AJ Distinction immersive scoops Grand Prix jury prize and two first locations; AJ Digital shares three prime prizes with AJE’s 101 East for That is Myanmar’s State of Worry.
Al Jazeera Digital and Al Jazeera English (AJE) gained a file six Drum On-line Media Awards and two “extremely recommended” second locations for a file whole of eight awards on April 29 in London.
The awards marked the primary time that AJ Digital and AJE groups shared Grand Prix and On-line Media Chair awards – prizes conferred straight by the jury – for work that stood out from the competitors.
Al Jazeera’s immersive storytelling and innovation studio, AJ Distinction, scooped the Grand Prix and emerged as winners within the Editorial and Technical Innovation of the 12 months classes for Inaccessible Cities. Designed as a multimedia, immersive expertise, the interactive website brings audiences into the lived expertise of three girls with disabilities as they battle to navigate their lives in Mumbai, Lagos and New York.
Inaccessible Cities provides to Gold and jury prime prizes within the 2022 New York Festivals and Gracie Awards for work by, for, and about girls. The intention of the venture is to convey consciousness to an essential however typically uncared for concern, mentioned Zahra Rasool, head of AJ Distinction.
“We wished to indicate how an absence of accessible public transport and infrastructure forestall individuals with disabilities – particularly girls – from totally and independently collaborating in society,” she mentioned.
“Our intention is to proceed inspiring a brand new commonplace for digital information content material that raises consciousness by means of collaboration with journalists with disabilities, native expertise and the unimaginable girls who're the topic of this interactive expertise. On behalf of individuals with disabilities in all places, we're honoured to obtain these prestigious awards.”
In a aggressive area that included CNN, BBC, ITV and Insider, the Al Jazeera English interactive investigation That is Myanmar’s State of Worry scooped the Drum On-line Media Chair award and prime prizes within the Finest Designed Web site and Finest Campaigning/Investigative Journalism classes.
A forensic investigation into the aftermath of Myanmar’s February 2021 army coup, That is Myanmar’s State of Worry labored with the Al Jazeera Digital interactive unit, AJLabs, to design and adapt the interactive website for cellular interactive audiences.
Drawing upon circumstances of alleged torture, mysterious deaths, disappearances and detention with out cost, the exposé drew upon reporting within the Al Jazeera 101 East documentaries, Inside Myanmar’s Crackdown and Myanmar: State of Worry, in addition to knowledge from the Help Affiliation of Political Prisoners, leading to an array of wealthy data-driven digital content material.
The interactive website additionally gained a prime jury prize on the 2022 Sigma Awards, beating out greater than 600 fellow opponents.
“We're very proud to obtain this recognition for what was a improbable workforce effort,” mentioned Nick Olle, 101 East’s senior supervising producer.
“This data-driven venture mixed investigative reporting and impactful manufacturing to doc the six months following the army coup on February 1, 2021. It's meant to be an enduring digital useful resource for on-line audiences.”
Al Jazeera Digital additionally emerged with two “extremely recommended” second locations.
AJLabs was extremely recommended within the Technical Innovation of the 12 months class for its interactive knowledge visualisation, The Arab Spring Retweeted and Begin Right here, AJ Digital’s information and present affairs explainer sequence, was extremely recommended for Video Crew of the 12 months.
The Drum On-line Media Awards honour authentic, thought-provoking work throughout all platforms. They're open to editorial groups and media homeowners of any dimension and recognise impactful and modern work from around the globe.
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