The Press Gazette has announced the shortlist for the Future of Media Awards 2025. The awards celebrate and recognise excellence across digital news media in the UK and worldwide.

Shortlist:

Journalism-based Website of the Year for 2025 (National/International)

• Bloomberg
• Financial Times
• The i Paper
• Sky News
• The Athletic
• The Sun

Best Journalism-based Podcast for 2025 (National/International)

• InSight Crime: The Shadow of El Dorado
• Mail Online: Pipeline: Left To Die
• Samizdat Audio and BBC Radio 4: The History Podcast: Invisible Hands
• Sky News: Electoral Dysfunction
• The Times and Sunday Times: Cocaine Inc.
• Tortoise Media: Lucky Boy

Best Journalism-based Online Video (National/International)

• Daily Express: Zak Garner-Purkis
• Metro: Metro Explains
• New Lines Magazine: Role Reversals: A Palestinian in the Jewish Museum of Berlin
• Sky News: Digital video team for: What do Texans want from Donald Trump?, I’m 31 and single – am I leaving having kids too late? and How easy is it to get weight loss drugs?
• The Sun: Madeleine McCann: The Unseen Evidence
• The Times and Sunday Times: How we solved the mystery of David Holden’s murder

Best News Apps of 2025

• Der Tag
• The Guardian
• Sky News
• Stylist
• The Hindu
• The Times

For the full shortlist, visit pressgazette.co.uk. 

Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on Thursday 11 September at Hilton London Bankside.