Innovation, audience insights, development and neighborhood became a few of the styles amongst this year’s Digiday Media Awards shortlist. The submissions made it clear that top quality material continues to matter and, as a marketing method, its effective results are here to remain.
Several standouts emerged amongst this year’s entries, with In The Know gathering 5 elections, Vox Media and Insider each protecting 4 elections, and theSkimm acquiring 3 elections in overall.

In The Know by Yahoo made elections for Best Story and Editorial Team of the Year. To extend the platform’s objective of highlighting and commemorating BIPOC neighborhoods, In The Know concentrated on a chronically under-represented example, celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day. The In The Know group crafted a short article that drove awareness to Indigenous-owned brand names, which took advantage of the direct exposure.
Vox Media made 2 elections within the very best Podcast classification for its efforts with numerous partners. In addition, the business’s Chief Development and Strategy Officer, Shyra Smart, made the shortlist for Publishing Executive of the Year. Smart played an important function in the business’s acquisition of Group Nine and has actually been the executive sponsor of the BOLD ERG– the worker resource group that supports the improvement of Black staff members– for the previous 2 years, which has actually added to the business’s very first yearly observance of Juneteenth.
In addition to Smart’s election, Vox Media likewise made an election for Best Content Studio for its internal brand name studio’s work throughout podcasts. Programs consisted of ‘More Than This,’ established with Straight Talk Wireless and including an unmatched ease of access element– a visual experience dealing with deaf and non-listening audiences. With Sephora, Vox Creative produced its 2nd long-form documentary, ‘The Beauty of Blackness,’ narrating the past, present and future of Black appeal while calling attention to the inequality in the cosmetic market for individuals of color.
Insider Inc. protected elections for Best Editorial Package and Video Team of the Year, with information press reporter Madison Hall making one for Journalist of the Year. Hall led the charge for a few of Insider’s a lot of enthusiastic and impactful tasks. The work consisted of a proprietary, searchable database of Capitol riot arrests– now mentioned in many publications. It likewise consisted of a database of murders versus transgender individuals in the U.S. and Puerto Rico and an influencer index that utilized customized ballot to figure out U.S. understandings of the most popular online influencers.
For Best Use of Social, theSkimm was a standout thanks to its ‘#ShowUsYourLeave’ project that became a viral motion. theSkimm looked for to fire up discussion around why paid household leave is so essential for moms and dads and caretakers and why supporting more extensive policies and openness in the economic sector regarding what business use is important. As theSkimm’s readers (Skimm’ rs) started sharing their paid household leave stories with the project’s hashtag, over 400 business took part and shared their policies throughout social networks.
theSkimm likewise landed an election for Best Virtual Event Series with its SkimmU video series that concentrated on mentor ladies the life lessons conventional education never ever offered. The totally free virtual series supported Skimm’ rs with expert-led courses to browse financial obstacles postured by the pandemic, from the psychology of cash to subjects such as beginning a side hustle, budgeting and browsing investing. The series got extremely favorable feedback from participants, with near 7,000 audience-submitted concerns and a post-event study proving 92% course fulfillment.
Overall, 2022 revealed that top quality material isn’t going anywhere which advertisement tech platforms continue to drive development. Contribute to that, a growing number of business are opening development and neighborhood with information and, more particularly, audience insights.
See the total list of finalists listed below.
Advertisement Operations Team of the Year
Media Tradecraft
Theorem, Inc.
