2024 Winners were announced at the World News Media Congress 2024
2024 Copenhagen Congress
1. Best Data Visualisation
Life in Hong Kong’s shoebox housing, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
2. Best Digital Subscription Initiative
Moving from a metered to a smart paywall, Clarín, Argentina
3. Best e-paper Concept
New NPG e-paper product, NPG Digital, Germany
4. Best in Audience Engagement
How a birthday party in Minecraft made a massive impact on brand awareness, engagement and sales, Aftenposten Junior, Norway
5. Best News Website
The Leading Site Covering Health, Medicine, and Science, STAT, USA
6. Best Newsletter
Climate Coach, The Washington Post, USA
7. Best Podcast
The Outlaw Ocean Podcast, The Outlaw Ocean Project, USA
8. Best Trust Initiative
Media Literacy Campaign, Legit Media Group, Nigeria
9. Best Use of Video
DOCUMENTARY: Killed For Being Queer, News24/Media24, South Africa
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1. Best Data Visualisation
Spain lives in flats: why we have built our cities vertically, Diario de Prensa Digital SL, Spain
2. Best in Audience Engagement
Dapat Totoo, GMA News Online, Philippines
3. Best News Website or Mobile Service
CNA website and app, CNA Mediacorp Pte Ltd, Singapore
4. Best Use of Online Video
Disordered, Stuff Circuit, New Zealand
5. Best Reader Revenue Initiative
Maverick Insider, Daily Maverick, South Africa
6. Best Newsletter
First Thing by John Stupart, Daily Maverick, South Africa
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1. Best Data Visualisation
No Epicentro (At the epicenter) by Agência Lupa, Brazil
2. Best in Audience Engagement
Coronavirus coverage without paywall by Infoglobo, Brazil
3. Best Digital Marketing Campaign for News Brand
“What the….”? by Verdens Gang AS, Norway
4. Best Native Advertising / Branded Content Campaign
Leading Small Businesses Through Uncertainty by Forbes, USA
5. Best News Website or Mobile Service
Reimagining The Washington Post Reader Experience by The Washington Post, USA
6. Best Paid Content Strategy (incl. pay wall, membership or crowdfunding models)
Fully dynamic, real-time, personalised paywall by The Globe and Mail, Canada
7. Best Project for News Literacy
Chequeos en lenguas by Asociación de Periodismo de Investigación Ojo Público, Peru
8. Best Use of Online Video (including VR)
Tarjei’s experiment by VGTV, Norway
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1. Best Data Visualisation
Los cuadernos de las coimas by LA NACIÓN, Argentina
2. Best Digital News Start-up
Sophi by The Globe and Mail, Canada
3. Best Digital Project to Engage Younger and / or Millennial Audiences
Troll Factory – fighting misinformation with an immersive educational game by Yle News Lab – Yle, The Finnish Broadcasting Company, Finland
4. Best Marketing Campaign for News Brand
#UnderMyWatch UnderMyWatch News by The Hindu, India
5. Best Native Advertising / Branded Content Campaign
Defining Factors with BlackRock by Bloomberg Media for BlackRock, USA
6. Best News Website or Mobile Service
www.theguardian.com by Guardian News & Media, UK
7. Best Use of Online Video (including virtual reality)
The Tinder Swindler by VGTV, Norway
9. Best in Lifestyle, Sports, Entertainment Website or Mobile Services
The Journey Into Dementia by Dagbladet, Norway
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1. Best News Website or Mobile Service
Guardian News & Media, UK – WINNER
Nexo Jornal, Brazil – 2nd Place
The Washington Post, USA – 3rd Place
2. Best in Lifestyle, Sports or Entertainment Website
Arré, India – WINNER
Hia Magazine, UAE – 2nd Place
Do Outro Lado, UOL Esporte / UOL, Brazil – 3rd Place
The Lily, The Washington Post, USA – 3rd Place
3. Best Use of Online Video including Virtual Reality
Visual Vocabulary, The New York Times, USA – WINNER
AJ+ Español, Mexico – 2nd Place
Paradise Papers, BBC News Visual Journalism Team, UK – 3rd Place
4. Best Data Visualisation
Bussed Out: How America moves its homeless, Guardian US, USA – WINNER
