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Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post wins big at 2 sets of media awards with 4 golds and 6 silvers during its 120th anniversary celebrations
- Multiple award-winning infographic ‘Life in Hong Kong’s shoebox housing’ awarded another two golds
- Post’s weekly Lunar newsletter on women and gender issues in Asia also scoops top prize, alongside arresting image of elderly patients with Covid-19 symptoms
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Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post was the biggest winner at two sets of prestigious awards organised by the World Association of News Publishers (Wan-Ifra), taking home four golds and six silvers.
“Life in Hong Kong’s shoebox housing”, an infographic story that spotlighted the plight of people who live in the city’s infamous subdivided flats, took gold at the Digital Media Awards Asia on Thursday.
The piece by Post graphic designers Marcelo Duhalde, Kaliz Lee, Han Huang, Adolfo Arranz, Dennis Wong, and reporter Fiona Sun has also won a string of other international plaudits, including a Gerald Loeb Award.
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The team spent more than a month on research, including shooting photos and videos on location, before they created the multimedia article.
The Post’s weekly Lunar newsletter also clinched gold for best newsletter at the same awards ceremony.
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The newsletter, sent every Friday, provides insights on women and gender in Asia and highlights diverse voices in the Post’s reporting.
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