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. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)
China Daily journalists and news editors were among the winners at the city’s prestigious annual news awards ceremony held on Wednesday to mark their achievements and “positive and irreplaceable” contributions to society amid the pandemic.
The China Daily Hong Kong Edition scooped 11 awards across nine categories out of the 75 prizes in 17 categories at the 2020 Hong Kong News Awards, organized by the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong.
China Daily journalists bagged top prizes in three categories — Best Science News Reporting, Best Arts and Culture News Reporting, and Best News Writing (English)
China Daily journalists bagged top prizes in three categories — Best Science News Reporting, Best Arts and Culture News Reporting, and Best News Writing (English).
IN PHOTOS: China Daily journalists honored at Hong Kong News Awards
These high-quality print stories show that the city’s journalists and editors have stuck to their professional mission of seeking the truth in a difficult time, said Keith Kam Woon-ting, chairman of the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong. He is also chief operating officer of Ming Pao Holdings.
Kam recommended the prize-winning stories, saying that they provided readers with immediate information and detailed analysis from an objective and impartial perspective and with a profound reflection on social issues.
A total of 607 entries were submitted by 12 Chinese- and English-language newspapers in Hong Kong. This year’s theme was “comment is free, but facts are sacred.”
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