Multimedia Journalist of the Year
Zoeann Murphy
The Washington Post
- After fires, Hawaiians worry about protecting water
- Facing the Surge
- ‘Revenge’ chanted in West Bank after deadly Israeli raid
- Rex Brasher: The rediscovered bird painter
- When Ukraine goes dark
News Story
First - The Washington Post: "Revenge' chanted in West Bank after deadly Israeli raid"
Second - The Washington Post: "Israeli soldiers clear bodies after Kfar Azza attack"
Third - The Washington Post: "Maui wildfires renew fears of being 'priced out of paradise'"
Continuing News and Issue Reporting
First - The Washington Post: "The women racing to stop America’s maternal mortality crisis"
Second - The Washington Post: "Afghan refugees stuck in limbo, waiting for asylum"
Third - The Washington Post: "Texas border county tries divisive tactics to stop migrants"
Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "Life in limbo for wounded former Afghan fighter"
Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "After fires, Hawaiians worry about protecting water"
Politics Story
First - The Washington Post: "Flashpoints 2024: The Southern Border"
Second - The Washington Post: "How Florida’s abortion ban is leaving one family in agony"
Third - The Washington Post: "Living in Ron DeSantis’s Florida"
Feature Story
First - The Washington Post: "How a high school play resisted LGBTQ censorship"
Second - BBC News: "These black gymnasts are making history"
Third - The Washington Post: "How an LGBTQ+ gun owner is helping arm her community"
Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "An aspiring YouTuber told me how to make this video. He's 9."
Explainer
First - The Washington Post: "What's next for nuclear fusion, the 'holy grail' of energy"
Second - BBC News: "A short history of aerial espionage"
Third - CNN: "State lawmakers keep citing junk science about transgender youth"
Award of Excellence - BBC News: "Why are mass shootings on the rise in the US?"
Animation
There were no awards given in this category in 2024.
Social/Mobile
First - NPR: "Consider This - CO2 Pipelines"
Second - NPR: "Korva Reels"
Third - NPR: "Consider This - Noise"
Award of Excellence - NPR: "Short Wave"
Documentary or Series
First - The Washington Post: "A family's fight against anti-trans bills in Texas"
Second - The Washington Post: "A thousand miles apart: A Ukrainian family separated by war"
Third - The Washington Post: "Wounded officers say gun fired without them pulling trigger"
Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "I flew this helicopter with my fingers"
Best Digital Storytelling Package
First - The Washington Post: "Separated by Gaza war, Palestinian families live in fear of the next call"
Second - The Washington Post: "Facing the Surge"
Third - The Washington Post: "How the National Zoo weighs its animals, from elephants to red pandas"
Award of Excellence - The New York Times: "Visual Investigations: How Peru Used Lethal Force to Crack Down on Anti-Government Protests"
Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "Charlottesville’s Lee statue meets its end, in a 2,250-degree furnace"
2024 Digital Storytelling Contest Judges
Anna Rothschild is an award-winning video producer, journalist, and host. Previously, she led the video team at ABC News’s FiveThirtyEight. She was the science video host for The Washington Post, and also created, hosted, and animated the YouTube series “Gross Science” for NOVA and PBS Digital Studios.


Ed Ou is an award-winning visual journalist and documentary filmmaker. His work has been recognized with both Emmy and Peabody awards He started his career as a teenager, covering the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, and the fall of the Islamic Courts in Mogadishu, Somalia, while he was studying in the Middle East. He first worked for Reuters and The Associated Press, covering a wide range of news stories in the region.
He also worked for The New York Times, covering East Africa and the Middle East during the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings. In addition, he covered the legacy of colonialism in Canada, the drug war in the Philippines, the rise of extremism in the United States, and the COVID-19 pandemic for NBC News.
He completed a feature documentary looking at the intersection of American policing and those living with mental illness.
Ou’s coverage of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots contributed to a Staff Public Service Pulitzer Prize for The Washington Post.
Kate Woodsome is a writer, director and producer, and her work has been recognized with a Pulitzer Prize, an Edward R. Murrow Award, and accolades from the White House News Press Photographers Association. Most recently with The Washington Post, Kate pioneered a mental health column and managed a short documentary film unit for Post Opinions.
She was part of the team that received the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service and the Ben Bradlee Award for Courage in Journalism for coverage of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. Kate previously ran a global current affairs program on Al Jazeera English and spent her early career as a radio and print reporter in Asia with the Voice of America and Cambodia Daily newspaper.
