2023 Awards

The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong – Hong Kong News Awards 2022 (13 wins)

Best Business News Reporting

  • 1st Runner-up: A series of stories on Ping An Group’s push to break up HSBC – Chad Bray, Enoch Yiu

Best News Writing

  • Winner: Cloud of nationalism hangs over congress – Jun Mai
  • 1st Runner-up: Living on the edge – Fiona Sun
  • 2nd Runner-up: Green is gold for leaders of sustainability drive – Eric Ng, Martin Choi

Best Business News Writing

  • 1st Runner-up: Flower power revolution – Enoch Yiu

Best Headline

  • Winner: Send in the crowns – Richard Kirk
  • 1st Runner-up: In the mood for reel love – Francine Chen

Best Photograph (News)

  • 2nd Runner-up: Airlines in race – Sam Tsang
  • Merit: Lee and Lam Plot Path to Smooth Transition – Robert Ng

Best Photograph (Features)

  • 1st Runner-up: Readying to reopen – May Tse

Best News Page Design (Single Page)

  • Winner: Windows on a crisis – Carl Jones, Emilio Rivera
  • 1st Runner-up: Flight of fancy? – Huy Truong

Best News Page Design (Series)

  • 1st Runner-up: FIFA World Cup – Carl Jones, Emilio Rivera, Lee Wing-yam

7th Business Journalism Awards of HSUHK (3 wins)

Business Reporter of the Year

  • Winner: Lam Ka-sing

Best Property Market News Reporting

  • Silver: Restaurants filling the empty retail landscape – Lam Ka-sing

Best Business Technology News Reporting

  • Silver: Metaverse and NFTs: from Gucci to Starbucks, luxury and consumer brands rush into the virtual world for their pots of gold – Iris Ouyang

Human Rights Press Awards 2023 (1 win)

Short Video

  • Winner: Life of Sex Workers & Their Children in Delhi’s Biggest Brothel, India – South China Morning Post

Hong Kong Press Photographers Association – Focus at the Frontline 2022 (9 wins)

Photo of the Year

  • Winner: Sam Tsang

Spot News

  • Winner: Sun Yeung

General News

  • Winner: Sam Tsang
  • Merit: Robert Ng
  • Merit: Sam Tsang

Nature & Environment

  • Winner: Yik Yeung Man
  • Merit: Sam Tsang

Photo Essay

  • Merit: Sam Tsang
  • Merit: May Tse

INMA Global Media Awards 2023 (2 wins)

Best Use of Visual Journalism and Storytelling Tools

  • First Place: Life in Hong Kong’s Shoebox Housing

Best Use of Print

  • Honourable Mention: Subdivided Flat Living In Hong Kong

Society for News Design (SND) – Best of News Design 44th Edition (2022) (25 wins)

Information Graphics

  • Gold: Subdivided flat living – Kaliz Lee
  • Award of Excellence: Hong Kong’s housing crisis – Kaliz Lee, Han Huang, Marcelo Duhalde
  • Award of Excellence: Urban Encounters: The Wild Boars Of Hong Kong – Kaliz Lee, Victor Sanjinez
  • Award of Excellence: More People Than Rats – Han Huang
  • Award of Excellence: Bamboo Curtains – Victor Sanjinez, Marcelo Duhalde
  • Award of Excellence: Land rush – Han Huang
  • Award of Excellence: Life in a shoebox – Marcelo Duhalde
  • Award of Excellence: The Godfather at 50 – Adolfo Arranz
  • Award of Excellence: To a trickle – Dennis Wong, Marcelo Duhalde
  • Award of Excellence: Hot summer days – Zoe Kwok, Marcelo Duhalde

Staff Portfolio

  • Award of Excellence: SCMP graphics staff portfolio2 – Staff

Inside Pages (News)

  • Award of Excellence: Windows on a crisis – Carl Jones
  • Award of Excellence: To a trickle – Dennis Wong, Marcelo Duhalde

