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South China Morning Post’s Eat Drink Asia and Inside China Tech podcasts win big at Asia Podcast Awards
- Two diverse podcasts from the Post have just been recognised at Asia’s premier podcasting awards
- The podcasts explore the world of food, entertainment and technology
(L-R) Zen Soo from Inside China Tech, and Alkira Reinfrank, Yang Yang and Bernice Chan from Eat Drink Asia, winners in the Asia Podcast Awards. Photo: Antony Dickson
Eat Drink Asia and Inside China Tech, two podcasts produced by the South China Morning Post, have won prizes at the inaugural Asia Podcast Awards. The winners were announced at the Asia Podcast Summit which aims to cultivate Asia’s growing podcast industry.
Eat Drink Asia clinched the Best Entertainment Podcast award, which is a monthly podcast that deep dives into the forgotten history of some of Asia’s most popular dishes that have gone global. The podcast features the Post journalists and dedicated foodies Bernice Chan and Alkira Reinfrank as they explore gastronomic delights with chefs, restaurateurs and food experts across the region.
Asia’s Best Technology Podcast was awarded to the Post’s Inside China Tech podcast which brings essential background, context and analysis to the most important tech trends emerging out of China. The podcast is hosted by the Post’s technology editor Chua Kong Ho and reporter Zen Soo and features movers and shakers in China tech and stories about the tech centres of mainland China.
Both of the Post’s winning series were developed by podcast producer Yang Yang.
(L-R) Owen Churchill, Finbarr Bermingham, Cissy Zhou and John Carter, nominated for the Asia Podcast Awards. Photo: Antony Dickson
In addition to winning two award categories, the Post was a finalist for Asia’s Best Podcast for Inside China, specifically for the seven-episode special Behind the Tariffs that focuses on the people working in manufacturing and trade-related industries in Chicago, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Hanoi impacted by the US-China trade war.
The special, produced by the Post ’s specialist production editor Jarrod Watt, is part of a podcast series that debuted in October last year, exploring issues and stories that build a deeper understanding of contemporary China.
“This is a wonderful validation of the hard work our producers, editors and journalists have put into every podcast at SCMP,” said the Post’s digital editor Laura Warne.
“We’re encouraged and excited to keep producing high-quality podcasts that continue telling in-depth stories on the issues that matter to our audience.”