The 2025 EPPY Awards recognized outstanding achievements in digital journalism and innovation. This year, awards highlighted the interplay between technology and storytelling across various media platforms.
Key Winners of the 2025 EPPY Awards
Business and Finance Categories
- Best Business/Finance Website (Fewer than 1 Million Monthly Unique Visitors)Winner: STAT
- Best Investigative/Enterprise Feature (1 Million or More Monthly Unique Visitors)Winner: Bloomberg Businessweek
Title: “Unsafe Online: Families Are Going After Snapchat for the Teen Fentanyl Crisis” - Best Business Reporting (1 Million or More Monthly Unique Visitors)Winner: Bloomberg News
Title: “Iran’s Oil Kingpin”
2nd Place: Fortune
Title: “Nike is broken. Can Elliott Hill fix it?” - Best Business Reporting (Fewer than 1 Million Monthly Unique Visitors)Winner: International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
Title: “Caspian Cabals”
2nd Place: A Collaborative Investigation by OCCRP, Swedish Television, and other media partners
Title: “Scam Empire”
3rd Place: The Examination and partners
Title: “Nicotine Networks” - Best Business/Finance Column (Fewer than 1 Million Monthly Unique Visitors)Winner: STAT
Columnist: Adam Feuerstein
Title: “Adam Feuerstein: Truth-teller on the Biotech Industry”
2nd Place: Working Strategies
Columnist: Amy Lindgren
Data Transparency Awards
- Best Use of Data Transparency (1 Million or More Monthly Unique Visitors)Winner: Bloomberg News
Title: “Why Europe Is Unprepared to Defend Itself” - Best Use of Data Transparency (Fewer than 1 Million Monthly Unique Visitors)Winner: STAT
Title: “STAT’s Revelatory Effort to Monitor CDC Data in Real Time”
The EPPY Awards celebrate the creative efforts of both large and small newsrooms. These accolades serve to elevate journalistic integrity and promote innovation within the industry.
