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. Awards recognize the three highest distinct qualifying scores within each category and division. Tied entries share a place, and the next distinct score receives the next place: two tied firsts are followed by second; two tied seconds are followed by third. |
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Winner:
The Boston Globe’s digital journalism
The Boston Globe
Winner:
The Telegraph in Alton, Illinois
The Telegraph
The Telegraph in Alton, Illinois
2nd Place:
Religion Unplugged
Religion Unplugged
3rd Place:
Deseret News Website
Deseret News
Winner:
Latitude Media
Latitude Media
Winner:
STAT: A decade of journalistic excellence
STAT
Judge’s comment: “Best overall, STAT delivers authoritative journalism and digital sophistication.”
2nd Place:
Red Canary Magazine: Raising Voices for Environmental Justice, One Story at a Time
Red Canary Magazine
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
Truthdig
Winner:
Religion Unplugged
Religion Unplugged
Winner:
Spotlight on ConsumerReports.org
Consumer Reports
Winner:
Red Canary Magazine: Raising Voices for Environmental Justice, One Story at a Time
Red Canary Magazine
Winner:
ESPN.com
ESPN
ESPN.com
Winner:
The business of the biopharma industry
STAT
STAT staff
2nd Place:
Latitude Media
Latitude Media
3rd Place:
Growthspotter
GrowthSpotter
Winner:
ESPN app
ESPN
Winner:
TribLive / Trib Total Media, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Trib Total Media
TribLive
Winner:
Religion Unplugged
Religion Unplugged
2nd Place:
Latitude Media
Latitude Media
3rd Place (Tie):
Red Canary Magazine: Raising Voices for Environmental Justice, One Story at a Time
Red Canary Magazine
Truthdig
Truthdig
Winner:
Religion Unplugged
Religion Unplugged
2nd Place:
Truthdig
Truthdig
Winner:
TribLive / Trib Total Media
Trib Total Media
TribLive
Winner:
Newsberg
Newsberg
Winner:
The Dream Factory: Inside the 'cruel' system behind Argentina's soccer empire
ESPN
2nd Place:
“Suspicion and Doubt at the National Civics Contest”
The Washington Sun
3rd Place:
Two firefighters suffered chemical burns in a Boring Co. tunnel. Then the Nevada governor’s office got involved, and the penalties disappeared
Fortune
Co-Winners:
Inside the Fight for Safe Military Housing: Military families battle to hold a Texas housing empire accountable
Project On Government Oversight
René Kladzyk, Christopher Lee, Lise Olsen, Amaya Phillips, Brandon Brockmyer, Julienne McClure - POGO Investigates and The Texas Observer
Justin Nobel - Radioactive Oil and Gas Waste May Lie Beneath a North Texas Elementary School
Truthdig
Justin Nobel
2nd Place (Tie):
Under the Moonlight
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at ASU and CBS News
How Charlie Kirk became too big to ignore
Deseret News
3rd Place (Tie):
Arizona school board transparency project
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
The Beam at ASU
Exposed
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at ASU and Scripps News
Does Scouting still exist in Utah?
Deseret News
Dennis Romboy
How a Texas couple is getting rich off out-of-network medical bills
STAT
Tara Bannow
Poison at Play: Unsafe lead levels found in half of New Orleans playgrounds
Verite News
Tristan Baurick and Halle Parker
Winner:
Standards of Care
The Boston Globe
Staff of The Boston Globe
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:
AI Data Centers Series
Fortune
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.”
3rd Place (Tie):
Tesla's Dangerous Doors
Bloomberg News
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.”
Hidden in plain sight: Inside the lives of people who call Changi Airport home
SPH Media
The Straits Times
An Immigration Raid in the Conservative Heart of Arizona
The Arizona Republic / azcentral.com
Judge’s comment: “This reporting taps into the human side of immigration policy, with storytelling that is empathetic, well-researched and undeniably impactful.”
Sexts, Threats and 'America's Sheriff'
The Arizona Republic / azcentral.com
Winner:
Exposed
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at ASU and Scripps News
2nd Place (Tie):
ICE Contracting
Project On Government Oversight
Nick Schwellenbach, Luisa Clausen, Aarushi Sahejpal, René Kladzyk, Julienne McClure - POGO Investigates and the Investigative Reporting Workshop
U.S. Senate spending investigation
The Center Square
3rd Place (Tie):
Off the Rails
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism at ASU and UMD, The Narwhal, Global Reporting Centre at UBC, Evident Media
Under the Moonlight
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at ASU and CBS News
Winner:
Collaborative Investigation: Pricing at Instacart
Consumer Reports
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:
Jailed and Pregnant
Bloomberg Industry Group
Bloomberg Law
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:
The free speech files
Gateway Journalism Review
The Gateway Journalism Review/Pulitzer Center
2nd Place:
Under the Moonlight
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at ASU and CBS News
3rd Place:
Cancer Calculus
ICIJ
ICIJ staff
Co-Winners:
Outspoken
The Arizona Republic and USA TODAY
Greg Burton and Joe Rondone of The Arizona Republic and USA TODAY
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.”
