THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. View this season's finalists!

Campaign

Brand Awareness Campaign Foreign Language Campaign Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Launch Campaign Local Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Multicultural Campaign Rebrand Campaign Social Good Campaign

Content and Media

Blog & Micro-blog Brand Voice Branded Content Branded Series Contest or Promotion Copywriting Email & Newsletter Episodic Meme, GIF, & Emojis Micro-Site Single Post or Activation Use of Viral Content User-Generated Content

Creator & Influencer Partnerships

Instagram Partnership Multi-Platform Partnership Other Platform Partnership TikTok Partnership YouTube Partnership

Design

Animation Art Direction Audio & Music Brand Identity Brand Redesign Generative AI Graphic Art Images Website/App

Industry

Auto Business to Business Consumer Brand Education Entertainment Fashion & Beauty Financial Services Fitness, Health, & Wellness Food & Beverage Gaming Government & Politics Hospitality Insurance Live Events News & Media Non-Profit Pets & Animals Pharma & Healthcare Real Estate Restaurants Retail & E-Commerce Social Activism Sports Technology Television Travel & Tourism Wine, Beer & Spirits

Overall Presence

Meta Presence Multi-Platform Presence Other Platform Presence TikTok Presence YouTube Presence

Platforms & Technology

Artificial Intelligence Extended Reality Immersive Instagram Interactive Content Other Platform TikTok YouTube

Podcast

Art & Culture Podcast Branded Podcast Business Podcast Health & Wellness Podcast Lifestyle & Entertainment Podcast News & Politics Podcast Other Podcast Genres Podcast Mini Series Sports Podcast Technology and Education Podcast True Crime & Documentary Podcast

Strategy & Engagement

Brand Partnership Call to Action Community Engagement Creative Use of Technology CTV/OTT Data & Insights Earned Media Event & Experiential Gamification GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) Humor Innovative Media Buying Strategy Integration with Traditional Media Internal Communications Micro-Influencer Strategy Music & Dance On a Shoestring Organic Promotion Paid & Amplification Physical and Digital Convergence Public Service Announcement Real Time Response SEO & SEM Social Commerce Storytelling

Video

Comedy Video Documentary Featurette or Behind The Scenes Video Instructional Video Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Music Video Product Feature Video Short Form Video Vertical Video Video Ad Video Series

From the 11th Annual Shorty Impact Awards News & Media

This category honors a pro-social campaign, original content or initiative created by a news media organization or service.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Finalists

News & Media
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Endless Urgency with Mike Nellis
Endless Urgency was created to prove that political media could be urgent without being cynical, su…
News & Media
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Voices Behind Closed Doors | Al Jazeera Digital Newsroom
How do you tell the story of a prison no journalist can enter? That question became the starting…
News & Media
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Al Jazeera Media Instiute
The Al Jazeera Media Institute set out to redefine access to professional media education across th…
News & Media
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Atheer Platform
Atheer’s YouTube platform was established to redefine digital audio-visual journalism in the Arab w…
News & Media
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C-SPAN’S CEASEFIRE, BRIDGING THE POLITICAL DIVIDE
Washington is often defined by its divisions, and political television has traditionally reflected …
News & Media
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Simply | Al Jazeera Digital Newsroom
Simply is a digital journalism series created by Al Jazeera Egypt to help audiences understand comp…
News & Media
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Verity: Responsible AI for News — and a Generation Trained to Read It
Trust in news has fallen as platforms reward speed and partisan framing, and readers have few tools…

Nominees

News & Media
Endless Urgency with Mike Nellis
Mike Nellis set out to prove that political media could be urgent without being cynical, substantiv…
News & Media
From Constantinople to Drones: How History Shaped Turkey’s Defense Industry
Produced by Al Jazeera Turkish in collaboration with Al Jazeera Mubasher correspondent Abdulaziz Mu…
News & Media
War in Real Time: Al Jazeera Digital Coverage of the U.S.-Israeli War on Iran
On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel launched military operations against Iran, trigge…