Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post scoops 60 awards at 45th Best of News Design Creative Competition
Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post has won 60 awards at the 45th edition of the Best of News Design Creative Competition organised by the Society for News Design, surpassing last year’s 37.
The results were announced last week after the competition was held earlier this month in the US city of Minneapolis, with close to 4,400 entries of 2023 news stories to the event, designed to “honour excellence in visual storytelling, design and journalism”.
The judging panel, made up of 44 visual journalists representing more than 35 organisations from around the world, awarded the Post one gold, four silvers, and five bronze prizes, alongside 50 awards of excellence for both print and digital stories.
Post Editor-in-Chief Tammy Tam praised the winners for “doing us proud by bringing home such a large haul of accolades”.
“Just like our world-class journalists, our amazingly talented designers and artists can compete with the best in the business on the international stage and come out on top,” she said.
“These prestigious international awards are not only well deserved but they also remind us that quality content matters and is appreciated globally despite the increasingly difficult operating environment for the news business.”
For print stories awards, Victor Sanjinez of the Post’s infographic team bagged gold and silver prizes for his work in September 2023 on Bailu, or White Dew, one of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese lunar calendar, in the categories of “information graphics” and “illustration”.
He secured another silver in the “information graphics” category for his infographics on China and Russia’s “no limits” friendship in light of the war in Ukraine after Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the Russian capital Moscow.
The team was also given 25 awards of excellence for print stories.
For digital stories, Kaliz Lee of the Post’s infographic team won two silver awards for her explainer on the history and revival of Hanfu – traditional Chinese costumes – in recent years in the categories of “design: features” and “infoGfx: features”, with another five bronze medals on top of 24 awards of excellence handed out to the Post.
Carl Jones and Emilio Rivera from the Post’s print team also picked up an award for excellence for their layout design.
