Expresso was one of the media outlets highlighted in the 18th edition of the Cyberjournalism Awards, announced this Tuesday at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto, during the ObCiber days, this year dedicated to 30 years of cyberjournalism in Portugal.
In the category of General Excellence in Cyberjournalism, Expresso was the medium with the highest public voteswhich reinforces the connection that the weekly newspaper founded in 1973 has been consolidating with its readers in the digital universe.
In the category of Multimedia Report, Expresso won the jury prize with “You are not the most here”a journalistic work that gives voice to eight Afghan women who fled the Taliban regime and rebuilt their lives in Portugal.
Elaha, Fatima, Fayeza, Maliha, Neda, Tamana, Wahida and Zainab are women, studying or about to start working when Kabul was taken over by the Taliban. Their lives were dragged into the house. They escaped Afghanistan and have been in Portugal for two years now.
Matilde Fieschi
Published on the Expresso website in October 2024, this multimedia report offers an immersive experience, combining text, photography and video.
The interviews and final text are by journalist Marta Gonçalves, with photography by Matilde Fieschi, video documentary by Rúben Tiago Pereira, graphic animation and infographics by Carlos Paes, WebDesign by Mário Henriques and Tiago Pereira Santos and WebDevelopment by João Melancia.
The Cyberjournalism Awards, organized by the Cyberjournalism Observatory (ObCiber), also distinguished other media. Público won the jury prize in the General Excellence in Cyberjournalism, Last Hour and Digital Infography category.
Renascença, in turn, won in the Digital Video Narrative category, while Divergent, Flor do Tâmega and ComUM Online also won awards, namely in the Digital Sound Narrative, Proximity Cyberjournalism and Academic Cyberjournalism categories.
For Expresso, awards like these are a sign of recognition of editorial quality in digital and the importance of continuing to invest in multimedia narratives. Only the most profound and demanding journalism can bring us closer to people’s stories.