Coda Media is anonprofit news organization that produces journalism about the roots of major global crises.[1] It was founded in 2016 by Natalia Antelava, a formerBBC correspondent, and Ilan Greenberg, a magazine and newspaper writer who was a staff reporter forThe Wall Street Journal.[2]
Coda produces written stories, video reports, podcasts and newsletters focused on one major theme at a time in order to put "individual stories in the context of larger events."[6] According to Antelava, Coda aims to cover "crises in a way that creates a meaningful, cohesive narrative".[7] Coda covers many global issues, including disinformation, authoritarian technology, the war on science, and rewriting history. The site's first theme covered LGBT issues in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.[8]
The organization and its contributors have won several awards throughout the last decade:[15]
In 2023, Anna-Catherine Brigida's report for Coda about the surveillance state in Honduras won first prize in the 2023 Fetisov Journalism Awards in the category of Contribution to Civil Rights.[16]
In 2022, Peter Pomerantsev was given theEuropean Press Prize's Public Discourse Award for his piece exploring why certain news events fail to capture sustained public attention.[17]
In 2022, Coda was the winner of theOnline News Association's award for explantory reporting conducted by a small newsroom for the report "Germany’s historical reckoning is a warning for the US" by Erica Hellerstein. The judges described the report as a "masterful storytelling" and "a thorough, devastating piece and poignant analysis of who must carry these stories and who has the privilege/shame/guilt to avoid or bury them."[18]
In 2020, Isobel Cockerell won theEuropean Press Prize's Distinguished Reporting Award for her report on Uyghur women fighting against China’s surveillance state.[19]
In 2018, Coda Story andReveal won theAlfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award[20] for their collaborative radio documentary "Russia's New Scapegoats",[21] which explores the human costs as well as the political reasons behind the Kremlin's war on gay people.
Coda's journalism and reporters have been a runner-up or a finalist in several other awards cycles:
Isobel Cockerell was a finalist for the 2023 Journalism Prize from theOrwell Foundation.[23]
Third prize for the 2023 True Story Award for Katia Patin's piece "Poland’s ministry of memory spins the Holocaust."[24]
Shortlisted for the 2023 Woollahra Digital Literary Award for Alexander Wells' report on Australian memory politics.[25]
A nominee for the 2020 Digital Media Award fromOne World Media Awards for the multimedia project "Generation Gulag."[26]
A nominee for the 2018 European Press Prize's Innovation Award for the video series "Jailed for a Like."[27]
A finalist in the 2016Online News Association Awards in the category of Excellence and Innovation in Visual Digital Storytelling for a Small Newsroom for its project, "Permission to Exterminate: Terror in Central Asia."[28][29]
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