2025 EPPY award winners: Honoring the best in digital media

It’s a privilege to be recognized among the nation’s most respected news organizations. Our investigative work over the past year reflects the strength and integrity of our newsroom — and it’s made possible by the unwavering support of our subscribers.”

Raw Story Publisher Wendy Greenlaw

Special thanks to our 2025 EPPY Judges

Christian Hendricks (Lead Judge), Managing Partner, Extol Digital

Julia Campbell, Co-CEO, Local Media Association

Eva Coleman, Vice President, NABJ

Linda Corcoran, Metro Editor, Boston Globe

Todd Handy, CEO, Disruptive Impact

Shannon Kinney, Founder & Client Success Officer, Dream Local Digital

Khalilah Liptrot, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs & Advisory Services, Edelman

Michael Martoccia, Director of Digital, Adams Multimedia

Laura McAdoo, Creative Director, The Seattle Times

Christine McKenna, Assistant Professor, CUNY

Margaret McKenzie, Managing Editor, Conway Daily Sun

Dietmar Schantin, Principle, IMFS

Mike Shapiro, CEO, TapInto

Fran Wills, CEO, Local Media Consortium

Recently E&P Magazine proudly unveiled the winners of the 30th annual EPPY Awards. This year’s EPPY Awards received more than 400 entries. Winners were selected from an international list of nominations to honor the best in digital media across more than 45 diverse categories. Entries came from media companies large and small worldwide, including local news publishing, broadcast networks, cable news and sports networks, pure-play international websites and niche content publishers. There were additional categories celebrating excellence in college and university journalism. The categories were separated into websites with more than 1 million monthly unique visitors and those that receive fewer than 1 million. Winners must receive a score in the top one-third of the average score across all categories within their division. As a result, there may be no winner in categories not reaching this threshold.

This year’s winners showcase how technology, collaboration and storytelling continue to evolve across the media landscape — from bold investigative work to cutting-edge audience engagement.

A big thank you goes out to our EPPY judges this year. Our panel of 14 judges comprises media leaders in website design, marketing and advertising, editorial, technology, education, media management and consulting.

For a complete list of winners and finalists, visit EPPYAwards.com.

WEBSITE CATEGORY WINNERS AND FINALISTS

Best Daily Newspaper Website (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
Block Club Chicago

            2^nd place: TribLive.com

The staff of The Telegraph in Alton, Illinois, pictured from (l to r) are Sports Editor Pete Hayes, Photographer John Badman, Film Critic Mary Cox, Managing Editor Erik Hall, Reporter Chase Martin, Columnist John Dunphy and Reporter Dylan Suttles. Not pictured are Reporters Scott Cousins and Greg Shashack.

Best Daily Newspaper Website (fewer than 1 million monthly unique visitors)
The Telegraph for TheTelegraph.com

Best Multicultural News Website (fewer than 1 million monthly unique visitors)
RedAnts

            2^nd place: Religion Unplugged

Consumer Reports took the EPPY for Best Magazine Website. Their message, “At a time when consumers face growing economic uncertainty, rising prices, and a proliferation of unregulated products, we are so proud that Consumer Reports continues to serve the public with trusted, independent, ad-free content based on rigorous scientific testing and research,” said Jen Shecter, vice president and chief content officer at Consumer Reports. “We appreciate this acknowledgment from Editor & Publisher, which underscores the critical role we continue to play in today’s marketplace when it is hard to distinguish fact from fiction surrounding the products and services we use every day.”

Best Magazine Website (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
Consumer Reports for Spotlight on ConsumerReports.org

Best Sports News Website (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
ESPN Digital

            2^nd place: CNN Sports

            3^rd place: GOAL US

Best Online-only News Website (fewer than 1 million monthly unique visitors)
RedAnts

            2^nd place: Truthdig

            3^rd  place: STAT

STAT took the top prize for the Best Business/Finance Website.

