Last modified on Fri 23 Jul 2021 12.13 BST
The Guardian Foundation’s Education Centre and NewsWise programmes have won a WAN-IFRA European Digital Media award in the ‘Best Project for News Literacy’ category.
The WAN-IFRA European Digital Media awards honour European news publishers who excel in their work and deliver unique and original digital news projects.
The ‘Best Project for News Literacy’ category awards projects that “enhance news literacy skills, promote critical thinking and further the smart consumption of news”.
The judges described the Guardian Foundation’s Education Centre and NewsWise programmes as a “superb and exhaustive news literacy and education project that really seemed to step into a new gear during the pandemic in 2020.”
Guardian Foundation executive director Kelly Walls said:
“I’m so delighted that our news literacy work has been recognised in a European context, thank you to WAN-IFRA and the judges. I’m hugely proud of the NewsWise and Education Centre teams who have continued to deliver outstanding programmes despite the challenges through the pandemic.”
A full list of winners can be found here.
