The winners of WAN-IFRA’s prestigious annual Digital Media Awards Worldwide, recognising outstanding achievements in digital media by the news industry, were announced in Copenhagen on the 27th May during a ceremony at the 75th World News Media Congress.

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Best Data Visualisation

Winner: How fentanyl replaced heroin and hooked America, Reuters, USA

• 2nd: Is Singapore actually getting hotter?, SPH Media, Singapore
• 3rd: Community mapping – Tracking the health of our high streets, The Courier and Press and Journal, United Kingdom

Best Digital Subscription/Reader Revenue Project

Winner: Cracking the Code: How Our Homegrown Data-Driven Curation Program Reshaped Subscription Growth, United Daily News Group, Taiwan

• 2nd: The launch of +Allt – Bonnier News’ first bundled product, Bonnier News AB, Sweden
• 3rd: UOL Prime, UOL, Brazil

Best Fact Checking Project

Winner: AFP Fact Check: how to verify information online, Agence France Presse (AFP), Global

• 2nd: Daily Maverick Fact-Check, Daily Maverick, South Africa
• 3rd: Con Check, Agencia EFE, Spain

Best in Audience Engagement

Winner: The Hindu Made of Chennai, The Hindu Group, India

• 2nd: Kuglolov, NOVA TV d.d., Croatia
• 3rd: LA NACION + Cerca, LA NACION, Argentina

Best Innovative Digital Product

Winner: Newslaundry App, News Laundry Media Private Limited, India

• 2nd: The Short Version, VG, Norway
• 3rd: Gio Alemán- Proyecto Innovación Medcom Digital, Corporación medcom Panamá, Panama

Best Native Advertising Campaign

Winner: The Swedish Heart Lung Foundation, Bonnier News, Sweden

• 2nd: Meadow Feeds, Food For Mzansi Group, South Africa
• 3rd: The Hindu Made of Chennai, The Hindu Group, India 

Best News Website

Winner: ALT – a Norwegian one stop shop for personalized news content, Amedia, Norway

• 2nd: LN X, un nuevo lanacion.com / LN X, a new lanacion.com, LA NACION, Argentina
• 3rd: Daily Maverick Website, Daily Maverick, South Africa

Best Newsletter

Winner: Reclaim Your Brain, The Guardian, USA

• 2nd: Money Cents, Daily Maverick, South Africa
• 3rd: The Chris Giles on Central Banks Newsletter, The Financial Times, United Kingdom

Best Podcast

Winner: Farmer’s Inside Track, Food For Mzansi Group, South Africa

• 2nd: #HerNameWas, Stampen Lokala Medier, Sweden
• 3rd: True Crimes Of Asia, SPH Media, Singapore

Best Use of AI in Revenue Strategy

Winner: Platform Intelligence in News (PIN), Ekstra Bladet, JP/Politikens Hus, Denmark

• 2nd: OTTplay Revenue AI, Hindustan Media Ventures Limited, India
• 3rd: Revolutionizing Gen Z News Engagement Through Harnessing the Potential of Generative AI for an Elevated News Consumption Experience, IDN Times (IDN Media), Indonesia

Best Use of AI in the Newsroom

Winner: Russmedia meets AI, Russmedia, Austria

• 2nd: Daily Maverick Article Summaries, Daily Maverick, South Africa
• 3rd: KG Media Lestari, PT. Kompas Cyber Media, Indonesia

Best Use of Video

Winner: SCMP Films, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong

• 2nd: TF1 INFO / TF1 + : the origins of global warming, TF1, France
• 3rd: ¿Por qué sangra Rosario? / Why does Rosario bleed?, Clarín, Argentina2nd: TF1 INFO / TF1 + : the origins of global warming, TF1, France

Winners of the 2024 Digital Media Awards Worldwide

Photo: Mick Friis