Al Jazeera English Wins Online Journalism Award For Egypt Coverage

The Online Journalism Awards has given Al Jazeera English the “Breaking News” honor for its coverage of the uprisings in Egypt — coverage which saw the AJE website experiencing a whopping 2,500 percent spike in traffic. Dorothy Parvaz, the AJE online journalist who had been captured in Syria and Iran earlier this year, accepted the award on behalf of the network, which beat out the likes of The Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press and The New York Times.

AJE’s head of online, Mohamed Nanabhay, explained the secret to the site’s success:

This award has been won through the phenomenal work of our journalists. As well as being on top of breaking news stories during some of the most intense news cycles on modern times, the website has been marked by its ability to innovate and adapt in an ever changing new media landscape.

Our multifaceted approach to telling complex stories through our depth features, opinion and programs as well as at the speed of thought through our LiveBlogs has produced an overall product that saw our traffic surge by 2500% as the revolutions unfolded.

Al Jazeera was also nominated in the category of General Excellence in Online Journalism.

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