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Al Jazeera Contrast, Still Here, Wins Drum Online Media Award

Published on: 03 May 2021
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Editorial Innovation of the Year award complemented by six ‘highly commended’ second places across Al Jazeera Media Network.

Al Jazeera won a top jury prize and six “highly commended’ second places in the Drum Online Media Awards on Friday, April 30. The awards, which recognise excellence in digital journalism and innovation, were announced during a virtual ceremony webcast from London on April 28.

AJ Contrast, Al Jazeera’s immersive storytelling and media innovation studio, led the wins, earning top prize in the Editorial Innovation of the Year category for Still Here, the virtual and augmented reality installation that premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

Created in partnership with the Women’s Prison Association in New York City, the installation come web experience explores the impact of incarceration and gentrification on Black women in the US – one of the groups most affected by disproportionate – and growing – rates of incarceration.

The immersive experience brings into relief the steep challenges facing these women after years spent in the New York correctional system, from reuniting with their families to landing work and finding a place for themselves on the growing number of city blocks where affluent whites have increasingly displaced black residents who have lived there for generations.

A number of ‘highly commended’ second place wins also streamed in for three different Al Jazeera divisions – Al Jazeera Digital, Al Jazeera English and Al Jazeera Arabic Net.

Al Jazeera Digital’s Andrew Phillips, who helped create the short documentary unit, AJ Close Up, took second place for Editor of the Year for producing observational documentaries about ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances; and news and current affairs podcast, The Take also earned a ‘highly commended’ in the Editorial Team of the Year category for its award-winning coverage of global news.

Al Jazeera English’s multiple award-winning investigative TV series, 101 East, also partnered with AJ Digital’s interactive unit, AJLabs, to win a ‘highly commended’ second place for the graphic novel My Son, the Stranger, in the Best Website Design category and in the Best Campaigning /Investigative Journalism category for The $5 Forests.

Al Jazeera English’s Ali Rae also earned a ‘highly commended’ for the AJE series All Hail the Lockdown, which she produces and hosts.

Al Jazeera Arabic’s online site, Arabic Net, also received a ‘highly commended’ in the Online Commentary and Blogging category for The Egypt they Detest, which exposes widespread discrimination and classism in Egyptian society.

“In these challenging times, where we’ve seen freedoms we once took for granted greatly curtailed, these wins reveal the growing reach of our digital footprint,” said Al Jazeera’s Director of Digital Innovation and Programs, Carlos van Meek. “I’m grateful to see that our hard work is being recognized.”

The winners emerged from a diverse pool of competitors including Bloomberg, Reuters, Channel 4, iTV News, Wired, CNN International, BBC Arabic, BBC World Service, Middle East Eye, Ruptly and many others across a wide range of online and broadcast outlets.

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