The Royal Statistical Society reports on the award of the first International Data Journalism Awards (DJA) organised by the Global Editors Network (GEN).

Data journalism is described in the piece by DJA jury leader Paul Steiger, who said that “digital techniques for capturing and making sense of data are taking their place among the most critical tools of journalism around the globe”.

A complete list of winners and honourable mentions, with links to the winning stories, is given on the RSS eNews website.