Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po (center, front row) poses with delegates for a group photo during the prize presentation ceremony of the 2020 Hong Kong News Awards in Hong Kong on Aug 4, 2020. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)
HONG KONG – China Daily journalists were honored Wednesday after winning 11 prizes at the 2020 Hong Kong News Awards.
The China Daily Hong Kong Edition scooped up 11 awards across nine categories at the city’s annual news contest for local newspapers, which recognized their reporting, writing, photography and design in a year defined by COVID-19 challenges.
China Daily Hong Kong bagged top prizes in three categories — Best Science News Reporting, Best Arts and Culture News Reporting, and Best News Writing (English).
China Daily Hong Kong now has received awards in the contest for 11 straight years, scooping up 95 wins in that time. Twelve Chinese- and English-language newspapers in Hong Kong competed for 75 awards in 17 categories this year.
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Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po speaks at the awards presentation ceremony of the 2020 Hong Kong News Awards in Hong Kong on Aug 4, 2020. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)
Zhou Li (back, 5th right), deputy editor-in-chief of China Daily Group and publisher and editor-in-chief of China Daily Asia Pacific, poses for photos with award winners at the prize presentation ceremony of the 2020 Hong Kong News Awards in Hong Kong on Aug 4, 2020. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)
Chitralekha Basu poses with her winning series at the prize presentation ceremony of the 2020 Hong Kong News Awards in Hong Kong on Aug 4, 2020. A five-story series on present and future museums made Basu a back-to-back winner in the Best Arts and Culture News Reporting category. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)
He Shusi poses for photos at the prize presentation ceremony of the 2020 Hong Kong News Awards in Hong Kong on Aug 4, 2020. The "Online economy amid COVID-19" series, filed by He, Luo Weiteng and Zhou Mo, won the first runner-up in Best Business News Reporting. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)
Willa Wu poses for a photo with her award and her winning article at the prize presentation ceremony of the 2020 Hong Kong News Awards in Hong Kong on Aug 4, 2020. Wu was awarded first runner-up for her story "All at sea with the coronavirus", which looked at the nightmare of passengers who found themselves stranded at sea on the coronavirus-stricken cruise ship Diamond Princess. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)
Veteran photographer Edmond Tang holds up his award as he poses with his winning photo at the prize presentation ceremony of the 2020 Hong Kong News Awards in Hong Kong on Aug 4, 2020. Tang secured a merit prize in Best Photograph (Sport). (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)
He Shusi poses with her award and her winning feature article at the prize presentation ceremony of the 2020 Hong Kong News Awards in Hong Kong on Aug 4, 2020. He bagged the top honor in Best News Writing (English) for “Death at the doorstep”, a feature about the struggles and fears of patients and medical workers at Wuhan hospitals in the face of the then-mysterious new coronavirus. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)
Graphic designer Mok Kwok-cheong poses for a photo with his award and his winning piece at the prize presentation ceremony of the 2020 Hong Kong News Awards in Hong Kong on Aug 4, 2020. Mok and fellow graphic designer Billy Wong together won the second runner-up in Best News Page Design (Single Page), with a striking layout that elicits readers’ fond memories of martial arts actor Bruce Lee. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)
Calvin Ng poses for a photo at the prize presentation ceremony of the 2020 Hong Kong News Awards in Hong Kong on Aug 4, 2020. Ng received a merit prize in Best Photograph (Features). (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)
Molly Chen, who collected the award on behalf of Shadow Li, poses with winning articles at the prize presentation ceremony of the 2020 Hong Kong News Awards in Hong Kong on Aug 4, 2020. Li won the top prize in Best Science News Reporting ror her two data-journalism stories on plastic waste and coral conservation. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)
Greg Ahlstrand poses for photos at the prize presentation ceremony of the 2020 Hong Kong News Awards in Hong Kong on Aug 4, 2020. Ahlstrand was the first runner-up in Best Headline (English) with “Tea time rides bubbles of new popularity”. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)