PRESS KIT
Press releases
- 14 December 2012 – Launch of the 2013 Data Journalism Awards: download the whole press kit [PDF].
About the Data Journalism Awards
The Data Journalism Awards (DJA) is the first international contest recognising outstanding work in the field of data journalism worldwide.
By recognising outstanding work and editorial excellence in the field of data journalism, the Data Journalism Awards (DJA) seeks to:
- Contribute to setting standards and highlighting the best practices in data journalism
- Inspire journalists by showcasing outstanding data journalism work
- Demonstrate the value of data journalism among editors and media executives
- Enhance collaboration between journalists, developers, designers and issue experts
Media companies, non-profit organisations, freelancers or individuals are all eligible for the Data Journalism Awards. A jury of data journalism experts and editors from all over the world will award a total of € 15,000 to eight winners.
There are four award categories awarded for both (i) small organisations and (ii) big organisations, giving out a total of eight prizes. The four categories are:
- Data-driven investigative journalism
- Data storytelling (text, video, visualisation…)
- Data-driven applications
- Data journalism website or section
Global Editors Network
Founded in 2011, the Global Editors Network (GEN) is the first non-profit, non-governmental association that brings together editors-in-chief and senior news executives from all platforms – print, digital, mobile and broadcast. By breaking down the barriers between traditional and new media, GEN aims to define an open journalism model for the future and to create new journalistic concepts and tools. GEN brings together like-minded people that are forward thinking and enthusiastic about defining tomorrow’s journalism.
Beginning in 1996, Stanford University graduate students Larry Page and Sergey Brin built a search engine called “BackRub” thatused links to determine the importance of individual web pages. By 1998 they had formalised their work, creating the company you know today as Google.
Since then, Google has grown by leaps and bounds. From offering search in a single language we now offer dozens of products and services—including various forms of advertising and web applications for all kinds of tasks—in scores of languages.
