How to apply to (and win) a data journalism award – Data Journalism Awards – Medium

The Global Editors Network runs the Data Journalism Awards competition each year to celebrate outstanding work in the field of data journalism worldwide.

Last year, 573 projects, coming from over 50 countries, representing the five continents, were submitted. For the 2018 competition, the competition is set to be even more global, and teams from around the world are encouraged to take part and apply directly on the Data Journalism Awards website.

Supported by the Google News Lab, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and in partnership with Chartbeat, the 2018 competition hopes to reach even further, continue to get applications from the Americas and Europe, but also get more entries from Asia, Africa, and emerging countries.

If your organisation has been doing some amazing data-driven work in the past year, we’d love you to take part in the Data Journalism Awards. All teams, big or small, are eligible, and you can submit as many projects as you want.

This year we’ve made it easier to apply, so pick the best projects you’ve worked on in the past year, and fill in this form. All work must have been published or aired between 10 April 2017 and 26 March 2018.

The finalists shortlisted for awards will be announced in April 2018 at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia (Italy), and the winning projects will be revealed at the 2018 ceremony and gala dinner in Lisbon on 31 May 2018, during the GEN Summit 2018.

Wondering whether your project could make it to the top? Curious to see who has won the competition in the past? We’ve compiled the list of winners from the four last editions.

Rutas de Conflicto, 2017 winner in the Data journalism website of the year category (Colombia):

The Globe and Mail, 2017 winner in the Investigation of the year category with ‘Unfounded’ (Canada):

Berlingske, 2016 winner in the Open data category with “#Tracked”:

Prizes for the 2018 competition are worth $1801 each, and will be awarded at a ceremony and gala dinner in Lisbon on 31 May 2018 during the GEN Summit 2018.

The categories this year are:

You can also find all the information about this year’s awards (including key dates, list of jury members, categories and rules) on the Data Journalism Awards website.