Best Business/Finance Website (fewer than 1 million monthly unique visitors)
STAT

Best Mobile News APP (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
ESPN App

            2^nd place: The Straits Times, SPH Media

Best Overall Website Design (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
The Straits Times, SPH Media

            2^nd place: TribLive

Best Overall Website Design (fewer than 1 million monthly unique visitors)
Truthdig

            2^nd place: RedAnts

            3^rd place: STAT

Best Homepage Design (fewer than 1 million monthly unique visitors)
Truthdig

Best Redesign/Relaunch (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
The Straits Times, SPH Media

Best Redesign/Relaunch (fewer than 1 million monthly unique visitors)
Straight Arrow News

            2^nd place: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

            3^rd place: STAT

Best Website Navigation (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
The Straits Times, SPH Media

CONTENT CATEGORY WINNERS AND FINALISTS

Best Investigative/Enterprise Feature (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
Bloomberg Businessweek for “Unsafe Online: Families Are Going After Snapchat for the Teen Fentanyl Crisis”

            2^nd place: NBC News Digital for “The Children’s Pastor”

            3^rd place: Consumer Reports for “Tests of Synthetic Braiding Hair Find Carcinogens in All Products”

Co-producer Belén Tavares, Director Patty Talahongva and Producer Lauren Mucciolo pose for a photo after screening “Alaska’s Vanishing Native Villages” at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, ASU in downtown Phoenix in April 2025. (Photo credit: Belén Tavares)

Best Investigative/Enterprise Feature (fewer than 1 million monthly unique visitors)
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and Schemes (RFE/RL) for “In the Russian Penal Colony, They Called Him ‘Dr. Evil’”

            2^nd place: The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com for “Terro at Gunpoint”

            3^rd place: FRONTLINE and Howard Center for Investigative Journalism ASU for “Alaska’s Vanishing Native Villages”

Best Investigative/Enterprise Series (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
ESPN for “The Battle Over the NFLPA”

            2^nd place: NBC News Digital for “Dealing the Dead”

            3^rd place: Bloomberg Businessweek for “Courting Injustice”

Best Investigative/Enterprise Series (fewer than 1 million monthly unique visitors)
The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com for “The Gilbert Goons and the Killing of Preston Lord”

            2^nd place: The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com for “Families Caught in Fallout of  ‘Crime Free’ Housing Policies”

            3^rd place: STAT for “Health Care’s Colossus”

Best Collaborative Investigative/Enterprise Reporting (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
The Examination, Mississippi Today and Toronto Star for “How Mega-Polluters Take Advantage of Billions in Green Loans”

            2^nd place: Temple University’s Logan Center for Urban Investigative Report and The Philadelphia Inquirer for “MOVE: Untangling the Tragedy”

Best Collaborative Investigative/Enterprise Reporting (fewer than 1 million monthly unique visitors)
The staff of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ.org) for “China Targets”

            2^nd place: A Collaborative Investigation by OCCRP, Swedish Television (SVT) and 30 other media partners for “Scam Empire”

            3^rd place: OCCRP, Times of Malta, Boston Globe Spotlight Team, The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation for “The Steward Files”

Best News or Event Feature (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
TribLive for “Hiding Behind the Badge”

            2^nd place: ESPN for “The Triumphant Final Days of the Skaters Killed in D.C. Crash”

            3^rd place: Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press for “Jeff Seidel, Chet Lemon and Grateful Tigers Fans”

Director Patty Talahongva and Co-producer Belén Tavares post for a selfie with the Frontline postproduction team in Boston in April 2025. (Photo credit: Belén Tavares)

Best News or Event Feature (fewer than 1 million monthly unique visitors)
FRONTLINE and Howard Center for Investigative Journalism ASU for “Alaska’s Vanishing Native Villages”

            2^nd place: Deseret News — Lois M. Collins, Laura Seitz, Rachel Aston for “Sisters Fight to Pick up the Pieces After Catastrophic Car Crash”

            3^rd place: Honolulu Civil Beat for “Guardians of the Deep”

Best Business Reporting (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
Bloomberg News for “Iran’s Oil Kingpin”

            2^nd place: Fortune for “Nike is broken. Can Elliott Hill fix it?”

Best Business Reporting (fewer than 1 million monthly unique visitors)
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ.org) for “Caspian Cabals”

            2^nd place: A Collaborative Investigation by OCCRP, Swedish Television (SVT) and 30 other media partners for “Scam Empire”

            3^rd place: The Examination, Salud con lupa, La Bot, Initium Media, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and New Arab for “Nicotine Networks”

Best Business/Finance Column (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
Raw Story

            2^nd place: The Straits Times/ SPH Media for “Unpacked Newsletter”

STAT’s Adam Feurerstein took first place in the Best Business/Finance Column category for “Adam Feuerstine: Truth-teller on the Biotech Industry.”

