps and
YouTube Direct
to make websites more engaging for readers. But while we’re mostly focused on working with news organizations to develop better products for users, we also believe it’s crucial to encourage innovation at the grassroots level. Our grants to non-profit organizations are designed to benefit news publishers of all sizes.
More than 300 applications were received for the first round of International Press Institute-run Google-sponsored prizes last year;
three winners
were named at the end of last year.
This year’s News Innovation Contest offers prizes in two categories:
News Platforms: The International Press Institute is looking for projects that leverage online tools to enhance news gathering and delivery. It aims to encourage the creation of new online news platforms that offer new revenue models for supporting high quality journalism.
Training: Little proper training in online media exists. The Press Institute is looking for initiatives that help traditional journalists transition into online media, by improving their technology skills and familiarising them with online news models.
The contest deadline is February 23 at 15:00 Central European Time. Winners can be announced at the beginning of April.
Posted by Simon Morrison, Copyright Communications and Policy Manager.
Data Journalism Awards Now Accepting Submissions
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Last November, we
announced
our support for a new Data Journalism competition, organized by the
Global Editors Network
. The competition is now open to submissions and today we hosted an event at our offices in London to share details on how to compete and win a total of six prizes worth EUR 45,000. The
European Journalism Centre
is running the contest and Google is sponsoring.
Journalism is going through an exciting—if sometimes wrenching—transition from off to online. Google is keen to help. We see exciting possibilities of leveraging data to produce award-winning journalism. “Data journalism is a new, exciting part of the media industry, with at present only a small number of practitioners,” said Peter Barron, Google’s Director of External Relations. “We hope to see the number grow.”
In data journalism, reporters leverage numerical data and databases to gather, organize and produce news. Bertrand Pecquerie, the Global Editor Network’s CEO, believes the use of data will, in particular, revolutionize investigative reporting. “We are convinced that there is a bright future for journalism,” he said at the London event. “This is not just about developing new hardware like tablets. It is above all about producing exciting new content.”
The European Journalism Centre, a non-profit based in Maastricht, has been running data training workshops for several years. It is producing the Data Journalism Awards website and administering the prize. “This new initiative should help convince editors around the world that data journalism is not a crazy idea, but a viable part of the industry,” says Wilfried Ruetten, Director of the center.
Projects should be submitted to
http://www.datajournalismawards.org
. The deadline is April 10, 2012. Entries should have been published or aired between April 11, 2011 and April 10, 2012. Media companies, non-profit organisations, freelancers and individuals are eligible.
Submissions are welcomed in three categories: data-driven investigative journalism, data-driven applications and data visualisation and storytelling. National and international projects will be judged separately from local and regional ones. “We wanted to encourage not only the New York Times’s of the world to participate, but media outlets of all sizes,” says Pecquerie. “Journalism students are also invited to enter, provided their work has been published.”
An all-star jury has been assembled of journalists from prestigious international media companies including the New York Times, the Guardian, and Les Echos.
Paul Steiger
, the former editor-in-chief of the Wall Street Journal and founder of the Pulitzer Prize-winning
ProPublica
, will serve as president.
Winners will be announced at the
Global News Network’s World Summit
in Paris on May 31, 2012.
Posted by William Echikson, External Relations
Honoring innovative digital journalism in Paris
Friday, December 2, 2011
Journalism is is in the midst of moving onto the Internet and Google is committed to helping ease this transition. We drive millions of readers to media sites every day and we split billions of dollars each year in advertising with publishers. We also aim to reward journalism that takes advantage of new digital tools.
A sign of the commitment is our partnership with the School of Journalism at Sciences Po in Paris. We created an award to showcase student projects, as well as professionals. A panel of prestigious journalists was recruited as judges: Jean-Marie Colombani, the founder of
Slate.fr
, Jean-Marc Manach, author of the blog
Bug Brother
, Thibaud Vuitton, deputy editor of the platform of continuous information France Television, Pascale Robert-Diard, author of the blog world
Chronicles Judicieres
and Alice Antheaume, deputy director of the journalism school at Sciences Po and author of the blog
Work In Progress
.
The awards were delivered at an event today at Sciences Po.
Villeneuve 5/5
, led by a group of students from the Grenoble School of Journalism, won the student award for a project that uses the video, sound, text and images to bring readers into the heart of violent riots which shook the district of Villeneuve in 2010. In the professional category, the jury praised the innovation of two journalists Slate.fr, who seized the tools used on social networks to investigate the
murky finances
of France’s richest woman Liliane Bettencourt.
Prix Google de l'innovation en journalisme
from
Sciences Po
on
Vimeo
.
This initiative is part of a comprehensive partnership with Science Po's School of Journalism, announced in May 2011. We look forward to pursuing it - and continuing to support online journalism.
Posted by Elisabeth Bargès, Institutional Relations, Google France
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