AI chatbots know more about you than you realise
SPH Media
The Straits Times
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.”
2nd Place (Tie):
How Rob and Michele Reiner formed a remarkable bond with a Texas man once sentenced to death
NBC News Digital
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 Colorado River: A Resource On Life Support
The Arizona Republic / azcentral.com
3rd Place:
“The Woman in the Photo Wanted to Be Alone. Instead, She Went Viral.”
The Washington Sun
Co-Winners:
He saved a life with 4 words: “I love you, bro”
Deseret News
Lois M. Collins
Burned: The Wood Pellet Industry's Effects on the U.S. South
Verite News & Grist.
Tristan Baurick, Verite News & Grist Magazine
2nd Place:
[Big read] Not just money: Gold carries the weight of memories
SPH Media Ltd.
ThinkChina
3rd Place:
Remembering Jim Edgar through the friendship he shared with my father
The Telegraph
Erik Hall
Co-Winners:
Zombie Debt
Bloomberg News
Unaffordable America
NBC News Digital
2nd Place:
Arizona 'Experiment' Leads to National Wave of Consumer Complaints
The Arizona Republic / azcentral.com
3rd Place:
She was lonely and depressed. Her ‘beautiful little AI family’ changed everything.
The Boston Globe
Dana Gerber
Winner:
Out of Pocket, Out of Reach: Investigating the soaring cost of health care
STAT
Bob Herman
2nd Place:
ICE Contracting
Project On Government Oversight
Nick Schwellenbach, Luisa Clausen, Aarushi Sahejpal, René Kladzyk, Julienne McClure - POGO Investigates and the Investigative Reporting Workshop
Winner:
The Straits Times' Young & Savvy column
SPH Media
The Straits Times
2nd Place:
Amazon’s layoffs and leaked AI plans beg the question: Is the era of robot-driven unemployment upon us?
Fortune
Winner:
Working Strategies
Working Strategies
Amy Lindgren
2nd Place:
Matthew Herper’s “Matt’s Takes” on the business of health and medicine
STAT
Matthew Herper
Winner:
Torment and Trial
The Boston Globe
Yvonne Abraham
2nd Place:
Deadline: Legal Blog
MS NOW
Winner:
Bill Blum on Court Politics
Truthdig
Bill Blum
2nd Place (Tie):
ThinkChina (thinkchina.sg)
SPH Media Ltd.
ThinkChina
Conor Lynch on Politics and Labor
Truthdig
Conor Lynch
3rd Place:
How Blake Moore became the leading Republican voice on Greenland
Deseret News
Cami Mondeaux
Winner:
Public Service Journalism with an AI Boost
Bloomberg Industry Group
Bloomberg Law
2nd Place:
Boston Globe Recipe Bot
The Boston Globe
Winner:
Arizona school board transparency project
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
The Beam at ASU
2nd Place:
Coastie - AI-Based Coverage of Local Meetings
Coastside News Group, Inc.
Coastside News
Co-Winners:
Mapping the US affordable housing crisis and unlocking opportunities for economic mobility
McKinsey Global Publishing
Year in charts
McKinsey Global Publishing
2nd Place:
When the Floods Come
The Boston Globe
Staff of The Boston Globe
Judge’s comment: “Excellent incorporation of data/infographics to illustrate a pressing concern for impacted coastal communities.”
3rd Place:
CR’s Make the Price Right Series: Uber + Lyft Investigation
Consumer Reports
Winner:
Under the Moonlight
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at ASU and CBS News
2nd Place (Tie):
Arizona school board transparency project
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
The Beam at ASU
Off the Rails
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism at ASU and UMD, The Narwhal, Global Reporting Centre at UBC, Evident Media
3rd Place (Tie):
10 charts that explain America’s hidden alcohol epidemic
STAT
J. Emory Parker
Votebeat's pet election
Votebeat
Winner:
“Capitol Gains: How Congress Gets Rich”
The Washington Sun
Winner:
Under the Moonlight
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at ASU and CBS News
2nd Place:
Off the Rails
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism at ASU and UMD, The Narwhal, Global Reporting Centre at UBC, Evident Media
3rd Place:
Flood of comments on White House grantmaking overhaul is largely negative, analysis shows
STAT
J. Emory Parker
Winner:
Pastors and Prey
NBC News
2nd Place:
“Unaffordable America”: Turning Audience Communities Into Social Storytelling
NBC News
Winner:
Social Media News Explainers
SPH Media Ltd.
