Honoring Czech and Slovak digital journalism

Throughout Europe, we’re working with journalists to encourage the transition from paper to digital distribution. In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, we support the digital journalism awards to honor the best quality digital articles, and we’re encouraged to see how the digital news movement is gaining momentum.

A total of 351 entries were received in the Czech Republic and 685 in Slovakia, a jump of about 10 percent from the previous year. The public chose online the article that had the biggest social impact. More than 15,000 readers cast ballots. The results are visible here  Jindrich Ginter, editor of the daily Pravo, won for a series an article about financial fraud.

Winners of the Czech and Slovak digital journalism awards.

We also supported the special category - Google Digital Innovation Award for journalists who use online technologies to investigate social issues. The winners include:

Google Digital Innovation: Professional Journalism
Czech:  Hospodarske Noviny's online iHNED work on data journalism
Slovak: Daily SME's online video report titled "The Handbook of the Brain."

Google Digital Innovation: Citizen Journalism
Czech: Volunteer website Demagog's reports on politicians embellishing the truth.

Take a look above at photos of the award event. The journalism initiative was part of our Google For Czech Society campaign. Stay tuned for more activities.

Posted by Janka Zichova, Communications and Public Affairs Manager, Prague