Data Journalism Awards launched

A jury of data journalism experts and editors from all over the world, including organisations such as New York Times, Reuters and Les Echos will award a total of €45,000 to six winners. Paul Steiger, founder of ProPublica will head the jury.

Categories

There are three award categories awarded at national and international level and local and regional level to give six prizes. The three categories are:

1. Data-driven investigative journalism
   
2. Data visualisation and storytelling
   
3. Data-driven applications
   

The competition is open to media companies, non-profit organisations, freelancers and individuals. Applicants must submit work before 10 April 2012 at www.datajournalismawards.org/submit-your-work/

For more, go to www.datajournalismawards.org, the Facebook page or Twitter: @ddjournalism, @EditorsNet, #dja