Scmp.com scoops four gongs at prestigious Asian Digital Media Awards

Scmp.com scooped a raft of gongs at the prestigious WAN-IFRA Asian Digital Media Awards in Singapore this afternoon, collecting four prizes for a range of online news initiatives rolled out over the last 12 months.

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Fifty of Asia’s top news publishers submitted entries to the awards. Photo: SCMP

Published: 6:05pm, 18 Nov 2014Updated: 3:20am, 19 Nov 2014

Scmp.com scooped a raft of gongs at the prestigious WAN-IFRA Asian Digital Media Awards in Singapore this afternoon, collecting four prizes for a range of online news initiatives rolled out over the last 12 months.

The company bagged silver awards for Best in Tablet Publishing – thanks to the immersive, image-driven tablet edition – and silver for Best Outstanding New Product for its extensive multimedia package Voices From Tiananmen, which re-told the story of events surrounding the 1989 military crackdown in Beijing.

The site also took the bronze award in that category for its SCMP Chronicles series of long-form multimedia stories, and bronze for Best News Website. The gold award for best news website was won by Australia’s The Age.

Competition was fierce, with over 50 of Asia’s top news publishers across 16 countries submitting entries, which were judged by a panel of industry experts.

“Our reader numbers have been on the up for the last two years. These awards from our esteemed industry colleagues and experts in the field, coupled with our increasing audience, reflect the fact we are producing high-quality journalism that people want to read,” said the Post’s Online Editor, Wang Feng.

“We have a great team of journalists and digital experts and these awards belong to them all.”