Sigma Awards 2025 for Data Journalism ($5,000 prize)

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About Sigma Awards for Data Journalism

The international data journalism community is facing many challenges, and they want to support them. They want to bring together a community, and support those working with data, whether it's on climate change or international conflicts - because that's one of the priorities for their community at the moment - or on any other subject. As with previous editions, the award will maintain its no-category rule and will have experts in data journalism from around the world constituting its jury and prize committee.

• Sponsor Organisation: The Sigma Awards

Benefits of Sigma Awards for Data Journalism

• A US$5,000 cash prize will be split amongst the winners, who will each get a certificate suitable for framing. The jury members will decide on the best work overall and come to a consensus on how to divide the cash prize.

Sigma Awards for Data Journalism Requirements

• Entries must be for data projects published in the 2024 calendar year (between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024).
• Applicants can enter as many projects as they want.
• Entries have to specify if they qualify as a large or a small newsroom or as an individual, where applicable. Small newsrooms are defined as those with 35 or fewer journalists (including regular freelancers/contractors), or equivalent (e.g, two half-time freelancers count as one person.)
• Organizations that do not qualify under this definition but who believe they belong in the small newsroom category may petition for an exception by sending a letter from the editor-in-chief explaining his or her rationale to [email protected].
• Collaborative work has to be entered as a large newsroom.

Application Date and Process

• Click on the link to the application website to apply.

Application Deadline

28 February, 2025

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