I blogged earlier in the year on the 2013 Data Journalism Awards and promised to keep you posted, and can now reveal that the shortlist has been announced.
Speaking at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, The Global Editors Network announced their 72 finalists, with the shortlisted candidates representing 19 different countries, including Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Chile, France, Hong Kong, Hungary, Kenya, Romania, UK, United States, and Venezuela.
The UK is the second most represented country in the world, with 15 nominations behind America’s 26 in the following categories:
Data journalism website or section – small media
- The Guardian, Guardian Data
- The Guardian, London 2012 Olympics data
- Media Wales, Online Datastore
Data storytelling – big media
- The Guardian special report: How the world runs on migrants’ money (text story + interactive)
- Financial Times: How fast is the London fire brigade?
Data storytelling – small media
- The Guardian, Better or Worse
- BBC, Census shows rise in foreign-born
- Financial Times, The global trade in resources
Data-driven applications (mobile or web)
- BBC Visual Journalism, Great British class calculator
- BBC World Service, Athletes Like You
Data-driven investigative journalism – small media
- Media Wales, Children in Care
- The Detail (N.I.), How integrated are Northern Ireland’s schools?
Data-driven investigative journalism – big media
- Financial Times, How good are English schools?
- The Guardian, The business of US food aid
- BBC Visual Journalism, Sharp fall in young police officers
The Guardian being the Guardian have gone all meta and visualised the shortlist data, which reveals that the top five organisations with nominations are The Guardian (5), ProPublica (4), BBC (4), Financial Times (3) and Associated Press (2).
Some of my personal favourites include:
- The Texas Tribune Lawmaker Explorer in the Data Storytelling (small media) category, which is an interactive tool allowing users to see which legislator’s personal interests may conflict with policy and bill setting. The tool is part of the Tribune’s wider project into ethics and transparency within Texas policymaking.
- Il Fatto Quotidiano’s Pro-life doctors and the state of maternity services in Italy (English translation here) in the Data-driven Investigative Journalism (big media category). It’s a
series of interactive maps exploring the services distribution and availability in Italy between the North and the South and from region to region including the distribution of pro-life doctors, availability of abortion pills and availability of family counselling services. - The BBC World Service’s Athletes Like You, a light-hearted app in the Data-driven applications category which enabled users to enter their height and weight and be matched with an Olympic athlete of the same proportions. The idea was to connect people around the world with sports and athletes they may never have heard of, and share it on social media.
The 72 projects will be judged by data experts from around the world, including those from Thompson Reuters, ProPublica, Google, The New York Times and the European Journalism Centre and winners – eight of whom will win €15,000 cash prizes – will be announced during the Data Journalism Awards 2013 during the GEN News Summit in Paris (19 – 21 June).
Don’t forget to vote in the ‘Public Choice Award’!