April 29, 2012

2012 Data Journalism Awards Nominees Announced

The first international competition to recognize outstanding work in the growing field of data journalism, the Data Journalism Awards, has just announced the 58 nominees for the 2012 awards.

The competition is being run by the Global Editors Network, supported by Google and in collaboration with the European Journalism Centre.

The University of Auckland’s Jonathan Albright is one of the nominees for his data-driven investigation Did Twitter censor Occupy Wall Street. Congratulations Jonathan!

Winners will be announced on May 31 during the News World Summit in Paris.

See the full list of the fascinating nominees »

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Rachel Cunliffe is the co-director of CensusAtSchool and currently consults for the Department of Statistics. Her interests include statistical literacy, social media and blogging. See all posts by Rachel Cunliffe »