Changing Journalism's awards culture

Stephen Stirling

@sstirling

sstirling@njadvancemedia.com

How do you feel about awards? 

Sit with some people you don't know and talk about it

Are we truly serving our readers best?

Why isn't this ideal?

Traffic from Dec. 24 to Dec. 28

• First week of January: 50% higher
• Second week of January: 91% higher

What are some solutions?

Solutions could be personal, team-wide, news org level change or systemic change at the actual awards-giver level.

How do we take steps to get there? 

None of this is easy. 

But are there concrete actions we can take, personally or collectively to improve our workflows and challenge existing norms? 

Please don't forget to celebrate your victories, or those of your peers

Most journalists don't win awards, but their work deserves notice

How can we make celebrating good work more inclusive?