The Best Use of Technology In Journalism Award recognizes individuals or organizations that use groundbreaking tools and technology to change the news media landscape as we know it. The competition is open to anyone at a news organization, including reporters, editors, front- and back-end developers, social media producers, data scientists, reporters, editors or others involved in producing cutting-edge digital journalism. Judges will take into consideration both the quality of the journalistic work and the innovative use of technology. A vendor or technology partner (examples: DataMinr, Storyful, etc.) may apply if submitted jointly with a news organization that used their technology. The award will be presented at the NPF Annual Awards Dinner on Feb. 11, 2016, and includes a cash prize of $5,000. The award winner will also present at an educational seminar to share and explain and the innovation behind their work at a date determined by NPF and the award winner. 

Application Instructions

Only U.S. based journalists and other employees of news organizations are eligible for this award, which covers journalism published or broadcast from Sept. 1, 2014 to Sept. 1, 2015.

The deadline for 2015 applications wil be 5:00 PM EDT Thursday, October 15, 2015. Click here for the application form.