Best Advertisement Tech Platform
Anzu.io– the world’s most innovative in-game marketing service
CafeMedia
DeepIntent
Flight Control– Clinch’s Revolutionary New SaaS Platform
Teads– The Global Media Platform
Xandr Curate: Unlocking New Revenue Streams for Asset Owners
Best Brand Partnership– B2B
Aging Media and PointClickCare– Cross-Vertical Executive Series
Billboard and Honda Stage– Honda Backstage including Nathy Peluso
Forbes & & Adobe– Accelerated Enterprise
HoneyBook & & Spaceback– Launch of Social Display
Remezcla & & Meta Elevate– Jefeando
WP Creative Group and AT&T Business– 5G Partnership
Best Brand Partnership– B2C
ATTN: & & TikTok– TikTok For Good
EXTRA ® Gum + MTV’s Fresh Start to the VMAs
First Media
Google Pixel 6 x New York Times Advertising: Picture Progress
National Association of REALTORS ®, VICE Media, Havas Media Group– Launch” Where The Heart Is” Video Series
& Refinery29 & Target2021 Partnership: A New Era of Influence
Yahoo+ Walmart: Holiday with Heart
Best Branded Content Program– B2B
Atlantic Re: believe– American Metamorphosis Season 2
& Billboard & Samsung
Billboard and Honda Stage– Honda Backstage including Nathy Peluso
Forbes & & Office Depot– New Heights
Quartz Creative x Salesforce UK: Launch of IDC Society Impact whitepaper
The Weather Channel– Changing Landscapes Nissan IMR
Best Branded Content Program– B2C
ATTN: & & Mattel– Launch of Barbie’s TikTok
BDG Studios & & Aussie Kids– “BeYOUtiful Hair”
MotorTrend & & Rivian– Electrifying The Outdoors
National Association of REALTORS ®, VICE Media, Havas Media Group– Launch “Where The Heart Is” Video Series
Remezcla– Jack Daniel’s New Calle
theSkimm– Bridgerton Branded Content
Best Content Studio
BDG Studios
CEMEX Mexico
Forbes Content & & Design Studio
Jungle Creations
Vox Creative
WP Creative Group
Best Contextual Targeting Offering
AccuWeather
Bidtellect: Context-Driven Platform
Connatix
Insider– Rollout of First-Party Data Platform, SÁGA
New York Times Advertising
Verity: Sophisticated Contextual Targeting
Best Custom Advertising
Forbes & & Webex by Cisco– Work Reimagined
Forbes + Webex by Cisco– Work Reimagined
InvestingChannel & & Nadex
United Esports & & DigitalOcean– Bullet Chess Championship
Xaxis and Mediacom
Best Digital Product Innovation
Anzu.io– the world’s most sophisticated in-game marketing service
EX.CO– Content Experience for ALEX AND ANI
First Media
Godfrey Dadich Partners– Design of the MAD Burke Prize 2021
How Ford Maximized User Attention in Their Video Ads With Dynamic Captions Technology
Humanz– Leading Influencer Platform
Best Editorial Package
Godfrey Dadich Partners– Launch of the Work Trends Index (WTI) Report on Microsoft WorkLab
Healthline Media & & RadCat Design– TRANSFORM: Future of Health
Insider Staff– Insider Inc.
The Independent– End the Death Penalty Campaign
Verywell Health
Verywell Mind
Best First-Party Data Strategy
ActionIQ– worldwide media business provides individualized, constant consumer experience throughout all its brand names to move from marketing to membership design.
Endeavor Business Media + BlueConic
Forbes One
New York Times Advertising
Tinuiti & & Jerome’s Furniture
Unlocking Actionable Insights and Dispelling Legacy Myths through Data Science and Cloud Data Lake: Gerber Life Insurance + DELVE
Best Newsletter
Amazon Music’s Hyper-Personalized Newsletter, Powered by Movable Ink
BDG
Big Human & & Rockefeller Center– The Center Newsletter
Front Office Sports Changes the Sports Business News Game With Campaign Monitor
Future of Marketing– Presented by TINT
Response Media
Best Podcast
Go Off, Sis podcast provided by Unbothered and Target
Harvard Business Review– The Rise and Fall of Carlos Ghosn
In The Know by Yahoo
Kast Media– The Opportunist
More Than This: Vox Creative x Straight Talk Wireless
New York Magazine & & Vox Media– Cover Story
Best Publisher Platform
33 Across|Lexicon & & DailyMail.com
DoubleVerify
Mediavine
pixfuture
SIDEARM Sports– Powered by Learfield
The Evolution of Xandr Monetize
Best Story
AccuWeather
Amazon, Can we have our name back?|The Washington Post
Godfrey Dadich Partners– Triple Peak Day on Microsoft WorkLab
In The Know by Yahoo
In The Know by Yahoo
Best Subscription or Membership Product
Advance Local and Sophi Content Paywall Engine
Mahlab– Current Magazine
Subtext
The Atlantic– Subscriber Newsletters
The Economist Group
Tortoise & & Piano– Tortoise Membership Program
UnitedHealthcare & & MSPC– Renew Magazine
Best Use of Audience Insights
DELVE Helps UNICEF USA Achieve 200% ROAS with Google Marketing Platform
Healthline Media– Whole Person Health Initiative
Merkle, on behalf of Carter’s, Inc.
