The 2025 EPPY Awards, celebrating the best in digital journalism and innovation, once again spotlighted excellence from newsrooms large and small. 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.
The EPPYs, now in our 30th year, celebrate outstanding achievement in digital journalism across more than 45 categories, honoring professional, collegiate, and nonprofit media organizations worldwide.
Please note: Only categories with entries that achieved scores above the EPPY Awards’ established threshold for excellence are listed among this year’s winners. If a category you entered does not appear, it means no submissions in that category met the minimum standard set by our independent judging committee.
Winner:
Block Club Chicago
2nd Place:
TribLive
Winner:
The Telegraph
Winner:
RedAnts
Judges’ comments:
2nd Place:
Religion Unplugged
Winner:
Spotlight on ConsumerReports.org
Winner:
ESPN Digital
2nd Place:
CNN Sports
3rd Place:
GOAL US
Winner:
RedAnts
2nd Place:
Truthdig
3rd Place:
STAT
Winner:
STAT
Winner:
ESPN App
2nd Place:
The Straits Times, SPH Media
Winner:
The Straits Times, SPH Media
2nd Place:
TribLive
Winner:
Truthdig
2nd Place:
RedAnts
3rd Place:
STAT
Winner:
Truthdig
Winner:
The Straits Times, SPH Media
Winner:
Straight Arrow News
2nd Place:
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
3rd Place:
STAT
Winner:
The Straits Times, SPH Media
Winner:
Bloomberg Businessweek
“Unsafe Online: Families Are Going After Snapchat for the Teen Fentanyl Crisis”
2nd Place:
NBC News Digital
“The Children’s Pastor”
3rd Place:
Consumer Reports
“Tests of Synthetic Braiding Hair Find Carcinogens in All Products”
Winner:
2nd Place:
The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com
“Terror' at Gunpoint”
3rd Place:
FRONTLINE and Howard Center for Investigative Journalism ASU
“Alaska's Vanishing Native Villages”
Winner:
ESPN
“The Battle Over the NFLPA”
2nd Place:
NBC News Digital
“Dealing the Dead”
3rd Place:
Bloomberg Businessweek
“Courting Injustice”
Winner:
The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com
“The Gilbert Goons and the killing of Preston Lord”
2nd Place:
The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com
"Families Caught in Fallout of 'Crime Free' Housing Policies"
3rd Place:
STAT
"Health Care’s Colossus"
Winner:
The Examination, Mississippi Today and Toronto Star
"How Mega-Polluters Take Advantage of Billions in Green Loans"
2nd Place:
Temple University's Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting & The Philadelphia Inquirer
"MOVE: Untangling the Tragedy"
Winner:
The staff of ICIJ International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (icij.org)
"China Targets"
2nd Place:
A Collaborative Investigation by OCCRP, Swedish Television (SVT), and 30 Other Media Partners
"Scam Empire"
3rd Place:
OCCRP, Times of Malta, Boston Globe Spotlight team, The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation
“The Steward Files”
Winner:
TribLive
"Hiding Behind the Badge"
2nd Place:
ESPN
"The Triumphant Final Days of the Skaters Killed in D.C. Crash"
3rd Place:
Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press
"Jeff Seidel, Chet Lemon and Grateful Tigers Fans"
Winner:
FRONTLINE and Howard Center for Investigative Journalism ASU
"Alaska's Vanishing Native Villages"
2nd Place:
Deseret News — Lois M. Collins, Laura Seitz, Rachel Aston
"Sisters Fight to Pick up the Pieces After Catastrophic Car Crash"
3rd Place:
Honolulu Civil Beat
"Guardians of the Deep"
Winner:
Bloomberg News
"Iran’s Oil Kingpin"
2nd Place:
Fortune
"Nike is broken. Can Elliott Hill fix it?"
Winner:
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (icij.org)
"Caspian Cabals"
2nd Place:
A Collaborative Investigation by OCCRP, Swedish Television (SVT), and 30 Other Media Partners
"Scam Empire”
3rd Place:
The Examination, Salud con lupa, La Bot, Initium Media, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, New Arab
“Nicotine Networks"
Winner:
STAT Adam Feuerstein
"Adam Feuerstein: Truth-teller on the Biotech Industry"
2nd Place:
Working Strategies, Amy Lindgren
"Working Strategies”
Winner:
Raw Story
2nd Place:
The Straits Times/ SPN Media
"Unpacked Newsletter”
Winner:
Truthdig
Jeb Lund
2nd Place:
Charlotte's Web Thoughts
3rd Place:
RedAnts
“Jalan Jalan” (Singlish meaning: Go for a walk)"
Winner:
Lianhe Zaobao, SPH Media
"GE2025 Rallies: AI Summary"
Winner:
The Straits Times, SPH Media
"How Food Diary Videos on Social Media Can Impact Your Body Image"
2nd Place:
Consumer Reports
"Shop Smarter With the Consumer Reports Price Tracker"
3rd Place:
Bloomberg News
"Why Europe Is Unprepared to Defend Itself"
Winner:
McKinsey Global Publishing
"McKinsey Technology Trends Outlook 2025"
Winner:
Bloomberg News
"Why Europe Is Unprepared to Defend Itself"
Winner:
STAT
"STAT’s revelatory effort to monitor CDC data in real time"
Winner:
WSHU Public Radio
