• Best Brand Partnership

  A medium- or long-term pact between a publisher and a brand to promote a product or service.

• Best Diversification

  An online brand's effort to go beyond online advertising to generate revenue via subscriptions, ground events or in any other way.

• Best Employer Initiative

  An unusual initiative by an online publisher to make team members feel good about the workplace.

• Best Use of Data

  The use of data to better understand audiences or any other aspect of the business to make it either more rewarding or cost effective.

• Best Article Series

  Sustained coverage of an important issue in a logical, systematic, and insightful way.

• Best B2B Website

  An outstanding website that caters to a specific B2B audience with relevant and timely information, engaging the audience, fostering community, or promoting thought leadership. (At least three stories to be submitted for consideration)

• Best Breaking News Story

  Speed is of the essence in news and especially online journalism. To recognise and reward the most impactful story that was published before anyone else.

• Best Coverage of Entertainment

  Best news, features, reviews, interviews, profiles, analysis, criticism, or any other type of content that covers movies, TV shows, music, theatre, celebrities, or other aspects of popular culture. (At least three stories to be submitted for consideration)

• Best Coverage of Fashion & Lifestyle

  Webiste or content that covers the intersection of fashion and lifestyle trends, styles and culture of the industry. (At least three stories to be submitted for consideration)

• Best Coverage of Sports

  Breaking news, features, in-depth profiles, interviews, opinion pieces, analysis, or any other type of content that covers any sport or sports-related happenings. (At least three stories to be submitted for consideration)

• Best Feature Article (Text)

  The coverage of an important issue in an insightful way.

• Best Investigative Story

  To recognise and reward extreme effort that has gone into a report that seeks to uncover a serious public matter.

• Best Local Journalism

  Strong local reporting can allow an online publisher to take up issues that matter and create a bond with the community. (Three reports to be submitted for consideration)

• Best Section

  Website visitors have special interests. To recognise and reward the creation of a section that caters to any one of such special interests (Eg Health, Environment, Social Issues or any other).

• Best Use of Podcast

  The use of podcast to engage visitors to the site and thus getting them to stay longer.

• Best Use of Social Media

  Best use of social media round the year to promote content on the website.

• Best Video Feature

  The coverage of an important issue in an insightful way.

• Best Video Series

  Sustained coverage of an important issue in a logical, systematic, and insightful way.

• Best Interactive Story

  Using the best possibilities of interactivity that the web offers to tell a great story.

• Best UI/UX: Mobile App

  A mobile app with exceptional UI/UX design which prioritise user needs and makes information gathering easy and efficient.

• Best UI/UX: Website

  Website with exceptional UI/UX design which prioritise user needs and makes information gathering easy and efficient.

• Best Use of Infographics

  Use of infographics on the website to effectively convey complex information in a clear and engaging way.

• Best Audience Engagement on Site

  Meaningful efforts to engage visitors in one or a variety of ways and keep them on the website.

• Best Innovation in Publishing

  The innovation could relate to content, advertising, audience generation - or just about any initiative on the site. But it has to be original, make people sit up and say 'wow'.

• Best Use of Technology

  The use of new technology in any aspect of online publishing that either enhances the user experience, helps better serve ads or helps business efficiencies.