Inside Pages (Sports)

  • Silver: Safety comes first at Games – Marcelo Duhalde

Inside Pages (Features)

  • Award of Excellence: More people than rats – Han Huang
  • Award of Excellence: Bamboo curtains – Victor Sanjinez, Marcelo Duhalde
  • Award of Excellence: Land Rush – Han Huang
  • Award of Excellence: Subdivided flat living – Kaliz Lee
  • Award of Excellence: Life in a shoebox – Marcelo Duhalde
  • Award of Excellence: The Godfather at 50 – Adolfo Arranz

Photography

  • Award of Excellence: Re-imagining Covid-19 – Carl Jones
  • Award of Excellence: Windows on a crisis – Carl Jones
  • Award of Excellence: Image conscious – Emilio Rivera

Combination Print & Digital

  • Award of Excellence: Bamboo scaffolding in Hong Kong – Marcelo Duhalde, Victor Sanjinez, Dennis Wong
  • Award of Excellence: Subdivided flat living – Adolfo Arranz, Marcelo Duhalde, Kaliz Lee, Han Huang, Dennis Wong

Society for News Design (SND) – Best of Digital Design 44th Edition (2022) (17 wins)

Best in Show: Large newsrooms

  • Winner: Life in Hong Kong’s shoebox housing

Illustration: Commissioned Illustration (multiple)

  • Gold: Bamboo scaffolding in HK – Victor Sanjinez

LOC: Features and Social Issues

  • Gold: Hong Kong’s housing Crisis – Adolfo Arranz, Marcelo, Kaliz Lee, Han Huang, Dennis Wong, Fiona Sun

Design: Features

  • Silver: Life in Hong Kong’s shoebox housing – Adolfo Arranz, Marcelo, Kaliz Lee, Han Huang, Dennis Wong

InfoGfx: Regional/local

  • Silver: Life in Hong Kong’s shoebox housing – Adolfo Arranz, Marcelo, Kaliz Lee, Han Huang, Dennis Wong

InfoGfx: Features

  • Bronze: Life in Hong Kong’s shoebox housing – Adolfo Arranz, Marcelo, Kaliz Lee, Han Huang, Dennis Wong
  • Award of Excellence: Bamboo scaffolding in Hong Kong – Marcelo Duhalde, Victor Sanjinez, Dennis Wong

Illustrations: In-House Illustration (multiple)

  • Bronze: Life in Hong Kong’s shoebox housing – Adolfo Arranz, Marcelo, Kaliz Lee
  • Award of Excellence: Pigs in cities: why wild boar stray into urban areas – Kaliz Lee, Victor Sanjinez

Design: Sports

  • Award of Excellence: Fifa World Cup 2022 in Qatar: football in the desert – Lau Ka-kuen, Dennis Wong, Marcelo Duhalde
  • Award of Excellence: Sealed off winter games – Marcelo Duhalde, Dennis Wong, Han Huang

InfoGfx: Business

  • Award of Excellence: World shipping-container crisis explained – Marcelo Duhalde, Siqi Ji, Dennis Wong

InfoGfx: Politics

  • Award of Excellence: The 19th Central committee – Han Huang, Marcelo Duhalde
  • Award of Excellence: Friends in High places – Han Huang, Marcelo Duhalde

Platform: Video design (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram)

  • Award of Excellence: Bamboo scaffolding: why Hong Kong is among the last cities using centuries-old building method – Lawrence Ge, Tom Leung, Marcelo Duhalde, Victor Sanjinez, Dennis Wong

LOC: Long-form series

  • Award of Excellence: Hong Kong’s subdivided units – Adolfo Arranz, Fiona Sun, Dennis Wong

Portfolio: Information Graphics (organization, staff or team)

  • Award of Excellence: SCMP graphics team (Infographics) – Marcelo Duhalde, Kaliz Lee, Han Huang, Dennis Wong

