For three decades, Editor & Publisher’s EPPY Awards have recognized the innovation, creativity and journalistic excellence that define digital-first news publishing. Launched in 1996, the EPPYs honor the people, teams and organizations whose work informs communities, holds power accountable and advances digital journalism.
This year’s honorees carry that tradition forward through outstanding investigative reporting, multimedia storytelling, audio and video, website design, audience engagement, data journalism, AI innovation and more. They represent news organizations of every size, from local and nonprofit newsrooms to national publishers, broadcasters and college journalism programs.
Congratulations to all our winners—and thank you to every entrant for sharing your work. We also extend our appreciation to the EPPY Awards’ distinguished panel of judges for their time, expertise and thoughtful consideration of this year’s entries.
Explore the 2026 EPPY Award winners below and join us in celebrating their achievements
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The 2026 EPPY Awards celebrate excellence in digital journalism and innovation, recognizing outstanding work from newsrooms large and small. This year’s honorees demonstrate the power of investigative reporting, creative storytelling, collaboration and service to their communities. Each entry is judged within the category and division it entered, on a five-point scale with 5 being the highest score. Entries must receive an average score of at least 3.0 to qualify for award consideration. This same minimum applies to both audience-size divisions and to college/university entries. Qualifying entries are ranked within each category and division for first, second and third place. Only categories with qualifying entries appear below. If a category is not listed, no awards were given in that category. Tied scores share a place: two co-winners are followed by third place; three co-winners occupy all three places. |
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Winner:
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe’s digital journalism
Winner:
The Telegraph
The Telegraph in Alton, Illinois
2nd Place:
Religion Unplugged
3rd Place:
Deseret News
Deseret News Website
Winner:
Latitude Media
Winner:
STAT
STAT: A decade of journalistic excellence
Judge’s comment: “Best overall, STAT delivers authoritative journalism and digital sophistication.”
2nd Place:
Red Canary Magazine
Red Canary Magazine: Raising Voices for Environmental Justice, One Story at a Time
Judge’s comment: “Ambitious reporting and narrative depth, communicated in a familiar magazine-inspired presentation that gives photography and storytelling room to breathe.”
3rd Place:
Truthdig
Winner:
Religion Unplugged
Winner:
Consumer Reports
Spotlight on ConsumerReports.org
Winner:
Red Canary Magazine
Red Canary Magazine: Raising Voices for Environmental Justice, One Story at a Time
Winner:
ESPN
ESPN.com
Winner:
STAT
The business of the biopharma industry
2nd Place:
Latitude Media
3rd Place:
GrowthSpotter
Winner:
ESPN
ESPN app
Winner:
Trib Total Media
TribLive / Trib Total Media
2nd Place:
Trib Total Media
TribLive / Trib Total Media, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
3rd Place:
Trib Total Media
NFL Draft Coverage
Winner:
Religion Unplugged
2nd Place:
Latitude Media
3rd Place (Tie):
Red Canary Magazine
Red Canary Magazine: Raising Voices for Environmental Justice, One Story at a Time
Truthdig
Winner:
Religion Unplugged
2nd Place:
Truthdig
Winner:
Trib Total Media
TribLive / Trib Total Media
Winner:
Newsberg
Co-Winners:
ESPN
The Dream Factory: Inside the 'cruel' system behind Argentina's soccer empire
Fortune
Two firefighters suffered chemical burns in a Boring Co. tunnel. Then the Nevada governor’s office got involved, and the penalties disappeared
The Washington Sun
“Suspicion and Doubt at the National Civics Contest”
Co-Winners:
Project On Government Oversight
Inside the Fight for Safe Military Housing: Military families battle to hold a Texas housing empire accountable
Truthdig
Justin Nobel - Radioactive Oil and Gas Waste May Lie Beneath a North Texas Elementary School
3rd Place (Tie):
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Under the Moonlight
Deseret News
How Charlie Kirk became too big to ignore
Winner:
The Boston Globe
Standards of Care
Judge’s comment: “The Boston Globe's Spotlight team demonstrated extraordinary investigative rigor, persistence and meticulous attention to detail, painstakingly examining thousands of pages of medical, legal and disciplinary records. The team managed to secure an impressive number of vulnerable sources to inform the reporting.”
