THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

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From the 11th Annual Shorty Awards Best Journalist

We live in a world where news and information arrives in real time, at the tips of our fingers. These journalists have taken to social media to spread their stories and tell their tales. They’re using their platforms in innovative ways and reaching the masses worldwide.

Are you a news organization proud of your work on social? Enter to win the Best in News Shorty Award.

Nominees

Al Bello
Al Bello is a master of immortalizing sport. Having built a prolific career from coverage of athlet…
finalist
Charlotte Wilder
Sports comedy writer Charlotte Wilder is bringing the “full range of human experience” to sports. J…
Elizabeth Weil
Author and NYT writer-at-large, Elizabeth Weil has an ability for storytelling that knows no bounds…
finalist
Emily Chang
Host of popular television news program Bloomberg Technology, Emily Chang has built a reputation fo…
finalist
Gayle King
Between co-anchoring CBS This Morning and working as the Editor-at-Large for O, The Oprah Winfrey M…
finalist
Hannah Dreier
The San Francisco-born journalist has had quite the year as an immigration reporter at ProPublica. …
John Carreyrou
Wall Street Journal investigative reporter and author John Carreyrou is an unintimidated agent of t…
Kara Swisher
Already a force to be reckoned with in the world of technology business journalism, Kara Swisher ma…
finalist
Lisa Ling
Journalist, producer, author and actress Lisa Ling has fostered a career by shedding light on stori…
Matt Danzico
“Imaginator at large,” Matt Danzico has made an enviable career out of immersion journalism. Having…
Rachel Nichols
If there was an NBA related story dominating the headlines, chances are Rachel Nichols had somethin…
winner
Ronan Farrow
HBO and The New Yorker reporter Ronan Farrow continued to deliver some of the most groundbreaking n…