GMA News Online’s Eleksyon 2022 wins SOPA Award for Excellence in Regional Infographics

GMA News Online bagged the award for Excellence in Infographics (Regional/Local) by the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Awards 2023. 

GMA News Online was honored for Eleksyon 2022, the website it mounted for the national elections of the past year, besting Chinese magazine, Sixth Tone, for two different projects it mounted.

According to SOPA, the "vast and complex" Eleksyon 2022 "covers a massive amount of data that is planned efficiently for intuitive and smooth navigation."

Developed by GMA New Media, Eleksyon 2022 featured three apps that allowed users to see the elections in a bigger picture. 

First, it visually presented the election results by showing the number of votes each candidate received per region, adjusted for their population to reflect the voting power of each area.

With the help of the GMA News Research team meanwhile, Eleksyon 2022 viewers were also able to navigate candidates’ profiles, stand on issues, educational background, past projects, authored laws, and owned properties.

Finally, Eleksyon 2022 users were able to see registered voters' profiles by gender, age group, and civil status down to the city level.

Eleksyon 2022 was commended by social media users for presenting vast information about the national polls on a single platform.

SOPA was established in 1999 to recognize and reward great journalism.

The winners were announced at an in-person event at the JW Marriott Hong Kong on June 15. This honor happens at the awards’ 25th anniversary.

GMA News Online previously won several SOPA awards in 2021 and 2022.

???? A vast and complex piece that covers a massive amount of data that is planned efficiently for intuitive and smooth navigation. Congratulations @gmanews @gmanewsonline "Eleksyon 2022" for being awarded Excellence in Regional Infographics. #SOPAwards2023 pic.twitter.com/bWlwHkycAg

— The Society of Publishers in Asia (@sopasia) June 15, 2023

— Nika Roque/LA, GMA Integrated News