US-China group honours South China Morning Post’s global media leadership

The South China Morning Post was awarded the Global Media Leadership Award on Wednesday by the Washington-based US-China Policy Foundation (USCPF), a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the furthering of understanding between the two countries’ peoples and governments.

With its growing body of correspondents across Asia and the US, “the South China Morning Post is no longer just a newspaper published daily, but a provider of news content 24/7,” former US ambassador to China Gary Locke said.

Acknowledging the Post’s mission to elevate thought and lead the global conversation about China, Locke, who presented Wednesday’s award to Post Editor-in-Chief Tammy Tam and Executive Editor Chow Chung-yan at the USCPF’s 2018 gala dinner, said its news teams “are creating innovative ways to tell Asia’s most important and compelling stories”.

Attended by current and former diplomats from both sides of the Pacific, members of Congress and business representatives, Wednesday’s gala was convened in Washington’s historic Mayflower hotel, known for being home to China’s US liaison operations in 1973 at a time when the two countries had not yet established diplomatic relations.

Editor-in-Chief Tammy Tam celebrates South China Morning Post’s achievements in past 115 years and outlines its mission for future

Collecting the award, Tam said the honour “affirms and encourages us to push on with our mission to lead the global conversation about China”.