2016: Special Events

  • May 20, 2016
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The Washington Post's analysis of the 2016 election results.

The Washington Post’s analysis of the 2016 election results.

U.S. Elections

Silver

1. The Washington Post, Washington Post Election Coverage
2. The Guardian, Guardian Election Coverage

Award of Excellence

3. The New York Times, U.S. Elections Coverage
4. The New York Times, NYT Election Results 2016
5. The New York Times, Live Presidential Forecast
6. The New York Times, The 305 People, Places and Things Donald Trump Has Insulted on Twitter
7. NPR, NPR 2016 election coverage
8. ProPublica, ElectionLand
9. The Washington Post, Washington Post Election App Coverage
10. Huffington Post, Huffington Post Election Results
11. Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times Best of Election
12. Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times Election Graphics
13. Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times Live Results
14. Bloomberg, The Definitely Messy, Probably Solvable Reasons Americans Don’t Vote
15. Los Angeles Times, Did Your Neighborhood Vote to…
16. Wall Street Journal, Who Will Swing the Swing States?
17. Wall Street Journal, A Divided America
18. Google Trends, Who Voters Are Watching on YouTube
19. FiveThirtyEight, 2016 Election Interactives

2016 Summer Olympic Games

Gold

1. The New York Times, Simone Biles: The Fine Line

Silver

2. The New York Times, Decisive Moments
3. The New York Times, Usain Bolt
4. The Washington Post, Post Olympics WaPo

Award of Excellence

5. The New York Times, Ryan Lochte
6. The Guardian, Guardian Olympics Package
7. Straits Times, Olympics 2016
8. Wall Street Journal, Armchair Olympian
9. O Globo, Tocha Olympica 2016
10. O Globo, Biotypes of the Athletes
11. The New York Times, Olympic Races, In Your Neighborhood
12. La Nacion (Argentina), Rio 2016: Bolt Contra Todo
13. O Globo, Candles in the Wind
14. Google Trends, Leveling the Field
15. O Globo, Segredos Olympicos

Refugee Crisis

Silver

1. The Washington Post, Refugee Coverage

Award of Excellence

2. Berliner Morgenpost, How refugees live in Berlin
3. National Geographic, The New Europeans
4. Straits Times, Fleeing To Survive