DOHA: Al Jazeera English online has won three awards, including Best Technical Innovation, Best Use of Photography and Outstanding Digital Team at Online Media Awards in London.
The Best Technical Innovation and Outstanding Digital Team of the Year went to the Palestine Remix project which was a network wide initiative that allowed users to access some of Al Jazeera’s best documentaries on Palestine. The project also had interactive maps and timelines which allowed users to understand the Palestinian cause and contextualise it.
“Winning two awards for the best digital team and best technical innovation is a privilege for Al Jazeera. Palestine Remix weaves latest HTML5 video technology with informative videos to involve our audience in the storytelling process. The interactive team and our journalists constantly try and use new ways to tell a story.
“Winning the awards has shown Al Jazeera is ahead of the pack for original journalism and using innovative tools,” said Mohammed El Haddad, Senior Producer and Lead, Palestine Remix technical Project.
Judged by an independent panel from the British Journalism Review for the outstanding digital team award, Al Jazeera beat Vice News, Channel 4 News online, the Huffington Post, the Guardian and BBC News Online.
For best technical innovation, Palestine Remix was awarded for demonstrating how technology was applied in a creative and mould-breaking way.
Best Use of Photography was given to Al Jazeera for its portrait of a yogi, which was a photographic exploration of the power of yoga to unite people across cultural and physical divides. The photo gallery was praised for its innovative and dynamic approach to photography which had added to users’ experience when they visited the site.
“The recognition by our peers is a testament to our efforts to find new ways of storytelling and explain complex issues to a global audience.
Our team is small but passionate about what they create, and it’s great that our peers agree that they are the best digital team in the world. We will continue to push the boundaries of original journalism and innovative design,” said Imad Musa, Head of Online, Al Jazeera English.
The Peninsula