"WSHU Instagram”
Winner:
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
"Sustainability Project"
Winner:
ESPN
“Patt Tillman”
2nd Place:
The Straits Times, SPH Media
"Sounds of Singapore, Rhythm of Home”
3rd Place:
ESPN
"Invisible Disabilities"
Winner:
Project on Government Oversight and Rolling Stone
"Operation Counter-Mold: The Hidden Battle in Military Homes"
2nd Place:
The Straits Times, SPH Media
“Vaping: The Invisible Crisis”
3rd Place:
The Tennessean
"Nashville Transit Referendum, Tax Hike"
Winner:
FRONTLINE and Howard Center for Investigative Journalism ASU
"Alaska's Vanishing Native Villages"
2nd Place:
The Telegraph
Erik Hall & Jill Moon
Winner:
Lianhe Zaobao, SPH Media
"GE2025: How Singapore's Political Battlegrounds are Changing"
2nd Place:
The Tennessean
"Taylor Swift Documentary: Eras Tour"
3rd Place:
Custom Productions Unit | TODAY
"Climate: How Coral Reefs Are Becoming Resilient Against Extinction"
Winner:
RedAnts
“Jalan Jalan” (Singlish meaning: Go for a walk)
2nd Place:
RedAnts
You Shun I Shine" (I Am The Specialist Video Series)
3rd Place:
FRONTLINE and Howard Center for Investigative Journalism ASU
""Alaska's Vanishing Native Villages"
Winner:
Bloomberg Originals
"The World Needs AI, But There's a Problem"
2nd Place:
Bloomberg Originals
"The Dirty Business of Monkey Laundering"
3rd Place:
Bloomberg Originals
"The Illicit Shipping Trade Hiding in Plain Sight"
Winner:
FRONTLINE and Howard Center for Investigative Journalism ASU
"Alaska's Vanishing Native Villages"
2nd Place:
A Collaborative Investigation by OCCRP, Swedish Television (SVT), and 30 Other Media Partners
"Scam Empire"
3rd Place:
OCCRP, Times of Malta, Boston Globe Spotlight team, The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundatio
"The Steward Files"
Winner:
Bloomberg Originals
"Why Paying Players Hasn't Fixed College Sports"
2nd Place:
CNN Sports
"Why Soccer Might be Sweden's Way Out of a Gang Crime Crisis"
3rd Place
Bloomberg Originals
"Why American Money Is Taking Over English Football"
Winner:
Bloomberg Podcasts
"Levittown"
2nd Place:
Gina Barton and Austin Fast, USA TODAY
"Untested"
3rd Place:
Temple University's Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting & The Philadelphia Inquirer
"MOVE: Untangling the Tragedy"
Winner:
The Outlaw Ocean Project, From CBC Podcasts
"The Outlaw Ocean Podcast" (Season 2)
2nd Place:
Threshol
3rd Place:
WSHU Public Radio
"WSHU After All Things Podcast"
Winner:
The Straits Times, SPH Media
"Paint Singapore Red: Celebrating National Day with Infrared Photography"
Winner:
Truthdig
"Stefano Schirato - Caravans of Faith and Memory"
Winner:
Dennis Draughon, Capitol Broadcasting Co./ WRAL.com
Editorial cartoons by Dennis Draughon
Winner:
Lianhe Zaobao, SPH Media
"Answer Your Burning Questions About CPF"
2nd Place:
TODAY/ Shop Today
“FROM START TO FINISH: LE CREUSET”
Winner:
Truthdig
Winner:
The Straits Times, SPH Media
“Listen First”
Winner:
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
“The Orsini Tapes”
Winner:
TODAY’s Making Space: A Wellness Weekend with Hoda Kotb
2nd Place:
Shop TODAY Stages
Winner:
STAT
"STAT Open Doors"
Winner:
NYCity News Service
2nd Place:
Baylorlariat.com
3rd Place:
The Temple News
Winner:
Carnegie-Knight News21
"Fractured: News21 Examines the State of American Democracy"
2nd Place:
Temple University: Department of Journalism
PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com
3rd Place:
NYCity News Service
“New Yorkers Look to the Future, Election ‘24”
Winner:
Gateway Journalism Review
"Ferguson 10 years later
Winner:
Carnegie-Knight News21
"Fractured: News21 Examines the State of American Democracy"
2nd Place:
Gateway Journalism Review
"Ferguson 10 years later"
3rd Place:
Chris Shaddock, Temple University Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting
“Philadelphia Plans Upgrades to Reduce ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water”
Winner:
Natalie La Roche Petri, Caplin News
"Two Palestinian Brothers Lost Everything in Gaza. A Nonprofit Brought Them to the U.S. to Heal"
2nd Place:
NYCity News Service
"Trash and the City"
3rd Place:
Sebastiana Lopez, Temple University Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting
"Fear Creeps into the Italian Market"
Winner:
Carnegie-Knight News21
"Fractured: America Confronts Election Intimidation"
Winner:
Carnegie-Knight News21
"Fractured - ‘The most horrible day’: Those at the Capitol on Jan. 6 Carry Scars, Shame, Satisfaction"
2nd Place:
The Temple News
Aidan Gallo and Brian Nelson
Winner:
Carnegie-Knight News21
"Fractured: News21 Examines the State of American Democracy"
2nd Place:
The Temple News
3rd Place:
NYCity News Service
"Are You Traveling Over Troubled NYC Bridges?"
Winner:
Temple University: Department of Journalism
PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com
2nd Place:
Mott Haven Herald
