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SCMP sweeps Best English News Writing honours in Hong Kong newspaper guild’s 2022 awards, bagging 13 of 76 prizes in 17 categories
- SCMP won all three prizes in the Best News Writing (English) category
- SCMP also won awards in headline writing, photography, and page design
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South China Morning Post swept all three awards in the Best News Writing (English) category of the 2022 Hong Kong News Awards organised by the The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong.
Mai Jun, the Beijing-based News Editor (China) of the Post, won the top prize in the category for his May 2022 story about how nationalism was taking centre stage in Chinese politics ahead of the Communist Party’s 20th congress later that year.
Reporter Fiona Sun received the 1st Runner-up with her feature about how Hong Kong’s wealth disparity has widened since the city’s return to Chinese rule in 1997.
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News Editor (Climate) Eric Ng and Business Reporter Martin Choi were awarded the 2nd Runner-up in the category for their January 2022 story about how jobs related to the environment, sustainability and governance (ESG) were commanding salary premiums from 15 to 50 per cent in Hong Kong, as companies jostle for talent to meet regulatory requirements.
The three winning entries were among the 13 won by the Post out of 76 prizes across 17 categories offered by the Newspaper Society, the media industry’s guild in the city. The awards received 617 entries in total. An award ceremony will be held May 5, according to the guild.
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In the category of Best Business News Reporting, Chad Bray and Enoch Yiu won 1st Runner-up for their series of stories on Ping An Group’s push to break up HSBC. Yiu also won 1st Runner-up in the Best Business News Writing (English) category for her feature about how the Bauhinia blakeana flower replaced the visages of the five reigning British monarchs that had adorned Hong Kong’s legal tender since Queen Victoria in 1863.
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