2nd Place (Tie):
Bloomberg News
Tesla's Dangerous Doors
Judge’s comment: “A fantastic investigative project about a potentially deadly design flaw that had largely escaped public scrutiny. Bloomberg demonstrated journalism's extraordinary power to hold corporations and regulators accountable.”
Fortune
AI Data Centers Series
Judge’s comment: “A well-organized and easy-to-navigate series based on one of the most important topics of our time. The project combines deeply researched insight, narrative storytelling and helpful graphics and photography to answer the myriad questions the public has about data centers and how they impact communities around the country.”
The Arizona Republic / azcentral.com
An Immigration Raid in the Conservative Heart of Arizona
Judge’s comment: “This reporting taps into the human side of immigration policy, with storytelling that is empathetic, well-researched and undeniably impactful.”
Winner:
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Exposed
2nd Place (Tie):
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Off the Rails
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Under the Moonlight
ICIJ
The Coin Laundry
Project On Government Oversight
ICE Contracting
The Center Square
Investigation of Illinois DEI Commission
The Center Square
U.S. Senate spending investigation
Winner:
Consumer Reports
Collaborative Investigation: Pricing at Instacart
Judge’s comment: “An exceptional example of collaborative investigative journalism, this project combined rigorous data analysis, innovative crowdsourcing and the expertise of multiple news organizations to expose hidden AI-driven pricing practices.”
2nd Place:
Bloomberg Industry Group
Jailed and Pregnant
Judge’s comment: “A deeply affecting and meticulously researched investigation that combined legal expertise, data analysis and powerful firsthand testimony. This collaboration elevated the voices of an especially vulnerable population.”
Winner:
Gateway Journalism Review
The free speech files
2nd Place (Tie):
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Under the Moonlight
ICIJ
Cancer Calculus
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
Bad Practice
Co-Winners:
Outspoken
Judge’s comment: “Historical perspectives and lessons are greatly woven in this feature, merging the past with the present in the quest for defining equality.”
SPH Media
AI chatbots know more about you than you realise
Judge’s comment: “This very insightful feature causes the reader to evaluate themselves in a way of identifying risks in an AI world. It thoroughly explains how our personal, everyday language speaks volumes about us as individuals.”
3rd Place (Tie):
NBC News Digital
How Rob and Michele Reiner formed a remarkable bond with a Texas man once sentenced to death
Judge’s comment: “This is a very moving story about how many celebrities move under the radar with their deeds of humanity. It's even more powerful after death.”
The Arizona Republic / azcentral.com
The Colorado River: A Resource On Life Support
Co-Winners:
Deseret News
He saved a life with 4 words: “I love you, bro”
Verite News
Burned: The Wood Pellet Industry's Effects on the U.S. South
3rd Place:
SPH Media Ltd.
[Big read] Not just money: Gold carries the weight of memories
Co-Winners:
Bloomberg News
Zombie Debt
NBC News Digital
Unaffordable America
3rd Place (Tie):
SPH Media
Are HDB flats near train stations more valuable? It depends on the town.
The Arizona Republic / azcentral.com
Arizona 'Experiment' Leads to National Wave of Consumer Complaints
The Boston Globe
She was lonely and depressed. Her ‘beautiful little AI family’ changed everything.
Winner:
STAT
Out of Pocket, Out of Reach: Investigating the soaring cost of health care
2nd Place:
Project On Government Oversight
ICE Contracting
Winner:
SPH Media
The Straits Times' Young & Savvy column
2nd Place:
Fortune
Amazon’s layoffs and leaked AI plans beg the question: Is the era of robot-driven unemployment upon us?
Winner:
Working Strategies
2nd Place:
STAT
Matthew Herper’s “Matt’s Takes” on the business of health and medicine
Winner:
The Boston Globe
Torment and Trial
2nd Place:
MS NOW
Deadline: Legal Blog
Winner:
Truthdig
Bill Blum on Court Politics
2nd Place (Tie):
SPH Media Ltd.
