South China Morning Post wins 6 prizes at Hong Kong News Awards
- City desk reporter Fiona Sun bags first prize in category of Best News Writing (English) for feature on stresses faced by carers looking after elderly and severely ill relatives
- Event’s first prize for English headline goes to subeditor Sariwati Latif for ‘Writing on the wall for sensitive titles’ heading in piece on disappearing books
The South China Morning Post has picked up six prizes, including for Best News Writing (English) and Best Headline (English), at the 2023 Hong Kong News Awards.
City desk reporter Fiona Sun won first prize in the category of Best News Writing (English) at the Newspaper Society-organised event for her March 2023 feature on the stresses faced by carers looking after elderly and severely ill family members at home.
Subeditor Sariwati Latif also came away with first prize for her headline: “Writing on the wall for sensitive titles”. The heading was for a focus piece in May 2023 about the disappearance of books on the Tiananmen Square crackdown and publications from pro-democracy figures at stores and libraries over national security fears.
Production editor Matt Haldane and reporters Dylan Butts and Xinmei Shen bagged first runner-up in the Best Business News Writing (English) category for their joint feature from October 2023 on Hong Kong’s hurdles in becoming a cryptocurrency hub.
The place of second runner-up in the same category went to news editor (climate) Eric Ng for his November 2023 piece covering factors hindering the trading volume of Hong Kong’s first voluntary carbon credit market, Core Climate.
Victor Sanjinez of the Post’s infographic team was awarded merit for the category of Best News Page Design (Single Page) for his work in September 2023 on Bailu, or White Dew, one of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese lunar calendar.
Senior designer Emilio Rivera also received merit in the Best News Page Design (Series) category for his piece on the Gaza-Israel conflict.
The annual awards by the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong are considered the city’s answer to the Pulitzer Prizes for journalism, striving to recognise the outstanding achievements of journalists and raising professional standards.
The Post was among the newspapers that founded the society in 1954.
The awards consist of four sections – reporting, writing, photography and design – with a total of 18 categories.
The category of Best Short News Video was added last year.
