本文的研究对象是数据新闻的评奖机制，通过对首个表彰数据新闻领域杰出工作的国际专项奖项——全球数据新闻大赛奖的把关人结构和获奖作品的内容特征研究，分析全球数据新闻大赛的评奖机制。旨在研究组织的立场和方针层面，全球数据新闻大赛评委会的结构特征；数据新闻大赛评选体系层面，评奖系统的稳定性、开放性和兼顾性；数据新闻获奖作品的客观属性层面，获奖作品的选题内容特征；专业标准和市场标准层面，获奖作品的价值取向和新闻要素。

文章第三部分分析了全球数据新闻大赛的评审委员会构成、奖项设置，从而分析把关系统的稳定性和把关人的结构特征。从把关系统上看，全球数据新闻奖项类别较为丰富，评选系统渐趋于稳定，由专业评委和公众构成的把关人结构具有开放性，同时，在评选原则上具有兼顾性。

文章第四、五部分通过对数据新闻大赛近七年来获奖者和作品的定量分析，勾勒出获奖对象的集体素描，从而分析获奖作品的共性，以及全球数据新闻大赛评选场域内影响作品获奖的因素有哪些。从数据上看，获奖作品具有聚焦公共议程、大国中心导向、重视交互形式、媒体自采众包数据的特征。

The research object of this paper is the award mechanism of data journalism. By studying the structure of gatekeeper of the Global Data Journalism Competition award, the first international special award to recognize outstanding work in the field of data journalism, and the content characteristics of the winning works, this paper analyzes the award mechanism of the Global Data journalism Competition.The purpose of this paper is to study the structural characteristics of the global Data Journalism Competition jury at the standpoint and policy level of the organization.On the system level of data news contest, the stability, openness and consideration of the award system;The objective attribute of the winning works of data journalism and the feature of the selected topic; Professional standards and market standards, the value orientation and news elements of the award-winning works.

The third part of the article analyzes the composition of the jury committee and the setting of awards in the Global Data News Competition, so as to analyze the stability of the gatekeeper system and the structural characteristics of the gatekeeper.From the perspective of the gatekeeper system, the categories of global data journalism awards are relatively rich, the selection system is gradually becoming stable, and the gatekeeper structure composed of professional judges and the public has an open structure. At the same time, the selection principle is balanced.

The fourth and fifth parts of this paper outline the collective sketch of the winners and works of the data News Contest in the past seven years through quantitative analysis, so as to analyze the commonness of the winning works and the factors affecting the winning of the works in the selection field of the global data News Contest.From the perspective of data, the winning works have the characteristics of focusing on the public agenda, leading the country to the center, attaching importance to interactive forms, and crowdsourcing data by the media.