ThinkChina (thinkchina.sg)
Truthdig
Conor Lynch on Politics and Labor
Winner:
Bloomberg Industry Group
Public Service Journalism with an AI Boost
2nd Place:
The Boston Globe
Boston Globe Recipe Bot
Winner:
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Arizona school board transparency project
2nd Place:
Coastside News Group, Inc.
Coastie - AI-Based Coverage of Local Meetings
Co-Winners:
McKinsey Global Publishing
Mapping the US affordable housing crisis and unlocking opportunities for economic mobility
Trib Total Media
Year in charts
Judge’s comment: “An exceptional example of data-driven journalism, visually communicated in easy to understand infographics and charts. The project makes the data itself the narrative, revealing patterns, connections and emerging trends.”
3rd Place:
The Boston Globe
When the Floods Come
Judge’s comment: “Excellent incorporation of data/infographics to illustrate a pressing concern for impacted coastal communities.”
Winner:
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Under the Moonlight
2nd Place (Tie):
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Arizona school board transparency project
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Off the Rails
STAT
10 charts that explain America’s hidden alcohol epidemic
Votebeat
Votebeat's pet election
Winner:
The Washington Sun
“Capitol Gains: How Congress Gets Rich”
Winner:
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Under the Moonlight
2nd Place:
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Off the Rails
3rd Place:
STAT
Flood of comments on White House grantmaking overhaul is largely negative, analysis shows
Winner:
NBC News
Pastors and Prey
2nd Place:
NBC News
“Unaffordable America”: Turning Audience Communities Into Social Storytelling
Winner:
SPH Media Ltd.
Social Media News Explainers
2nd Place (Tie):
Boston Globe Media- Emily Sweeney Social Campaign
The Tennessean
Major winter storm hits Nashville, Middle Tennessee
Trib Total Media
NFL Draft Coverage
Winner:
Temple University
Dying on The Inside: Women Lifers at Muncy Prison
Judge’s comment: “I appreciated that the video series functioned as journalism in their own right, rather than simply acting as promotional vehicles for the podcast. As impressive is how the campaign connected digital engagement with real-world community participation, transforming a difficult, often overlooked public-health story into a broader civic conversation.”
2nd Place:
The Fort Worth Report
FWR- Fort Worth Monks’ Walk for Peace video series
Judge’s comment: “Smart audience-first approach to storytelling. The newsroom recognized the growing public interest in a local story with international resonance and used TikTok and YouTube to expand its reach.”
3rd Place:
Truthdig
Truthdig Social Video Strategy
Judge’s comment: “What distinguishes Truthdig's social video strategy is its commitment to creating original, documentary-style journalism specifically for short-form platforms, rather than simply clipping existing longer-form video content for social audiences.”
Winner:
The Boston Globe
What the Globe could have looked like in 1776
2nd Place:
McKinsey Global Publishing
McKinsey Publishing’s year in visuals
3rd Place (Tie):
Bloomberg News
“trAPPed”
McKinsey Global Publishing
A year of bold moves: The best of McKinsey Global Publishing
SPH Media
From page to place: Mapping Singapore through 60 books
Winner:
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Exposed
2nd Place:
CrawlReady — AI Readiness Check (ARC) Platform for Newsrooms
3rd Place:
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Arizona school board transparency project
Winner:
SPH Media
No quiet at home: The reality of living with Singapore’s traffic noise
Judge’s comment: “Great use of experience effects to tell the story of noise.”
2nd Place:
SPH Media
Screen Timeout
3rd Place:
The Boston Globe
Squeezed: Why the middle class is disappearing in Massachusetts
Winner:
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Arizona school board transparency project
Judge’s comment: “The combination of investigative reporting, accessible technology and civic empowerment makes this a particularly compelling example of community service journalism.”
