THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

By Campaign

Corporate Social Responsibility Campaign Diverse-Owned Businesses Campaign NEW! Fundraising Campaign Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Local Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign On a Shoestring Campaign Pro Bono Campaign Regional Campaign NEW! Social Movement Campaign

By Cause

Animal Rights & Welfare Arts & Culture Conservation & Preservation Disability Awareness Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Educate Emergency Relief Environment & Sustainability Fight Poverty Gender Equality Human Rights Humanitarian Aid Immigration & Refugees LGBTQ+ Mental Health Multi-Cause Initiative NEW! Public Health Racial Equality Responsible Consumption & Production Social Justice Youth & Family

By Industry

Automotive Business to Business Education Entertainment Fashion and Beauty Financial Services Food & Beverage Government & Politics Healthcare & Pharma Hospitality & Travel Lifestyle & Wellness News & Media Nonprofit Restaurants Retail & E-Commerce Sports Technology

By Platform

Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Other Platforms NEW! TikTok Twitter YouTube

Original Content

Branded Content Branded Series Documentary Short Extended Reality NEW! Gaming NEW! Images NEW! Interactive Content NEW! Live Streaming Long Form Video Micro-site or Blog NEW! Podcast Short Form Video Video Video Series

Partnerships

Corporate-Community Influencer & Celebrity Media Partnership Nonprofit Partnership

Special Project

Special Project

Strategy & Engagement

Call to Action Community Engagement Contest or Challenges Creative Use of Technology CTV/OTT NEW! Data & Insights NEW! Employee Engagement Event & Experiential NEW! Fundraising Strategy Generative AI NEW! Micro-Influencer Strategy Paid Media PSA Real Time Response Single Post Social Commerce NEW! Storytelling User Generated Content

From the 14th Annual Shorty Awards News & Media

This award honors the most effective and creative use of social media or digital to disseminate news and information. Submissions for both coverage of specific news events and for overall performance will be accepted.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

News & Media
winner
NowThis
NowThis has a singular mission: to make news engaging and relevant for young adults by humanizing o…

Finalists

News & Media
finalist
Insider's Decoded Series
"Decoded" is a series we launched in 2021, in which we report a story by breaking down the symbols …
News & Media
finalist
MTV News Need To Know
Dometi Pongo and Yoonj Kim are the faces of MTV News’s flagship video series “Need to Know.” Their …
News & Media
finalist
Oh My World with Hagar Chemali
Oh My World is a world news and political satire brand that has two missions: 1) to deliver world s…
News & Media
finalist
Palestine: Between Farewells and the Right to Return
AJ+ Arabi is a digital channel dedicated to holding power to account and amplifying the voices of m…
News & Media
finalist
Start Here
In the vast, fast-paced world of international news, having a trusted source to explain the big sto…

Nominees

News & Media
AJEnglish on Twitter
In another year of an historic pandemic, 2021 remained an extraordinary time for news. Our presence…
News & Media
Al Jazeera Digital Newsroom - Remote Teams
During 2020 & 2021 being able to manage a remote team effectively has probably become the most impo…
News & Media
Al Jazeera EJAZ
Al Jazeera Arabic Digital Newsroom believes that the social media impact on journalism is crystal c…
News & Media
Al Jazeera English Online
The first bit of big news for 2021 arrived early, with the Capitol riot in Washington, an event see…
News & Media
Alhurra Investigates--Lebanon's Illegal Emigration
It has been well-reported of Lebanon’s historic economic and political collapse over the past two y…
News & Media
Charting the path to the next normal
The goal was to boost engagement by providing digestible insights in a visually compelling manne…
News & Media
China Exodus
From 2010-2020, U.N. Refugee Agency reported a consistent increase in the number of asylum-seekers …
News & Media
Cuppa TPG
With travelling put on hold through much of 2021, it became more important than ever to stay connec…
News & Media
Get NYC vaccinated!
Epicenter-NYC may be small, but its impact among the communities we serve has changed lives and eve…
News & Media
Inaccessible Cities
Inaccessible Cities is an interactive web experience that offers an intimate look into the lives of…
News & Media
finalist
Insider's Decoded Series
"Decoded" is a series we launched in 2021, in which we report a story by breaking down the symbols …
News & Media
Living Your Dream
To inform audiences about this remarkable story of a women who overcame obstacles and lived her dre…
News & Media
finalist
MTV News Need To Know
Dometi Pongo and Yoonj Kim are the faces of MTV News’s flagship video series “Need to Know.” Their …
News & Media
Narcity Media for Best in News & Media
As a leading local news publisher in Canada, Narcity Media and specifically our Narcity Canada soci…
News & Media
winner
NowThis
NowThis has a singular mission: to make news engaging and relevant for young adults by humanizing o…
News & Media
finalist
Oh My World with Hagar Chemali
Oh My World is a world news and political satire brand that has two missions: 1) to deliver world s…
News & Media
finalist
Palestine: Between Farewells and the Right to Return
AJ+ Arabi is a digital channel dedicated to holding power to account and amplifying the voices of m…
News & Media
finalist
Start Here
In the vast, fast-paced world of international news, having a trusted source to explain the big sto…
News & Media
audience honor
TYT: Building Hope
Every day TYT delivers timely news and progressive commentary on all the day’s most important stori…
News & Media
The Return of Gilgamesh's Tablet to Iraq
This digital video report tracks the journey of a portion of the Epic Gilgamesh, that was looted fr…
News & Media
UN News
Improve the information architecture and content hierarchy for content elements on the UN News h…