Editor & Publisher has announced the winners of the 2026 EPPY Awards, recognizing outstanding digital journalism, storytelling, design and innovation from news organizations and university journalism programs.
Celebrating three decades of honoring excellence in digital publishing, this year’s EPPYs recognize work that informs communities, holds powerful institutions accountable and finds compelling ways to connect with audiences. The results reflect the breadth of today’s news industry, with honors spanning investigative reporting, websites, podcasts, video, data journalism, audience engagement and emerging applications of artificial intelligence.
The final list includes 175 awards across 71 category and division groups, including 78 first-place honors. First-, second- and third-place recipients, including ties, are listed at EPPYawards.com, where a downloadable winners list is also available.
“The EPPYs remind us how much outstanding journalism is being produced in newsrooms of every size,” said Mike Blinder, publisher of E&P Magazine. “Congratulations to this year’s winners, and thank you to everyone who entered. Our judges gave their time and expertise to reviewing this work, and we’re grateful for their commitment. I look forward to sharing more of the stories behind these honors in our December issue.”
Arizona State University’s Cronkite School of Journalism earned 22 awards, including 10 first-place honors, with recognition across professional audience-size categories and the college/university division.
“Exposed” received first-place awards for investigative/enterprise series, investigative/enterprise video and innovation. “Under the Moonlight” earned firsts in data/infographics and data transparency, while the “Arizona school board transparency project” took top honors in community service reporting and the use of AI in digital journalism. Those results demonstrate the range of approaches represented in the school’s winning work.
SPH Media collected 16 awards, including seven firsts, across reporting, video, audience engagement and other disciplines. Its first-place recipients included “Social Media News Explainers,” “Inside the Chingay Parades of Malaysia and Singapore,” and “No quiet at home: The reality of living with Singapore’s traffic noise.”
Temple University’s journalism programs and publications also had a strong showing, with recognition for campus and community websites, reporting, video, photography and audio. “Dying on The Inside: Women Lifers at Muncy Prison” earned first-place honors in both podcasting and social video strategy in the fewer-than-1-million-visitors division.
Truthdig received 12 awards, including four first-place honors. Its winning work included Justin Nobel’s investigation of radioactive oil and gas waste near a North Texas elementary school, Bill Blum’s reporting and commentary on court politics, “Truthdig Holiday Campaign,” and Magdala Louis’ community-led journalism on Haiti.
The Boston Globe earned nine awards, including five firsts. Its top honors included Best Daily News Website, the investigative series “Standards of Care,” the news/political column entry “Torment and Trial,” and the innovation project “What the Globe could have looked like in 1776.” Its sports video exploring Cape Verde’s World Cup dream and the Boston-area diaspora also received first place.
STAT collected eight awards, including four firsts, with recognition for its website, business and health care reporting, and sponsored content.
ESPN earned five first-place awards, including honors for its sports website and mobile app. “The Dream Factory,” an investigation of Argentina’s soccer system, won Best Investigative/Enterprise Feature in the larger audience division. “Murder at the U” and “The Betrayal of Shohei Ohtani” shared first place in podcasting.
Trib Total Media received four awards: firsts in Overall Website Design and Redesign/Relaunch, a tied second in Data/Infographics for “Year in charts,” and third in Social Video Strategy for its NFL Draft Coverage.
These highlights represent only part of the field. The complete list recognizes national and local publishers, nonprofit newsrooms, broadcasters, specialized outlets and student journalists whose work stood out within their categories.
E&P extends its thanks to the 2026 EPPY Awards judging panel, chaired by Gretchen A. Peck, Editor-in-Chief of Editor & Publisher, for the time, expertise and care devoted to reviewing this year’s entries.
The panel included Julia Campbell, Eva D. Coleman, Linda Corcoran, Todd Handy, Michael Martoccia, Laura McAdoo, Christine McKenna, Randy Picht, Linda Carpio Shapley, Fran Willis and Mark Zusman. Their perspectives across journalism, publishing, design and education helped evaluate a diverse field of submissions.
Entries were judged within their categories and divisions on a five-point scale. An average score of at least 3.0 was required for an award, with ties sharing a place.
Congratulations to every honoree, and thank you to everyone who entered and shared their work.
Visit EPPYawards.com for the complete results. Look for E&P Magazine’s December issue for our in-depth feature on the winners, their journalism and the ideas behind this year’s award-winning work.
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