After five years and 2,875 project entries from more than 100 countries, the Sigma Awards have become a catalyst for innovation and forever changed the face of data journalism.
We also highlight an analysis of whether flying has become less safe, an investigation into a Philippine reforestation program, and the numbers behind the Eurovision song contest.
Ten outstanding data-driven journalism projects, from as many countries, were chosen by a diverse Prize Committee of 17 judges from 498 entries from 80 countries.
GIJN, the new home of the Sigma Awards, is proud to announce the 2025 shortlist for the best data journalism projects and portfolios in the past year.
Our column on the best in recent data journalism also looks into the warming Danube river, Spain’s ominous water shortages, and the gender pay gap in Latin America.
There were 52 data journalism entries from 22 countries in shortlist for the 2024 Sigma Awards. Here are the top 10 winning projects.
Sigma Awards executive director talks with GIJN on how the data journalism has evolved and where it’s likely to go next.
Winning entries at this year’s Sigma Awards focused on the war in Ukraine, air pollution, rising sea levels, political candidates, and road accidents involving schoolchildren, and used data, satellite imagery, gaming techniques, and 3D imagery to create compelling stories.
This week our top ten in data journalism features stories digging into the link between Ebola outbreaks and deforestation, on the stark impact of global warming on everything from crop yields to species loss, and the undeniable increase in the number of hot nights in Singapore.
