South China Morning Post wins 6 prizes at Hong Kong News Awards

Production editor Matt Haldane and reporters Dylan Butts and Xinmei Shen bagged first runner-up in the Best Business News Writing (English) category for their joint feature from October 2023 on Hong Kong’s hurdles in becoming a cryptocurrency hub.

The place of second runner-up in the same category went to news editor (climate) Eric Ng for his November 2023 piece covering factors hindering the trading volume of Hong Kong’s first voluntary carbon credit market, Core Climate.

Victor Sanjinez of the Post’s infographic team was awarded merit for the category of Best News Page Design (Single Page) for his work in September 2023 on Bailu, or White Dew, one of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese lunar calendar.

Senior designer Emilio Rivera also received merit in the Best News Page Design (Series) category for his piece on the Gaza-Israel conflict.

The annual awards by the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong are considered the city’s answer to the Pulitzer Prizes for journalism, striving to recognise the outstanding achievements of journalists and raising professional standards.

The Post was among the newspapers that founded the society in 1954.

The awards consist of four sections – reporting, writing, photography and design – with a total of 18 categories.

The category of Best Short News Video was added last year.