SOPA Announces 2017 Awards for Editorial Excellence Finalists!
(Below listings in alphabetical order of publication’s title)
Winners of the Award for Excellence and an Honorable Mention chosen from the three finalists in each of these categories will be announced at the Gala Dinner on June 15.
- Excellence in Reporting on Women’s Issues (女性议题新闻奖)
Group A
The New York Times, The right to work in India (Honorable Mention)
The Washington Post, India’s Divide (Award for Excellence)
Thomson Reuters Foundation, Stopping Asia’s most shameful crime: trafficking of women
Group B
MINT, HT Media, The Widows of Beed
Phnom Penh Post, Coming to terms (Award for Excellence)
Sixth Tone, Waking Up to the Threat of Domestic Violence (Honorable Mention)
Group C
Ming Pao weekly, 我是女工 (Honorable Mention)
Initium Media, 「7.09」家屬:從受難者到行動者的一年跋涉 (Award for Excellence)
蘋果日報 最坦白的跨性別系列
- Excellence in Journalistic Innovation (新闻报道创新奖)
Group A
China Daily Asia Pacific, Bhumika Can Speak for Herself (Award for Excellence)
The New York Times, ‘They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals’
The New York Times, Scarborough Shoal (Honorable Mention)
Group B
South China Morning Post, Cultural Revolution (Honorable Mention)
The Quint, Ambedkar’s Army
The Sydney Morning Herald, Saving the Reef (Award for Excellence)
Group C
Caixin Media Company Limited 财新传媒有限公司, After the Flood: Never Let Bygones Be Bygones(2016 · 洪水暴至) (Honorable Mention)
報導者 (The Reporter), 離岸之前——印尼漁工的台灣夢
天下雜誌, 農地上的世界冠軍 (Award for Excellence)
3. Excellence in Human Rights Reporting (卓越人权报导奖)
Group A
Agence France-Presse (published on Yahoo), AFP Exclusive: Taliban use child sex slaves to kill Afghan police (Award for Excellence)
Reuters, Duterte’s War
The New York Times, Australia Human Rights Reporting (Honorable Mention)
Group B
ABS-CBN Corp., War On Drugs: The Unheard Voices (Award for Excellence)
Channel News Asia, For India’s Stolen Children, a Journey Into Slavery
IRIN, Myanmar says Rohingya rape and abuse allegations “made-up”, despite mounting evidence (Honorable Mention)
Group C
Ming Pao Weekly, 被遺忘的216個佔領者
報導者 (The Reporter), 無國籍的移工小孩——「沒有名字」的孩子們 (Honorable Mention)
報導者 (The Reporter), 造假.剝削.血淚漁場 (Award for Excellence)
4. Excellence in Feature Writing (卓越专题特写奖)
Group A
Bloomberg, Superbug Profiteers
Financial Times, The Return of Mao (Award for Excellence)
Reuters, The Road to Ward 17 (Honorable Mention)
Group B
Korea JoongAng Daily, Son crusades to meet father hijacked to North Korea
Rappler, In the Name of the Father (Award for Excellence)
Sixth Tone, Tunnel Vision: Villagers Dig Their Way Out of Isolation (Honorable Mention)
Group C
FT中文网/FTChinese.com, “拆分北京”系列报道 (Honorable Mention)
Initium Media, 母親、記者、警察、律師,持續21年的洗冤之戰(全文版) (Award for Excellence)
報導者 (The Reporter), 第一廣場,移工築起的「地下社會」
5. Excellence in Magazine Design (卓越杂志设计奖)
Group A
*Cancelled
Group B
Bloomberg, Bloomberg Businessweek – Uber Slayer (Honorable Mention)
Esquire Singapore, The 50th Issue (Award for Excellence)
Tasting Kitchen, TK22 Free Spirit
Group C
LEAP 《艺术界》, French Edition:Au Sommet, le Verbe 中法文特刊:《一语山》 (Award for Excellence)
LIFE MAGAZINE 《生活》月刊, A Normal Journey 旅程日常 (Honorable Mention)
天下雜誌, 為台灣奮鬥的人
6. Excellence in Lifestyle Coverage (卓越生活时尚报导奖)
Group A
Financial Times, A pilgrim’s progress (Award for Excellence)
Reuters, Japan’s abuse of asylum seekers (Honorable Mention)
The New York Times, Sichuan Cuisine, Imperiled by Success
Group B
#legend, High and Mighty: Urban Explorers Take to the Top
Nikkei Asian Review, Asia’s silver lining (Honorable Mention)
Nikkei Asian Review, Overworked (Award for Excellence)
Group C
天下雜誌, 日常時尚
纽约时报中文网 , 文化战争与文化差异:美国课堂上的华人同学 (Award for Excellence)
蘋果日報, 逃走他鄉的故事系列 (Honorable Mention)
7. Excellence in Explanatory Reporting (卓越解释性新闻奖)
Group A
Bloomberg, India’s demonetization (Award for Excellence)
Reuters, China and the Vatican (Honorable Mention)
The New York Times, China, Trump and Trade
Group B
Frontier Myanmar, The Rakhine State crisis
Sixth Tone, Supersized Medication: Inside China’s Biggest Hospital (Award for Excellence)
South China Morning Post, G20 Hangzhou: all you need to know (Honorable Mention)
Group C
Business Weekly 商業周刊, Why an order shakes the island’s footwear manufacturing (Honorable Mention)
Initium Media, 文革八問 (Award for Excellence)
天下雜誌, 誰有資格上台大?