Best Business/Finance Column (fewer than 1 million monthly unique visitors)
STAT Adam Feurerstein for “Adam Feuerstein: Truth-teller on the Biotech Industry”

            2^nd place: Amy Lindgren for “Working Strategies”

Best News/Political Column (fewer than 1 million monthly unique visitors)
Truthdig — Jeb Lund

            2^nd place: Charlotte’s Web Thoughts

            3^rd place: RedAnts for “Jalan Jalan” (Singlish meaning: Go for a walk)

Best Use of AI in Digital Journalism (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
Lianhe Zaobao, SPH Media for “GE2025 Rallies: AI Summary”

Best Use of Data/Infographics (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
The Straits Times, SPH Media for “How Food Diary Videos on Social Media Can Impact Your Body Image”

            2^nd place: Consumer Reports for “Shop Smarter With the Consumer Reports Price Tracker”

            3^rd place: Bloomberg News for “Why Europe is Unprepared for Defend Itself”

Best use of data/infographics (fewer than 1 million monthly unique visitors)
McKinsey Global Publishing for “McKinsey Technology Trends Outlook 2025”

Best Use of Data Transparency (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
Bloomberg News for “Why Europe is Unprepared to Defend Itself”

“STAT’s revelatory effort to monitor CDC data in real time” took the top prize in the Best Use of Data Transparency category.

Best Use of Data Transparency (fewer than 1 million monthly unique visitors)
STAT for “STAT’s revelatory effort to monitor CDC data in real time”

Pictured here are Jacqlyn Rena, membership experience specialist (left), Molly Ingram, reporter (right) and Rory Foley, social media and music graduate fellow (in photo). Brad Dancer, WSHU general manager, wrote to E&P, “At WSHU Public Radio, our mission is shared by every person behind the microphone and behind the scenes. As the Socials Team, we’re proud to reflect the work of our entire WSHU family on social platforms. We show up every day committed to serving our community with care, integrity, and heart. WSHU is more than what we broadcast. It’s a team effort with a relationship built over time, grounded in credibility, curiosity and connection. We’re grateful to be part of a station where the mission is lived daily, and we’re honored to help carry that mission forward in ways that meet our listeners where they are. News you trust. Music you love.”

Best Use of Social Media/Crowd Sourcing (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
WSHU Public Radio for “WSHU Instagram”

Best Use of Social Video Strategy (fewer than 1 million monthly unique visitors)
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for “Sustainability Project”

Best Innovation Project on a Website (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
ESPN for “Patt Tillman”

            2^nd place: The Straits Times, SPH Media for “Sounds of Singapore, Rhythm of Home”

            3^rd place: ESPN for “Invisible Disabilities”

The Project on Government Oversight and Rolling Stone took the top prize for Best Community Service Project/Reporting for “Operation Counter-Mold: The Hidden Battle in Military Homes.” (Photo credit: Ren Velez)

Best Community Service Project/Reporting (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
Project on Government Oversight and Rolling Stone for “Operation Counter-Mold: The Hidden Battle in Military Homes”

            2^nd place: The Straits Times, SPH Media for “Vaping: The Invisible Crisis”

René Kladzyk, author of “Operation Counter-Mold: The Hidden Battle in Military Homes,” wrote to E&P: “I’m so proud of the meaningful, material impacts of our reporting for military families, and deeply grateful for this acknowledgment from E&P.” (Photo credit: Kathryn Vetter Miller)

            3^rd place: The Tennessean for “Nashville Transit Referendum, Tax Hike”

Best Community Service Project/Reporting (fewer than 1 million monthly unique visitors)
FRONTLINE and Howard Center for investigative Journalism ASU for “Alaska’s Vanishing Native Villages”

            2^nd place: The Telegraph — Erik Hall and Jill Moon

Best News or Event Feature Video (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
Lianhe Zaobao, SPH Media for “GE2025: How Singapore’s Political Battlegrounds are Changing”

            2^nd place: The Tennessean for “Taylor Swift Documentary: Eras Tour”

            3^rd place: Custom Productions Unit | TODAY for “Climate: How Coral Reefs Are Becoming Resilient Against Extinction”

Correspondent Patty Talahongva interviews Chief Edgar Tall, the head of the Native Village of Hooper Bay, in the community’s public school library in February 2024. (Photo credit: Lauren Mucciolo)

Best News or Event Feature Video (fewer than 1 million monthly unique visitors)
RedAnts for “Jalan Jalan” (Singlish meaning: Go for a walk)