2nd Place:
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Exposed
Judge’s comment: “Ambitious, scientifically grounded investigative reporting. The series transforms a complex public-health concern into accessible, actionable information.”
Winner:
SPH Media Ltd.
Inside the Chingay Parades of Malaysia and Singapore
2nd Place:
SPH Media Ltd.
Interracial adoptions: Chinese Girls adopted by Indian Families
3rd Place:
SPH Media Ltd.
Being Young and Homeless in Singapore
Winner:
Retro Report
How Activists Fought for Rights for People With Disabilities, and Made Them the Law
Judge’s comment: “Great interviews and terrific background to emphasize the point that disability rights were not easy to win, may be taken for granted now and are at risk.”
Winner:
Bloomberg News
Deportation, Inc: The Rise of America’s ICE Towns
2nd Place:
SPH Media Ltd.
How Babies were trafficked from Indonesia to Singapore
Winner:
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Exposed
2nd Place (Tie):
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Under the Moonlight
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
How We Tracked a ‘Fake Prince’ Scammer to his Nigerian Mansion
Winner:
The Boston Globe
Cape Verde’s World Cup dream and the Boston-area diaspora that lived it
Co-Winners:
ESPN
Murder at the U
ESPN
The Betrayal of Shohei Ohtani
3rd Place (Tie):
Bloomberg News
Foundering: Killing of Bob Lee
The Tennessean
Murder on Music Row Season 2
Co-Winners:
Doha Debates
Doha Debates Podcast, Season 2
Temple University
Dying on The Inside: Women Lifers at Muncy Prison
3rd Place:
Doha Debates
The Negotiators, Season 5
Winner:
The Tennessean
Jayden Bailey's legacy
Judge’s comment: “This is photojournalism at its finest — unflinching and deeply sensitive.”
2nd Place:
SPH Media
The Evocative Dance of Sport
Judge’s comment: “Breathtaking photography that brilliantly reveals the shared grace, strength and discipline shared by dancers and athletes — the human body's equivalent of poetry.”
Winner:
Deseret News
Charlie Kirk
Judge’s comment: “These powerful photographs by Tess Crowley poignantly capture the stark contrast between the exuberance of a crowd gathered on a beautiful day and the heartbreak, shock and fear that followed Charlie Kirk’s murder. Together, the images tell a haunting story of a day shattered by violence, reflecting the devastating human toll of gun violence and the troubling specter of political violence in America.”
2nd Place:
Truthdig
Tamara Pearson - "After Resisting Narco Groups, Mexican Indigenous Towns Are Being Erased"
Judge’s comment: “The finest photojournalism needs few words to tell a powerful story. This is an extraordinary photo essay by Tamara Pearson, whose haunting images of Indigenous Mexican communities devastated by organized criminal violence captures the heartbreak of displacement, the destruction of homes and livelihoods, and the courage of people determined to defend their land and way of life.”
Winner:
Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.
Political cartoons by Dennis Draughon for Capitol Broadcasting Co., Inc./WRAL.com
2nd Place:
Truthdig
Eli Valley - "The Clarifier"
Winner:
Shop TODAY, NBC News
Beauty Around The World: Blue Lagoon Skin Science
2nd Place:
NBCUniversal
NBC News TODAY Show x MSC Cruises Alaska Whale Conservation
Winner:
STAT
STAT Brand Studio/Cytiva BIO Partner Forum
Winner:
SPH Media Ltd.
Clarity Above the Noise
2nd Place:
Boston.com 30th Anniversary
Winner:
Truthdig
Truthdig Holiday Campaign
Winner:
SPH Media Ltd.
The Glory of Singa- An Interactive Quiz by Lianhe Zaobao
2nd Place:
McKinsey Global Publishing
What to read next? McKinsey’s 2026 curated book recommendations
Winner:
Shop TODAY, NBC News
Shop TODAY on Campus
2nd Place:
SPH Media Ltd.
SG Chinese FunFest Carnival
Winner:
The Arizona Republic
Encouraging civic engagement in Arizona
Winner:
Truthdig
Magdala Louis on Haiti
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