From #2022MegaConf: Mega-Innovation Award Finalist: Stacker

Rob Powell, head of local with Stacker, says the data-driven articles written by dedicated data journalism reporters at Stacker are available to newspapers to publish at no cost. Stacker was a finalist for the 2022 Mega-Innovation Award presented during the News Industry Mega-Conference, Monday, April 11, in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Posted Thursday, April 14, 2022 10:22 am

Staff | America's Newspapers

Stacker's entry for the Mega-Innovation Award centered around the launch of its local storytelling offering.

This entry, presented at the Mega-Conference by Rob Powell, head of local, was a finalist for the 2022 Mega-Innovation Award.

Powell told Mega-Conference attendees that Stacker is a data journalism publisher that is creating about 150 data-driven articles a month — all of which is available for free on its newswire on a wide range of topics.

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