8. Excellence in Photography (卓越摄影奖)
Group A
Bloomberg, Agony in India’s Dust Bowl
Reuters, Nepal’s oldest student (Honorable Mention)
The New York Times, ‘They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals’ (Award for Excellence)
Group B
Frontier Myanmar, Fight or flight (Honorable Mention)
Philippine Sunday Inquirer, Lamentation (Award for Excellence)
Sixth Tone, Families of Sick Children Flock to Shanghai Hospital
Group C
City Magazine 號外, 40th Anniversary Cover Shoot
Initium Media, 圖集:旺角最長的一夜 十個震撼定格 (Honorable Mention)
Initium Media, 消失的中港邊界:從生死相搏到風水輪轉 (Award for Excellence)
9. Excellence in Business Reporting (卓越经济报导奖)
Group A
Reuters, BOJ loses its mojo
The Economist, Big but brittle Finance in China (Honorable Mention)
The New York Times, China Rules (Award for Excellence)
Group B
MLex Market Insight, MAXpower Bribery Scandal in Indonesia (Award for Excellence)
Nikkei Asian Review, Series of reporting on Foxconn (Honorable Mention)
South China Morning Post, The Big Four
Group C
30 Monthly Magazine, 《30》雜誌144期〈商業4.0來了〉
今周刊, 台灣百億茶金 解密 (Award for Excellence)
遠見雜誌, 跟上十三五錢潮 (Honorable Mention)
10. Excellence in Video Reporting (卓越视频报道奖)
Group A
Reuters, Myanmar’s Rohingya Crisis
The New York Times, Myanmar’s Unemployed Elephants (Honorable Mention)
The Wall Street Journal, IKEA’s India Bet Runs Into Thicket of Rules (Award for Excellence)
Group B
IRIN, Why this Indonesian fisherman risked it all (Award for Excellence)
Michelin Guide Singapore, The Story Behind The World’s First Michelin-Starred Street Food Stall (Honorable Mention)
South China Morning Post, Cruising the Paracels
Group C
The News Lens, 獨老者的餐桌 Dining table of a solitary
WeMedia01 (HK) Ltd 《香港01》美國環團跨國調查 港淪全球電子垃圾崗 (Award for Excellence)
蘋果日報, [留守兒童] 有父母的孤兒 七千萬個不幸 (Honorable Mention)
11. Excellence in Information Graphics (卓越数据图像奖)
Group A
Bloomberg, China Deal Watch (Award for Excellence)
Reuters, China’s debt problem (Honorable Mention)
Reuters, The threat from a nuclear North Korea
Group B
Philippine Sunday Inquirer, China’s 21st Century Vision (Honorable Mention)
South China Morning Post, Bolts from the Blue (Award for Excellence)
South China Morning Post, Once in a Lifetime
Group C
WeMedia01 (HK) Ltd, 2017特首選委網站「選委名單勢力圖」 (Honorable Mention)
報導者 (The Reporter), 台灣 遠洋漁業的大「鮪」鱸鰻 (Award for Excellence)
天下雜誌, 農地上的世界冠軍,卻是違章工廠
12. Excellence in Reporting Breaking News (卓越突发性新闻奖)
Group A
Reuters, China’s ‘Democracy Village’
Reuters, Myanmar’s Crackdown in Rakhine (Honorable Mention)
The New York Times, Bangladesh Cafe Attack (Award for Excellence)
Group B
Nikkei Asian Review, Bye Bye Britain? (Award for Excellence)
Nikkei Asian Review, Death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej
The Phnom Penh Post, The portrait of a ‘killer’ (Honorable Mention)
Group C
Ming Pao, 旺角衝突 定性暴亂 (Award for Excellence)
Ming Pao, 淘大工業村四級火系列報道
