Categories at a glance

The Categories Print, Online, Cross media and AI

The European Newspaper Award has print and online categories. There are also main prizes and Awards of Excellence. Throughout this Call for Entries, we have compiled examples of award winners from all categories. This should make it easier for participants to choose their own work. The jury also reserves the right to move work to other categories, as each piece of work should be given the best opportunity to be judged.

What changes are there compared to last year?

We have streamlined and slightly reduced the number of categories.

European Newspaper of the Year:

The main prize is awarded in four categories
– Local Newspaper
– regional newspaper
– nationwide newspaper
– weekly newspaper
– It is possible that the jury will also award main prizes for online-only projects.

Awards of Excellence Print categories:

1. cover and cover story
1.1 Local newspaper
1.2. regional newspaper
1.3. national newspaper
1.4. weekly newspaper

2. sectional front page
2.1. local newspaper
2.2. regional newspaper
2.3. national newspaper
2.4. weekly newspaper

3. news pages print
3.0. refugees
3.1. terror, war (Ukraine war)
3.2. natural disasters
3.3. environmental protection
3.4. elections (local, regional, national, Europe)
3.5. celebrity deaths
3.6. Winter Olympics
3.7. FIFA World Cup

4. photography
4.0. photographic series
4.1. portrait
4.2. image editing
4.3. sequence
4.4. atmosphere
4.5. perspective
4.6. picture page

5. photo reportage

6. visualisation

7. visual storytelling, alternative storytelling

8. infographics print
8.0. infographics
8.1. small infographics
8.2. infographics with emphasis on maps

9. illustration

10. Supplements, special editions
10.0. Weekend supplements (print or e-paper)
10.1. Supplements for special occasions, special editions and anniversary editions

11. Special pages

12. New series, new concepts

12.1. Impact Print

13.0. Magazine supplements
13.1. Magazines overall
13.2 Magazine covers
13.3 Magazine covers and cover stories
13.4. Magazine photography
13.5. Magazine illustration
13.6. Magazine typography · layout

Awards of Excellence online categories:

14. Multimedia storytelling

14.1. Online photo reports

15. Films, animated films

16. Cross-media projects

17. Online infographics, animated infographics

18. Data journalism

19. Podcasts

20. AI projects

21. Impact online

Sorting into categories
The jury is always looking for the best category for each work. Therefore, it happens that works are sorted into other categories.

Student work
Student work can be entered in all categories.

Local pages
Local pages can participate in all categories. There is no separate category for them.