Ranker
Tinuiti & & Boston Proper
Xaxis and Wavemaker
Best Use of Social
AccuWeather
BDG
Billboard & & Samsung
NowThis
Social Chain & Amazon Prime Video UK– Just So You Know
theSkimm– #ShowUsYourLeave Movement
VICE World News– TikTok
Best Use of Video
How Ford Maximized User Attention in Their Video Ads With Dynamic Captions Technology
Social Chain & & Amazon Prime Video UK– Just So You Know
The Spruce Eats
THE TRUST, Division of The Wall Street Journal/Barron’s Group
Tripadvisor & & Ford Motor Company
VG’s multi news into the general public area
Best Video Campaign
Diageo’s Crown Royal Drove Performance with Aki Technologies
Formerly Known As & & Piedmont– State of Change
Kraft Heinz Canada, so.da, Twitter Canada, Dentsu (Carat), ReThink
LEARFIELD– Samsung ‘Shrines of Glory’
Social Chain & & Amazon Prime Video UK– Just So You Know
Vice Media Group & & Jack Daniel’s– Make It Count
Best Video Distribution and Programming Strategy
Loop Media, Inc.– Digital OOH
Remezcla– Jack Daniel’s New Calle
Underknown Corp
United Esports & & CPC Pharma– PXL Play Power Squad
VG’s multi news into the general public area
Best Video Platform
AnyClip
Local Now
Loop Media, Inc.– Digital OOH
Mediaocean– Dedication to Best-In-Class AdTech
STN Video, Inc.
Best Virtual Event
Apartment Therapy’s Small/Cool Experience 2021
Blavity, Inc.– AfroTech World Metaverse Conference
Economist Impact Sustainability Week
LiveOne
NowThis
The Wall Street Journal
Best Virtual Event Series
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
theSkimm– SkimmU
Washington Post Live
Editorial Team of the Year
Godfrey Dadich Partners– The Editorial group behind Microsoft WorkLab
In The Know by Yahoo
PinkNews
VICE World News
Journalist of the Year
Gene Sloan– The Points Guy
Madison Hall– Insider Inc.
Media Brand of the Year
Apartment Therapy
BDG
Blavity, Inc.
PinkNews
The Economist Group
U.S. News & & World Report
Wave Sports + Entertainment
Most Engaged Community
For( bes) the Culture
Refinery29’s Unbothered
TechChannel, MSPC
Weird History by Ranker
Publisher of the Year
BWZ
Outside Interactive, Inc.– Publisher of the Year
Overtime
The Atlantic
TIMEPieces (web3 department of TIME)
Wave Sports + Entertainment
Publishing Executive of the Year
Benjamin Cohen, PinkNews
Bryan Goldberg, BDG
Rob Schneider, Chief Strategy, Content & & Development Officer, Learfield
Shyra Smart, Vox Media
Video Team of the Year
Donut Media
In The Know by Yahoo
Insider’s Video Team– Insider Inc.
Secret Base
The Washington Post
Underknown Corp

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