South China Morning Post graphics team wins 80 awards at competitions in the US, Europe and Hong Kong

The latest accolades came as the Society for News Design announced the awards for the “World’s Best-Designed Digital News Experience for 2019” and the “World’s Best-Designed Newspaper”.

The South China Morning Post came in second to The Washington Post in the “World’s Best-Designed Digital News Experience for 2019” and won 31 awards in total.

The New York Times was named the “World’s Best-Designed Newspaper”, while the South China Morning Post picked up a further 40 awards in the “Best in News Design” category, in which the society recognises the news industry’s achievements in print.

In the digital news contest, the judges remarked: “South China Morning Post proves that a great interactive graphics team can thrive even with a crisis at their doorstep. The team deployed their many skills, from data graphics to explanatory illustrations, to help Hongkongers – and the world – understand and follow events as they unfolded.”