Data Journalism Competition and Awards

Program Goal

This competition encourages the growing field of data journalism by rewarding excellence and contributing to best practices in the field.

DataViz Competition (2019):

First China DataViz Competition launched in Beijing

Data Journalism Competitions:

Round III (May 2017)

USCET, partnering with Wuhan University Journalism and Communication School and Caixin Media Inc., launched the Third Data Journalism University Competition on May 1, 2017, with a competition deadline on September 15, 2017. The theme of the competition was: “How Data Affects Society and Individuals.” The competition encouraged journalism students to find and gather data, look for socially relevant stories in the information, and to produce a data journalism story with engaging visualization. A total of 1067 participants from 272 university teams participated in the competition.

The top winning team from Wuhan University pored over 20 thousand pieces of data and five different sources in order to paint an accurate picture of Beijing’s housing bubble. The first prize winners from Renmin University went through 13 years of data from government and independent sources to question the accuracy of pollution reporting in China. The second prize-winning team from Zhejiang University analyzed the new education reform policy by visualizing higher education resources distribution in China, and provided critical analyses of the merits of the “double-first class” strategy in an effort to increase education standards.

Previous Competitions:
Round II (May 2015)
Round I (December 2014)

项目目标

比赛是为鼓励数据新闻领域的发展，奖励优秀的新闻工作者，并为该领域的实践做出贡献。