蘋果日報, 時昌迷你倉四級火系列:兩消防殉職 揭迷你倉無王管成奪命陷阱 (Honorable Mention)
13. Excellence in Investigative Reporting (卓越调查报导新闻奖)
Group A
Bloomberg, Superbug Profiteers (Award for Excellence)
The Wall Street Journal, A Global Heist (Honorable Mention)
The Wall Street Journal, Xi’s Grip
Group B
ABS-CBN Corp., War on Drugs: The Unheard Voices (Honorable Mention)
Myanmar Now, Abuses, exploitation rife in Myanmar’s forgotten prison labour camps
The Cambodia Daily, Still Taking a Cut (Award for Excellence)
Group C
Initium Media, 重磅調查:銅鑼灣書店一年後,禁書讀者、作者與岀版商之死 (Honorable Mention)
報導者 (The Reporter), 台灣遠洋漁業專題:造假.剝削.血淚漁場 (Award for Excellence)
天下雜誌, 管不住的紅色大富翁
14. Excellence in Reporting on the Environment (卓越环境报导奖)
Group A
Financial Times, Indonesia’s rainforests and why they are not being saved – yet (Award for Excellence)
The Guardian, Asia’s wildlife crime family (Honorable Mention)
The New York Times, Carbon’s Casualties
Group B
Nikkei Asian Review, Drought in Asia
R.AGE, The Elephant In Our Room (Award for Excellence)
Sixth Tone, From Tufts to Dust: A Two-Part Series on Desertification (Honorable Mention)
Group C
傳真社, 「台山核電廠安全隱憂」系列 (Honorable Mention)
Ming Pao Weekly, 廚路不通 餘禍無窮
WeMedia01 (HK) Ltd, 電子垃圾禍港系列 (Award for Excellence)
15. The Scoop Award (独家新闻奖)
Group A
Financial Times, The scandal of how Dentsu overcharged its customers
Reuters, The Bangladesh Bank Heist (Award for Excellence)
The Associated Press, How Alibaba Lost a Friend in Washington (Honorable Mention)
Group B
MLex Market Insight, MAXpower Bribery Scandal in Indonesia (Award for Excellence)
Nikkei Asian Review, Reporting on Apple from Taiwan
Philippine Daily Inquirer, $100-M laundering via PH banks, casinos probed (Honorable Mention)
Group C
Business Weekly 商業周刊, 3700 SMEs’ financial woes surface
WeMedia01 (HK) Ltd, 新界套丁風雲系列 (Award for Excellence)
WeMedia01 (HK) Ltd, 高官利益衝突系列 (Honorable Mention)
16. Excellence in Opinion Writing (卓越评论奖)
Group A
Barron’s Asia, Asia Gets Trumped (Honorable Mention)
Financial Times, How to govern ungovernable India
The New York Times, Australia’s Offshore Cruelty (Award for Excellence)
Group B
Coconuts, Aung San Suu Kyi is making wartime rape easier to commit (Honorable Mention)
Sixth Tone, ‘Little Pinkos’ and the Problem of Patriotism in China (Award for Excellence)
Yahoo Singapore, Tharman debate and the race rut Singapore is drifting into
Group C
FT中文网/FTChinese.com, 重申共和国这一伟大理念 (Honorable Mention)
Initium Media, 楊改蘭,終將成為時代的符號
天下雜誌, 一帶一路正熱 台灣必須做功課/美國基層的怒吼 造就川普的現象/無條件基本收入 21世紀必經之路/杭州高峰會 歐巴馬感傷之旅/美國戰略收縮 台灣的下一步 (Award for Excellence)
- Journalist of the Year (年度记者奖)
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Daxim L. Lucas
The Wall Street Journal, Lingling Wei
Thomson Reuters Foundation, Nita Bhalla (Award for Excellence)
*The categories marked cancelled were due to not receiving more than 5 entries.
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