Post graphics team wins ‘Pulitzer of news design’ at global awards
Multimedia graphics visualising lightning strikes from dramatic Hong Kong storms just one of several projects this year to be recognised by industry
Lightning strikes take place within no more than a split second, but the South China Morning Post made them last by visualising the natural phenomenon from two dramatic Hong Kong storms last summer with a multimedia graphic that captured a “Pulitzer of news design” last month.
This multimedia graphic was among six bronze awards the Post’s graphics team won at the Malofiej Awards, which honour the best in data visualisation, information graphics and visual storytelling from around the world.
By drilling deep into 11,000 strikes of lightning during the two major weather events, Hernandez explored lightning activity in general, and in the process, created a graphic every bit as memorable as the storms that kept many Hongkongers awake that night.