            2^nd place: RedAnts for “You Shun I Sine” (I Am The Specialist Video Series)

            3^rd place: FRONTLINE and Howard Center for Investigative Journalism ASU for “Alaska’s Vanishing Native Villages”

Best Investigative/Enterprise Video (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
Bloomberg Originals for “The World Needs AI, But There’s a Problem”

            2^nd place: Bloomberg Originals for “The Dirty Business of Money Laundering”

            3^rd place: Bloomberg Originals for “The Illicit Shipping Trade Hiding in Plain Sight”

Some of the crew pose for a picture in front of the Bering Sea in Alaska in August 2024. From left to right: Patty Talahongva, Nu Nguyen, Lauren Mucciolo and Rafael Roy. (Photo credit: Lauren Mucciolo)

Best Investigative/Enterprise Video (fewer than 1 million monthly unique visitors)
FRONTLINE and Howard Center for Investigative Journalism ASU for “Alaska’s Vanishing Native Villages”

            2^nd place: A Collaborative Investigation by OCCRP, Swedish Television (SVT) and 30 other media partners for “Scam Empire”

            3^rd place: OCCRP, Times of Malta, Boston Globe Spotlight team, The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation for “The Steward Files”

Best Sports Video (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
Bloomberg Originals for “Why Paying Players Hasn’t Fixed College Sports”

            2^nd place: CNN Sports for “Why Soccer Might be Sweden’s Way Out of a Gang Crime Crisis”

            3^rd place: Bloomberg Originals for “Why American Money is Taking Over English Football”

Best Podcast (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
Bloomberg Podcasts for “Levittown”

            2^nd place: Gina Barton and Austin Fast, USA TODAY for “Untested”

            3^rd place: Temple University’s Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting and The Philadelphia Inquirer for “MOVE: Untangling the Tragedy”

Best Podcast (fewer than 1 million monthly unique visitors)
The Outlaw Ocean Project, From CBC Podcasts for “The Outlaw Ocean Podcast” (Season 2)

            2^nd place: Threshold

            3^rd place: WSHU Public Radio for “WSHU After All Things Podcast”

Best Photojournalism on a Website (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
The Straits Times, SPH Media for “Paint Singapore Red: Celebrating National Day with Infrared Photography”

Best Photojournalism on a Website (fewer than 1 million monthly unique visitors)
Truthdig for “Stefano Schirato — Caravans of Faith and Memory”

Best Editorial/Political Cartoon (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
Dennis Draughon, Capitol Broadcasting Company/WRAL.com for Editorial Cartoons by Dennis Draughon

Best Incorporation of Sponsored/Branded Content (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
Lianhe Zaobao, SPH Media for “Answer Your Burning Questions About CPF”

            2^nd place: TODAY/Shop Today for “From Start to Finish: Le Creuset”

Best Promotional/Marketing Campaign (fewer than 1 million monthly unique visitors)
Truthdig

Best Audience Engagement Strategy (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
The Straits Times, SPH Media for “Listen First”

Best Audience Engagement Strategy (few than 1 million monthly unique visitors)
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for “The Orsini Tapes”

TODAY’s Making Space won the top EPPY for Best Audience Engagement or Brand-Building Event with “A Wellness Weekend with Hoda Kotb.” In this photo, attendees listen to a live discussion during Making Space: A Wellness Weekend with Hoda Kotb, a TODAY experiential event sponsored by Miraval Resorts & Spas at Miraval Austin. Sessions across the weekend explored themes of wellness, balance and personal reflection.

Best Audience Engagement or Brand-Building Event (1 million or more monthly unique visitors)
TODAY’s Making Space: A Wellness Weekend with Hoda Kotb

            2^nd  place: Shop TODAY Stages

Best Revenue-Generating Community Event (fewer than 1 million monthly unique visitors)
STAT for “STAT Open Doors”

STAT’s community event “STAT Open Doors” won the prize in the Best Revenue-Generating Community Event category.

COLLEGE/ UNIVERSITY CATEGORY WINNERS AND FINALISTS

NYCity News Service took top place for Best College/University Campus Website. Its Election ’24 website asks, “What’s your greatest hope — and fear — for the next four years?”

