News publishers celebrate best digital content at Asian Digital Media Awards 2019
Hong Kong’s English daily South China Morning Post and Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) have dominated the 10th Asian Digital Media Awards, winning more than half the 30 prizes on offer for outstanding digital content and products.
The prizes at Asian Digital Media Awards, presented by WAN-IFRA, recognise the new organisations which have produced the region’s best and most engaging digital content and offerings. The 10 prize categories include the best websites, video, infographics, native advertising and social media content.
The winners were awarded at a ceremony in Hong Kong as part of the Digital Media Asia conference. Fifteen judges, drawn from the USA and Europe, selected the Gold, Silver and Bronze category prize winners from a total of 151 entries, from 11 countries. The gold winners become automatically eligible for WAN-IFRA’s World Digital Media Awards, to compete with the other winners from Africa, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, North America and South Asia in this unique and final international competition.
South China Morning Post took home six of the 10 Gold Awards, sharing one with R.AGE of Star Media Group, Malaysia, while SPH won three and PT GVM Networks (Opini.id) was the winner of the award for brand marketing.
The winners and their works are…
Best News Website or Mobile Service
China Tech City by South China Morning Postcna.asia by Mediacorp Pte Ltd
eco-business.com by Eco-Business
Best in Lifestyle, Sports, Entertainment Website or Mobile Services
China Tech City by South China Morning Post
War on waste: The dirty (brown) secret about e-commerce by The Straits Times, Singapore Press Holdings
scmp.com by South China Morning Post
Best Use of Online Video (including VR)
Fighting fentanyl – A drug from China destroying American lives by South China Morning Post
Homeless in Hong Kong: Life on a footbridge by South China Morning Post
I sold my Son to ISIS by South China Morning Post
Best Data Visualisation
How Beijing’s Forbidden City became one of the largest world museums by South China Morning Post
The race to save the river Ganges by Reuters (Singapore)
Tracking China’s Muslim Gulag by Reuters (Singapore)
Best Paid Content Strategy (incl. pay wall, membership or crowd funding models)
A machine learning-enabled personalised experience for audience engagement & subscriptions by The Straits Times, Singapore Press Holdings
Kompas.id IP-based News Service for Universities by Kompas Daily Newspaper
SPH News Tablet by Zaobao, Singapore Press Holdings
Best Native Advertising/Branded Content Campaign
Hong Kong Tourism Board – Building Connections by South China Morning Post
Qantas – Flying High, Linking Lives by South China Morning Post
Hong Kong Tourism Board – Local Vision: Hong Kong by South China Morning Post
Best Marketing Campaign for News Brand
Gedein Opini by PT GVM Networks (Opini.id)
Pusuan Ang Totoo by GMA News and Public Affairs
#TolWagTroll by 5 Network
Best in Social Media Engagement
Instagram: News Challenge by The Straits Times, Singapore Press Holdings
Check In (#CNACheckIn) by Mediacorp Pte Ltd
Where’s Merly? A National Day game challenge for Singaporeans by The Straits Times, Singapore Press Holdings
Best Digital Project to Engage Younger and/or Millenial Audiences
China Tech City by South China Morning Post
The #StandTogether Kindness Chat Bot by R.AGE, Star Media Group
ST & BT Podcasts reach younger audiences by Singapore Press Holdings
#MillennialsMemilih by IDN Times
Best Digital News Start-up
Garage by The Business Times by Singapore Press Holdings
PUBLISH by PUBLISH, Inc
1001 Startup Media Online by Kumparan