Announcing the winners
In the past year we’ve seen big numbers for Shorthand: over 50,000 stories published, and nearly 800 stories submitted for the Shorthand Awards. It’s been our biggest awards year yet.
The influx of entries made for a few late nights and rapid-fire Slack conversations between the Shorthand team, as we whittled down the mosaic-like mega-list of entries to our gallery of fantastic finalists.
Our judges have read and debated these stories, made their decisions, and we’re excited here, to announce the winners.
Thank you to all those who nominated a story or voted in the awards, and a big thank you also to our judges!
Judges
Dr Caroline Graham
Award-winning journalist and digital journalism lecturer at the University of Queensland
Jonathan Crossfield
Freelance Content Writer and Storyteller
Meghan Ford
Vice President of Brand and Content Marketing at WilsonHCG
Scott Manson
Content and marketing consultant
Megan Fleming
Owner of Megan Fleming Writing and Creative Services
Dawn Murden
VP, Customer Success at Shorthand
Best editorial story
A laptop and a smartphone showing a news features by Sky News., image
A laptop and a smartphone showing a news feature by Sky News., image
Best brand story
A laptop and a smartphone showing a website with the words "You've got this and we've got you.", image
A laptop and a smartphone showing a website with the words "Top tips"., image
Best not-for-profit story
A laptop and a smartphone with a website that shows the words "The body remembers (part one)"., image
A laptop and a smartphone with a website that shows the words "The body remembers (part one)"., image
Best business story
A laptop and a smartphone that show a website and the words "2021: a year in review"., image
A laptop and a smartphone that show a website and the words "2021: a year in review"., image
Best education story
A laptop and a smartphone showing a website with the words "Dear world...", image
A laptop and a smartphone showing a website with the words "Dear world...", image
Best arts and culture story
A laptop and a smartphone that show a website with a sepia image of a port and the words "Port Chalmers: built from the ground up"., image
Port Chalmers — built from the ground up
Otago Daily Times
A laptop and a smartphone that show a website with a sepia image of a port and the words "Port Chalmers: built from the ground up"., image
Best agency/partner story
A laptop and a smartphone that show a website with the words "Dubai: the global destination"., image
Dubai: the global destination
Haymarket Media Group in collaboration with Harpoon Productions for C&IT Brand
A laptop and a smartphone that show a website with the words "Dubai: the global destination"., image
Most innovative story
A laptop and a smartphone that show a website with the words "Test your knowledge: how well do you know that US Department of State"., image
A laptop and a smartphone that show a website with the words "Test your knowledge: how well do you know that US Department of State"., image
The Craft award
A black and white photo of a smiling person who wears glasses., image
David Roberts
Digital Manager
RELX
A black and white photo of a smiling person who wears glasses., image
Community choice award
A laptop and a smartphone showing a website from the Yemen Policy Centre., image
A laptop and a smartphone showing a website from the Yemen Policy Centre., image
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