Lianhe Zaobao
2nd Place (Tie):
Boston Globe Media- Emily Sweeney Social Campaign
Boston Globe Media
Major winter storm hits Nashville, Middle Tennessee
The Tennessean
3rd Place:
NFL Draft Coverage
Trib Total Media
TribLive
Winner:
Dying on The Inside: Women Lifers at Muncy Prison
Temple University Logan Center and Create.Genius.Media
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:
FWR- Fort Worth Monks’ Walk for Peace video series
The Fort Worth Report
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.”
Winner:
What the Globe could have looked like in 1776
The Boston Globe
Staff of The Boston Globe
2nd Place:
McKinsey Publishing’s year in visuals
McKinsey Global Publishing
3rd Place (Tie):
“trAPPed”
Bloomberg News
A year of bold moves: The best of McKinsey Global Publishing
McKinsey Global Publishing
Winner:
Exposed
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at ASU and Scripps News
2nd Place:
Arizona school board transparency project
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
The Beam at ASU
Winner:
No quiet at home: The reality of living with Singapore’s traffic noise
SPH Media
The Straits Times
Judge’s comment: “Great use of experience effects to tell the story of noise.”
2nd Place:
Screen Timeout
SPH Media
The Straits Times
3rd Place:
Squeezed: Why the middle class is disappearing in Massachusetts
The Boston Globe
Staff of The Boston Globe
Winner:
Arizona school board transparency project
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
The Beam at ASU
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:
Exposed
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at ASU and Scripps News
Judge’s comment: “Ambitious, scientifically grounded investigative reporting. The series transforms a complex public-health concern into accessible, actionable information.”
Winner:
Inside the Chingay Parades of Malaysia and Singapore
SPH Media Ltd.
Lianhe Zaobao
2nd Place:
Interracial adoptions: Chinese Girls adopted by Indian Families
SPH Media Ltd.
Lianhe Zaobao
3rd Place:
Being Young and Homeless in Singapore
SPH Media Ltd.
Lianhe Zaobao
Winner:
How Activists Fought for Rights for People With Disabilities, and Made Them the Law
Retro Report
Retro Report Staff
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:
Deportation, Inc: The Rise of America’s ICE Towns
Bloomberg News
Bloomberg Originals
2nd Place:
How Babies were trafficked from Indonesia to Singapore
SPH Media Ltd.
Lianhe Zaobao
Winner:
Exposed
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at ASU and Scripps News
2nd Place (Tie):
Under the Moonlight
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at ASU and CBS News
How We Tracked a ‘Fake Prince’ Scammer to his Nigerian Mansion
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
Winner:
Cape Verde’s World Cup dream and the Boston-area diaspora that lived it
The Boston Globe
Randy Vasquez
Co-Winners:
Murder at the U
ESPN
The Betrayal of Shohei Ohtani
ESPN
2nd Place:
Foundering: Killing of Bob Lee
Bloomberg News
3rd Place:
Murder on Music Row Season 2
The Tennessean
Winner:
Dying on The Inside: Women Lifers at Muncy Prison
Temple University Logan Center and Create.Genius.Media
2nd Place:
Doha Debates Podcast, Season 2
Doha Debates
3rd Place:
The Negotiators, Season 5
Doha Debates
Foreign Policy, International Peace Institute
Winner:
Jayden Bailey's legacy
The Tennessean
Judge’s comment: “This is photojournalism at its finest — unflinching and deeply sensitive.”
2nd Place:
The Evocative Dance of Sport
SPH Media
The Straits Times
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:
Charlie Kirk
Deseret News
Tess Crowley
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:
Tamara Pearson - "After Resisting Narco Groups, Mexican Indigenous Towns Are Being Erased"
Truthdig
Tamara Pearson
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:
Political cartoons by Dennis Draughon for Capitol Broadcasting Co., Inc./WRAL.com
Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.
Editorial cartoons by Dennis Draughon, Capitol Broadcasting Co./WRAL.com
2nd Place:
Eli Valley - "The Clarifier"
Truthdig
Eli Valley
Winner:
Beauty Around The World: Blue Lagoon Skin Science
Shop TODAY, NBC News
2nd Place:
NBC News TODAY Show x MSC Cruises Alaska Whale Conservation
NBCUniversal
NBC News Strategic Content
Winner:
STAT Brand Studio/Cytiva BIO Partner Forum
STAT
STAT Brand Studio
Winner:
Clarity Above the Noise
SPH Media Ltd.