La Guerra de Brasil, O Globo, Brazil – 2nd Place
Getting to grips with North Korea in 15 graphics, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong – 3rd Place
5. Best Innovation to Engage Youth Audiences
Verificado 2018, AJ+ Español / Animal Político / Pop-Up Newsroom, Mexico – WINNER
News-O-Matic, USA – 2nd Place
Talking Stalking, Quintillion Media Pvt. Ltd, India – 3rd Place
WhatsApp Integration Project, Children’s Radio Foundation, South Africa – 3rd Place
2017 Winners
1. Best News Website
http://www.theguardian.com/, The Guardian News and Media, United Kingdom
2. Best in Lifestyle, Sports or Entertainment Website
Rio Olympics website The New York Times, USA
3. Best Use of Online Video including Virtual Reality
6×9: A virtual experience of solitary confinement Guardian News and Media, United Kingdom
4. Best Data Visualisation
Belt and Road Initiative South China Morning Post, HongKong
5. Best News Mobile Service
(Tie) News24 Edge Media24, Cape Town, South Africa
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TN Todo Noticias New Mobile Apps Arte Radio Televisivo Argentina, South Africa
6. Best Lifestyle, Sports or Entertainment Mobile Services
01 run together@Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon WeMedia01 Ltd., Hong Kong
7. Best Innovation New Product
UNO: Argentina’s first native mobile media Grupo América, Argentina
8. Best in Social Media Engagement
UNO: Argentina’s first native mobile media Grupo América, Argentina
9. Best Digital Advertising Campaign including Branded Content
www.KK.no Aller Media AS, Norway
10. Best Innovation to Engage Youth Audiences
R.AGE DocumentariesStar Media Group Berhad, Malaysia
1. Best News Website
Manoramaonline.com Malayala Manorama Company Ltd, Kottayam, Kerala, India
2. Best Entertainment & Lifestyle Website
Kick Off Media24, Cape Town, South Africa
3. Best use of online video
Building the Atom Bomb: the full story of the Nevada Test Site Guardian News & Media, London, United Kingdom
4. Best Data Visualisation Project
www.timesofoman.com Muscat Press and Publishing House SAOC, Muscat, Oman
5. Best News Mobile Service
Clarín Balotaje en Telegram Clarín A.G.E.A. SA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
6. Best Entertainment & Lifestyle Mobile Service
Men’s Health – Belly Off Media24, Cape Town, South Africa
7. Best in Tablet Publishing
DIE WELT Edition WeltN24 GmbH, Berlin, Germany
8. Best Reader Engagement
Pictoline Pictoline, Ciudad de México, Mexico
9. Best Digital Advertising Campaign
Quartz/GE World in Motion Quartz, London, United Kingdom
10. Best New Product
MUY LIEBRE S.A. La Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1. Best News Website
http://www.theguardian.com/ The Guardian News and Media, United Kingdom
2. Best Digital Advertising Campaign
Bildung Braucht Innovation (Education needs innovation) Telekurier Online Medien, Austria
3. Best Data Visualisation Project
Norwegian homicides over a 10-year period The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
4. Best in Tablet Publishing
(Tie) EPOS (Springer) Axel Springer, Germany
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Aftenposten+ Aftenposten, Norway
5. The Best Mobile Service
KOMPAKT DIE WELT, Germany
6. The Best Reader Engagement
Ecosistema Digital Grupo Clarín, Argentina
7. Best New Product
minmote.no Verdens Gang (VG), Norway
8. Best Use of Online Video
It Changed My Life Series The Straits Times – Singapore Press Holdings
1. Best News Website
http://www.theguardian.com/ The Guardian News and Media, United Kingdom
2. Best Digital Advertising Campaign
Kleine Zeitung of Austria General Election
3. Best Use of Online Video
How to put a human on Mars BBC News
4. Best Data Visualisation Project
Null CTRL Dagbladet
5. Best Mobile Service
Apple Daily NGA Apple Daily
6. Best Tablet Publishing
The Age Fairfax Media
7. Best Reader Engagement
World Chess Championship 2013 Verdens Gang
8. Best Outstanding New Product
Godt.no Verdens Gang