Best Live News Coverage in Social Media - Shorty Awards

3rd Annual Shorty Social Good Awards Categories

See below for official categories. The final entry deadline is September 20th, 2018.

The 11th Annual Shorty Awards will open for entries on October 22nd, 2018.

From the 9th Annual Shorty Awards Best Live News Coverage

This category honors the most creative and effective incorporation of live video coverage to disseminate news and information.

Winner

Live News Coverage

Bloomberg Politics Live at the U.S. Presidential Debates

Bloomberg Politics aimed to give political junkies a backstage pass to the 2016 U.S. presidential debates. With unrivaled access to the top players in both the Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton campaigns, social media users got a first-hand glimpse of every dramatic twist and turn of the race, in real time.Leading the effort for Bloomberg Politic...

Finalists

Live News Coverage

Victory Day Parade on Red Square is the world's largest WW2 celebration show-downs. It is also one of the most important national events in Russia which honors surviving veterans and commemorates millions of those who died liberating the world from fascism. Tens of millions celebrate it globally. Millions tune in to watch the 9 May Parade on air...

Live News Coverage

ABC News: Best Live News Coverage

ABC News' main objective on social media is to reach as many users as possible and give them the latest breaking news and most interesting stories in as unique a way and as fast as possible. A key part of that is delivering the best live news coverage we can.

Live News Coverage

Real Time with Bill Maher Convention Specials: Live from YouTube

We aimed to capitalize on the major news moments of the RNC and DNC conventions in July 2016 by bolstering Real Time with Bill Maher as a bastion of truth and unfiltered political discourse and comedy. The show planned to do live on-air broadcasts of special episodes immediately following 2 key nights of each convention, and we wanted to share t...

Nominees

About the Shorty Awards

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media.

Millions of people participate in The Shortys to recognize individuals and organizations producing great content on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, YouTube, Snapchat, Instagram, Twitch, Musical.ly, and the rest of the social web.

The Shorty Social Good Awards will be held November 15, 2018 in New York City