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South China Morning Post journalists honoured for excellence in news writing, photography and design by Newspaper Society of Hong Kong
- Top prizes won for English News Writing and News Page Design (Series)
- Event held each year to help raise professional standards in the city’s media
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The city’s oldest newspaper association has honoured journalists with the South China Morning Post for excellence in news writing, photojournalism and page design.
The award ceremony of the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong on Monday recognised the outstanding accomplishments in local journalism in 2018. The event is held each year to help raise professional standards in the city’s media.
The presentation was held at the JW Marriott hotel in Admiralty, with Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung Kin-chung serving as the guest of honour. A total of 75 awards were handed out in four categories: reporting, writing, photography and design.
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The Post won the top prize in the English News Writing category for “Don’t treat us like trash”, a feature by Rachel Leung Yuk-ming and Michelle Wong Man-ting. The report focused on the daily lives of two elderly street cleaners who endured low wages and long working hours.
Marco Hernandez and Marcelo Duhalde won the top prize in News Page Design (Series) for their “Forbidden City” series”, which was published in August and December.
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The Post’s technology team won first runner-up in Business News Writing in English for “How Anthony Tan of Grab seized his chance”, which was filed by editor Chua Kong Ho and reporter Zen Soo. The story looked at how Tan transformed a taxi-booking venture run from a garage in Kuala Lumpur into Southeast Asia’s most valuable start-up.
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