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ONA24 Conference Online Journalism Awards Member Log In Please enable javascript to view this site. Top About Entry Information Rules and Eligibility Entry Requirements Why Submit Tips for Submitting FAQs Categories OJA Categories Community Award Foley Award Founder Award Impact Award Previous Award Categories Winners 2023 2022 2021 Previous Years Volunteer News Submit Navigation Hide Navigation About Entry Information Rules and Eligibility Entry Requirements Why Submit Tips for Submitting FAQs Categories OJA Categories Community Award Foley Award Founder Award Impact Award Previous Award Categories Winners 2023 2022 2021 Previous Years Volunteer News Submit Submit your work to the 2024 Online Journalism Awards The awards submission portal will be open April 4 – May 16. We honor outstanding news coverage with groundbreaking approaches across 23 categories, including Excellence in AI Innovation – new for 2024! Submit now Help select this year’s finalists and winners! More than 200 volunteers contribute their digital media expertise to review submissions. Screeners review entries to determine semi-finalists. Then, judges meet as a group to review, discuss and select the finalists and winners. Become a screener or judge ONA members receive a discount on submissions ONA members get a special rate when entering work for the Online Journalism Awards. Join before you submit, and your discount will be automatically applied to your entry. Plus, you’ll receive other special discounts and access to events throughout the year! Become an ONA member Explore the 2023 Finalists Breaking News, Small/Medium Newsroom Unpacking the impact of Dobbs The 19th Digital Video Storytelling, Medium Form, Large Newsroom ‘I Cry Quietly:’ A Soldier Describes the Toll of Russia’s War The New York Times Excellence in Audio Digital Storytelling, Ongoing Series Breakdown: The Trump Grand Jury The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Excellence in Immersive and Emerging Technology Storytelling The Chain of Failures That Left 17 Dead in a Bronx Apartment Fire The New York Times Excellence in Social Justice Reporting, Single Story L.A.’s Scoring System for Subsidized Housing Gives Black and Latino People Experiencing Homelessness Lower Priority Scores The Markup Knight Award for Public Service Where are they? What happened to the 5000 missing women that the State does not know how to look for? LA NACION Student Journalism Award, Portfolio: Student The Long Shadow of White Supremacy at DePaul 14 East Magazine Topical Reporting: Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Identity, Medium Newsroom Racism in medicine and the dire consequences STAT Photo Gallery: Highlights from the 2023 Online Journalism Awards Ceremony See all finalists in the 2023 OJAs 2023 Finalists 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 All Organizations For the 2024 OJAs, six awards come with a total of $57,000 in prize money, courtesy of The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications , 3M , the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication’s Agora Journalism Center , McKinsey Publishing , John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and SmartNews . These awards honor science reporting, community-centered journalism, investigative data journalism, service journalism, climate change reporting and general excellence. Latest News Less-told stories of China’s Run” movement April 5, 2024 | Karolle Rabarison Under Xi Jinping’s zero-COVID policy, an internet meme and movement emerged in China as people searched for ways to escape the country for greater freedoms. In the mini-documentary The Young People Who Ran” out of China, Are Their Dreams ... Read More New opportunities: ONA calls for entries, judges and screeners for the 2024 Online Journalism Awards April 4, 2024 | Karolle Rabarison UPDATE (May 8): We received an unusual number of messages about needing more time in the week leading up to the deadline to submit entries to the 2024 OJAs. To give everyone the opportunity the opportunity award entries and be ... Read More Award-winning journalism explains clear link between environmental damage and disease outbreaks April 2, 2024 | Karolle Rabarison Online Journalism Awards judges were impressed with how ProPublica’s Roots of an Outbreak leveraged academic literature, skillful data analysis, interactive design and an impressively personal depth of reporting” to explain the complexity of disease outbreaks. The project was a ... Read More Special Awards The OJA special awards recognize outstanding leaders, projects, innovation and overall contributions to ONA and the journalism community James Foley Award for Conflict Reporting Honoring a digital journalist who produces excellent reporting under the most challenging conditions, covering war, corruption, crime, culture and politics in countries around the world. See the Winners Rich Jaroslovsky Founder Award Honoring a senior-level individual who has made lasting contributions to the field of digital journalism through and who exhibits extraordinary commitment to the mission, value and vision of ONA. See the Winners ONA Community Award Honoring a person, small team or community in online journalism that has made outsize contributions to these communities or workplaces, particularly those who create and foster an inclusive environment that allow journalists to do game-changing work. See the Winners Impact Award Honoring a trailblazing individual whose work in digital journalism and dedication to innovation exhibits a substantial impact on the industry. See the Winners AUSTIN, TX – SEPTEMBER 15: A look at the third day of ONA18, the Online News Association annual conference, held at the JW Marriott Austin on September 15, 2018, in Austin, TX. (Photo by Anya Semenoff for the Online News Association) AUSTIN, TX – SEPTEMBER 15: A look at the third day of ONA18, the Online News Association annual conference, held at the JW Marriott Austin on September 15, 2018, in Austin, TX. (Photo by Anya Semenoff for the Online News Association) WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 7: The third day of ONA17 at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel on October 7, 2017, in Washington, DC. (Photos by Anya Semenoff/for the Online News Association) WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 7: The third day of ONA17 at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel on October 7, 2017, in Washington, DC. (Photos by Anya Semenoff/for the Online News Association) WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 7: The third day of ONA17 at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel on October 7, 2017, in Washington, DC. (Photos by Anya Semenoff/for the Online News Association) Joshua Johnson of WAMU emcees the Online Journalism Awards in Washington D.C. (Photo by Anya Semenoff for the Online News Association) DENVER, CO – SEPTEMBER 17: Online News Association’s annual conference at the Hyatt Regency Denver on September 17, 2016, in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Anya Semenoff/Online News Association More than 600 recipients 25 years Recent General Excellence winners include The New York Times , ProPublica , PublicSource and Grist . See the Organizations Watch the 2023 Ceremony Watch the 2023 Online Journalism Awards Ceremony, hosted by Code Switch podcast host Gene Demby, which was broadcast from Philadelphia on Aug. 26. 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