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
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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Chang Kim-fung, an assistant photo editor, won first runner-up in Feature Photography for an image of a food delivery worker with his bicycle overloaded with takeaway lunch in Wan Chai.
Photographer Dickson Lee won a merit prize for News Photography, and the paper’s deputy head of infographics, Adolfo Arranz, earned a merit prize for News Page Design (Single Page).
The best of SCMP’s visual journalism from 2018
Editor-in-chief Tammy Tam praised the winners from the Post for their achievements.
“I’m delighted and proud that our award-winning journalists continue to bring in prestigious accolades with their hard work and high standards,” she said.
In his speech, Cheung noted the relationship between a robust free press and good governance.
“The Hong Kong government attaches great importance and dearly treasures the rule of law, the independence of judiciary, and press and speech freedoms. They are Hong Kong’s core values and the foundations of its prosperity and stability.”
He continued: “We respect the watchdog role played by the media and pay close attention to our relations with the media.”
Cheung also talked about the media had changed in recent years with the advance of technology.
“I believe good news reporting will never be out of date,” he said. “Objective, accurate, fair and balanced reporting and commentary will always be what society expects and needs.”
