THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

By Campaign

Awareness Campaign NEW! Corporate Social Responsibility Campaign Diverse-Owned Businesses Campaign Fundraising Campaign Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Local Campaign Multi-Cultural Campaign NEW! Multi-Platform Campaign On a Shoestring Campaign Pro Bono Campaign Regional Campaign 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 Immigration & Refugees LGBTQ+ Mental Health Multi-Cause Initiative Public Health Public Safety NEW! Racial Equality Responsible Consumption & Production Social Justice Youth & Family

By Industry

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

By Platform

Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Other Platforms TikTok X (formerly Twitter) YouTube

Original Content

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

Partnerships

Corporate-Community Influencer, Creator & Celebrity Media Partnership Nonprofit Partnership

Special Project

Special Project

Strategy & Engagement

Call to Action Community Engagement Contest or Challenges Creative Use of Technology Data & Insights Earned Media NEW! Employee Engagement Event & Experiential Generative AI Guerrilla Marketing NEW! Paid Media PSA Real Time Response Single Post Sound & Music NEW! Storytelling User Generated Content

From the 15th 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
Al Jazeera English’s 2022 Global News Coverage
The year 2022 will go down in history as a pivotal time for the news industry, marked by a series o…

Finalists

News & Media
finalist
gold honor
Impact
Founded in 2020 by Tim Chau (A Gen Z, queer, nonbinary Asian American), Impact aims to… Inspi…
News & Media
finalist
silver honor
Start Here
The world is complicated. The news doesn’t have to be.  Start Here is the flagship online explai…
News & Media
finalist
bronze honor
AJ+ Coverage of Shireen Abu Akleh
On May 11, 2022, Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed while reporting from t…
News & Media
finalist
Live Coverage of the Freedom Convoy in Toronto
With live on-the-ground coverage of the Freedom Convoy as it passed through Toronto over the course…
News & Media
finalist
Stay Tuned on Snapchat
Stay Tuned is the NBC News brand dedicated to bringing its trusted, accurate, premium journalism to…
News & Media
finalist
audience honor
TYT: America's Largest Progressive News Network
In 2022, TYT celebrated several milestones including: the company’s 20th Year Anniversary, ‘The Dam…

Nominees