THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. View this season's finalists!

Industry

See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Auto See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Beauty See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Business to Business See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Consumer Brand See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Education See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Entertainment See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Financial Services See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Fitness, Health, & Wellness
<br>See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Food & Beverage
See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Gaming See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Government & Politics See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Hospitality See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Insurance See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Live Events See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> News & Media See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Non-Profit See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Pets & Animals See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Pharma & Healthcare See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Real Estate See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Restaurants See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Retail & E-Commerce See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Social Activism See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Sports See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Technology See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Television See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Travel & Tourism See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Wine, Beer & Spirits

Strategy & Engagement

See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Brand Partnership See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Call to Action See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Community Management See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Creative Use of Technology See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> CTV/OTT See previous winners and honorees for Insights and Trends here.</a> <a href=https://shortyawards.com/16th/"https://shortyawards.com/category/16th/data-visualization">See previous winners and honorees for Data Visualization here.</a>"> Data & Insights See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Earned Media See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Event & Experiential See previous winners and honorees here.</a>""> Gamification See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Humor See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Innovative Media Buying Strategy See previous winners and honorees here.</a>""> Integration with Traditional Media See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Internal Communications See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> LGBTQ Community Engagement See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Micro-Influencer Strategy See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Multicultural Community Engagement See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Music & Dance See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> On a Shoestring See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Organic Promotion See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Paid & Amplification See previous winner and honorees here.</a>"> Physical and Digital Convergence See previous winner and honorees here.</a>"> Public Service Announcement See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Real Time Response See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> SEO & SEM See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Social Commerce See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Storytelling
From the 16th Annual Shorty Awards

Al Jazeera Digital Newsroom

Gold Honor in X (formerly Twitter)

Audience Honor in X (formerly Twitter)

Objectives

Al Jazeera's digital newsroom oversees all production and publishing operations on social platforms for Al Jazeera's Arabic social media outlets. Throughout this year, our focus has been on keeping our audience consistently informed about global events, with a particular emphasis on Middle East news.

We are proud to report exceptional levels of interactions and video views, achieved through the implementation of the best methods and practices that align with the expectations of our dedicated audience.

Our efforts in 2023 aimed to deliver timely news coverage, emphasizing live updates and breaking stories, especially in response to significant events occurring in the region.

 

Strategy and Execution

The content strategy for the Al Jazeera ِArabic X account revolved around creating unique, original digital content tailored for X and designed specifically to cover stories of interest to Arab audiences worldwide.

Our dedication to producing engaging content and timely news coverage led us to diversify templates, keeping pace with platform updates and audience interests. As a pure news platform, 2023 showcased exceptional coverage, maintaining Al Jazeera's leadership in the news scene, spanning from the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria to Morocco, the floods in Libya, the Turkish elections, and the Gaza war.

Our strategy encompasses the following actions:

Results

Our 2023 strategy has proven successful, yielding unprecedented results. We've garnered over 444.4 million views of visual content and achieved more than 33 million interactions (likes, comments, and shares). Here's a snapshot of our growth on Twitter in 2023:

Media

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Al Jazeera Digital

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Entry Credits