Lianhe Zaobao
2nd Place:
Boston.com 30th Anniversary
Boston Globe Media
Winner:
Truthdig Holiday Campaign
Truthdig
Pablo Ortega, Sharon Romeo, Andrew Clippingdale, Myke Allen
Winner:
The Glory of Singa- An Interactive Quiz by Lianhe Zaobao
SPH Media Ltd.
Lianhe Zaobao
2nd Place:
What to read next? McKinsey’s 2026 curated book recommendations
McKinsey Global Publishing
Winner:
Shop TODAY on Campus
Shop TODAY, NBC News
2nd Place:
SG Chinese FunFest Carnival
SPH Media Ltd.
SPH Media's Chinese Media Group
Winner:
Encouraging civic engagement in Arizona
The Arizona Republic
The Arizona Republic | azcentral.com
Winner:
Magdala Louis on Haiti
Truthdig
Magdala Louis
2nd Place:
Suchit Chávez “Beating Back Bukele’s War on ‘Gender Ideology’”
Truthdig
Suchit Chávez
3rd Place:
Jessica Dos Santos Jardim on Venezuela
Truthdig
Jessica Dos Santos Jardim
Winner:
Philadelphia Neighborhoods
Temple University, Journalism Dept
Philadelphia Neighborhoods, Temple University Journalism Department
2nd Place:
The Temple News
The Temple News
Winner:
Lives in the Balance
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Lives in the Balance
2nd Place:
Philadelphia Neighborhoods
Temple University, Journalism Dept
Philadelphia Neighborhoods, Temple University Journalism Department
Winner:
The free speech files
Gateway Journalism Review
2nd Place:
Dying on the Inside Website
Temple University Logan Center, Create.Genius.Media and WHYY
Co-Winners:
Arizona scholarship nonprofit paid millions to leaders’ own companies
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Aoife Kane, Emily Mosier and MacKenzie Miller / The Beam at ASU
Life across the street from America’s largest incinerator: Chester residents speak out ahead of Philadelphia trash bill
Temple University, Journalism Dept
Steve Jeffries for Philadelphia Neighborhoods
2nd Place:
Weights and Measures
CUNY
NYCity News Service
Winner:
Bars for Queer Women Are Making a Comeback in Philadelphia
Temple University Logan Center
Ashlee Moore, Temple University's Logan Center
2nd Place:
How We Love in NYC
CUNY
NYCity News Service
3rd Place (Tie):
Weights and Measures
CUNY
NYCity News Service
Philadelphia Artist Use Murals to Protest Ice
Temple University Logan Center
Morgan Ritter, Temple University's Logan Center
How Community Gardens are Fighting Erasure and Displacement in North Philadelphia
Temple University, Journalism Dept
Christian Barnes for Philadelphia Neighborhoods
Winner:
8 Seconds Rodeo Rides Proudly into Philadelphia
Temple University, Journalism Department
Colt Gunn, Temple University, Journalism
Judge’s comment: “This outstanding video by Colt Gunn offers a compelling glimpse into the rich culture and traditions of Black rodeo, a world unfamiliar to many audiences. Through artful slow-motion footage, evocative crowd shots and revealing first-person interviews, it captures the athleticism, energy and pride that define the experience.”
Winner:
A colorful way to ring in the new season: West Philadelphia celebrates Holi
Temple University, Journalism Department
Brian Nelson, Temple University, Journalism
Judge’s comment: “Beautifully captures the color, movement and exuberance of Philadelphia's Holi celebration. Impressive how thoughtfully the photographs are woven into the reporting, creating a complementary visual narrative to the text.”
Winner:
Arizona scholarship nonprofit paid millions to leaders’ own companies
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Aoife Kane, Emily Mosier and MacKenzie Miller / The Beam at ASU
2nd Place:
After Katrina
Gateway Journalism Review
The Gateway Journalism Review/Manship School LSU
3rd Place (Tie):
Hundreds of Nursing Home Residents Assaulted by Other Residents Across U.S., Records Show
CUNY
NYCity News Service
Lex Street Massacre: 25 Years Later
Temple University, Journalism Dept
Audio Visual Capstone, Temple University, Journalism Department
Winner:
Noticiero Móvil, Reynolds School of Journalism, University of Nevada, Reno
Reynolds School of Journalism at UNR
Noticiero Móvil, Reynolds School of Journalism at University of Nevada, Reno
Winner:
The Temple News Sports
The Temple News
TTN Sports
Winner:
Arizona scholarship nonprofit paid millions to leaders’ own companies
Cronkite School of Journalism, ASU
Aoife Kane, Emily Mosier and MacKenzie Miller / The Beam at ASU
