Complex Networks, Harvard Business Review and In The Know are 2021 Digiday Media Awards nominees

Community, changemakers, collaboration and inclusivity emerged as thematic highlights in this year’s Digiday Media Awards shortlist. Several entrants stood out with multiple nominations across categories. Our highlights paint a picture of 2020 as a year of big ideas; the competition was fierce, and the programs were robust.

For example, Complex Networks launched a no-holds-barred submission this year. The publisher netted two nominations for Best Editorial Package and also Best Virtual Event, Best Use of Video, Best Use of Audience Insights and Best Brand Partnership in the business-to-consumer category.

From unpacking the rise of the drill musical genre in Brooklyn — an extensive editorial program rich with profiles and history — to a partnership with Microsoft that spotlighted brands and philanthropic organizations bringing diversity and inclusion to sports and schools and women’s lives, Complex Networks was busy in 2020. The teams there also built ComplexLand, a three-dimensional online theme park packed with retailers, food vendors, concerts, conversations and limited drops.

Big ideas were the big idea at Harvard Business Review, where the writers dug into remote work and collaboration across a year of quarantine. Nominated for Best Editorial Package, Best Podcast, Best New Vertical and Publisher of the Year, HBR examined what work-from-home meant to teams and what WFH will mean going forward. Change in the office also dominated the Review’s podcast landscape, as ‘IdeaCast’ launched a look at BIPOC in the workplace, complete with in-depth interviews featuring leaders making a deep impact.

Third among our highlights, In The Know — focused on Generation Z and covering food, travel, beauty, sports, conservation and technology — netted nominations for Best Story, Best Editorial Package, Podcast, Commerce Partner and Publisher of the Year. They did that by building a 34-profile package around Black Gen Z changemakers, spotlighting the leaders — national and those on their way to wider recognition — who are inspiring a generation. In The Know also partnered with the brand Our Place and helped its founder, Shiza Shahid, share from-the-kitchen tips and inspirations of her own.

All of these shortlisters are on our judges’ minds in this year’s awards, plus many more. In advance of their final decisions, the full roster of the 2021 Digiday Media Awards nominees follows:

Best Story
NRK – Your Climate Future
In The Know – Where you can still find household essentials
UPROXX – Rico Nasty’s Nightmare Vacation
AccuWeather
HealthCentral – “Let’s Talk About the Novel Coronavirus”
In The Know – Next Gen: Myles Loftin

Best Editorial Package
NRK – Your Climate Future
Complex – Brooklyn Drill: The New Sound of New York
Complex Networks and Carat – In The Business of Building Communities
HealthCentral – “Get Your Chronic Vax Facts Here!”
Harvard Business Review – Big Idea: The New Reality of WFH
In The Know – Black Changemakers

Best Newsletter
CNET Media – COVID Newsletter
TODAY Digital – Read with Jenna newsletter
The Wall Street Journal – New Approaches to Evergreen Coverage
The Hill – 12:30 Report
CO— by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce – Midnight Oil
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Source:: Digiday