Best College/University Campus Website
NYCity News Service

            2^nd place: Baylorlariat.com

            3^rd place: The Temple News

Best College/University-Produced Community or Niche Website
Carnegie-Knight News21 for “Fractured: News21 Examines the State of American Democracy”

In summer 2024, 29 students from 14 universities traveled across the country to examine the state of American democracy in the heat of the political campaign season. Their reporting went well beyond horse-race election coverage to focus on some of the deeper questions facing Americans at a pivotal moment in the nation’s history. Their exceptional work in “Fractured” is a testament to their skill, professionalism, resilience, curiosity and commitment to building understanding at a time of deep division.

Congratulations to the 2024 Carnegie-Knight News21 reporting fellows:
•Abigail Beck, Arizona State University
•Celia Frazier, University of Colorado Boulder
•Christopher Lomahquahu, Arizona State University
•Dani Ingram, University of Oklahoma
•Delaney Chase, St. Bonaventure University
•Denzen Cortez, Arizona State University
•Donovan Johnson, Arizona State University
•Eliana Alzate, DePauw University
•Emily Richardson, Virginia Commonwealth University
•Eshaan Sarup, Arizona State University
•Gabi Morando, Butler University
•Hannah Lee, University of Oklahoma
•Hudson French, Arizona State University
•Ismael Lele, University of Oklahoma
•Jordan Moore, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
•Joshua Harrison-Williams, Morgan State University
•Josie Malave, University of Alabama
•Juanita Hurtado Huerfano, University of Colorado Boulder
•Kyle Chouinard, Syracuse University
•Lillie Boudreaux, Arizona State University
•Marshal Farmer, North Texas University
•Nate Engle, Arizona State University
•Olivia Talkington, University of Oklahoma
•Peggy Dodd, University of Oklahoma
•Pierce Gentry, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
•Romie Avivi Stuhl, University of Oregon
•Samantha Grove, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
•Shelby Rickert, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
•Vivian Serafin, Arizona State University

            2^nd place: Temple University: Department of Journalism for “PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com”

            3^rd place: NYCity News Service for “New Yorkers Look to the Future, Election ‘24”

Best Collaborative College/University and Professional Website
Gateway Journalism Review for “Ferguson 10 years later”

Best News Story on a College/University Website
Carnegie-Knight News21 for “Fractured: News21 Examines the State of American Democracy”

            2^nd place: Gateway Journalism Review for “Ferguson 10 years later”

            3^rd place: Chris Shaddock, Temple University Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting for “Philadelphia Plans Upgrades to Reduce ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water”

Best Feature Story on a College/University Website
Natalie La Roche Pietri, Caplin News for “Two Palestinian Brothers Lost Everything in Gaza: A Nonprofit Brought Them to the U.S. to Heal”

            2^nd place: NYCity News Service for “Trash in the City”

            3^rd place: Sebastiana Lopez, Temple University Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting for “Fear Creeps into the Italian Market”

Best Video on a College/University Website
Carnegie-Knight News21 for “Fractured: America Confronts Election Intimidation”

After graduating from Florida International University in 2024, Natalie La Roche Pietri kicked off her post-graduation career with an internship at the Boston Globe. She spent that summer and early fall reporting general assignment and K-12 news. Her time at the Globe concluded with the story, “Two Palestinian Brothers Lost Everything in Gaza. A Nonprofit Brought Them to the U.S. to Heal,” this year’s winner for Best Feature Story on a College/ University Website. The story was featured on the front page of the Sunday Globe.

Following her time on the Globe’s award-winning education team, The Great Divide, Natalie doubled down on her commitment to the education beat. She now works as the education reporter at WLRN Public Media, South Florida's NPR station. Over the course of a year on the job, Natalie covers four school districts (two of which are some of the biggest in the country), with a focus on the state of public education amidst under enrollment and the state’s mismanagement of the largest school-voucher program in the country.

Best Photojournalism on a College/University Website
Carnegie-Knight News21 for “Fractured — ‘The most horrible day’: Those at the Capitol on January 6 Carry Scars, Shame, Satisfaction”

            2^nd place: The Temple News — Aidan Gallo and Brian Nelson

Best College/University Investigative/Documentary
Carnegie-Knight News21 for “Fractured: News21 Examines the State of American Democracy”

            2^nd place: The Temple News

            3^rd place: NYCity News Service for “Are You Traveling Over Troubled NYC Bridges?”

Best College-Run Community News Initiative
Temple University: Department of Journalism for “PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com”

            2^nd place: Mott Haven Herald