SOPA Awards 2023 (2 wins)

Excellence in Magazine Design

  • Honorable Mention: Faking the Grade (Post Magazine) – Mario Rivera, Dennis Yip, Victor Sanjinez

Excellence in Infographics

  • Award for Excellence: Life in Hong Kong’s shoebox housing – Adolfo Arranz, Marcelo Duhalde, Kaliz Lee, Han Huang, Dennis Wong

58th Annual Society of Publication Designers (SPD) Awards (3 wins)

Web/App: Information Graphics

  • Gold: Life in Hong Kong’s Shoebox Housing – Marcelo Duhalde
  • Silver: Bamboo Scaffolding in Hong Kong – Marcelo Duhalde

Video: Animated Content

  • Silver: “Living in 15 sq ft: Inside Hong Kong’s Coffin Homes – Chieu Luu

WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Awards Worldwide 2023 (1 win)

Best Data Visualisation

  • Winner: Life in Hong Kong’s shoebox housing – Marcelo Duhalde

Asian American Podcasters Association’s Golden Crane Awards 2023 (1 win)

Best News Podcast

  • Winner: China’s Demographic Revolution (Episode 2) – Jasmine Tse, Jarrod Watt

Gerald Loeb Awards 2023 (1 win)

Visual Storytelling Category

  • Winner: Life in Hong Kong’s Shoebox Housing – Marcelo Duhalde, Kaliz Lee, Han Huang, Adolfo Arranz, Fiona Sun, Dennis Wong

Signal Awards 2023 (1 win)

Limited Series & Specials – General – News & Politics

  • Silver: China’s demographic revolution – Jasmine Tse, Jarrod Watt

WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards Asia 2023 (4 wins)

Best Data Visualisation

  • Gold: Life in Hong Kong’s shoebox housing

Best Newsletter

  • Gold: Lunar – Women and gender in Asia

Best Use of Online Video

  • Silver: Telling Hong Kong’s Story Through Food — City Bites, Hong Kong Edition – Goldthread

Best Digital Subscription Initiative

  • Silver: Rosetta – Subscriber Onboarding Journey 2.0

WAN-IFRA Asian Media Awards 2023 (6 wins)

Best in Newspaper Infographics

  • Gold: Life in Hong Kong’s shoebox housing
  • Silver: Bamboo scaffolding in Hong Kong

Best in Covid-19-related Photography

  • Gold: Covid-stricken elderly wait outside swamped hospitals

Best in Breaking News Article (Non Covid-19-related)

  • Silver: Murder of Hong Kong model Abby Choi

Best in Feature Article (Non Covid-19-related)

  • Silver: They braved deadly waters to swim to freedom

Best in Covid-19 Reporting

  • Silver: China’s reopening: the impact of Beijing’s U-turn on zero-Covid

State Street Institutional Press Awards (Asia Pacific) 2023 (2 wins)

Journalist of the Year – Investor Services

  • Winner: Enoch Yiu

Award for Best Newcomer

  • Winner: Mia Castagnone

11th Chinese University Journalism Award (2 wins)

Best Multimedia News Reporting

  • Grand Award: Life in Hong Kong’s shoebox housing – Adolfo Arranz, Marcelo Duhalde, Kaliz Lee, Han Huang, Dennis Wong, Lawrence Ge, Tom Leung

Best Audio News Reporting / News Feature

  • Merit: Inside China Podcast: Are protests in Beijing, Shanghai and beyond changing China’s zero-Covid policy – Jarrod Watt

Digiday Video and TV Awards 2023 (1 win)

Best Use of Instagram Reels

  • Winner: Goldthread

Native Advertising Awards 2023 (2 wins)

Best Use of Infographic

  • Gold: Morning Studio – Icon Forged in Steel: Royal Oak 50th Anniversary (Audemars Piguet)

Best Use of Instagram

  • Gold: Morning Studio – The Macallan Experience (The Macallan)

Marketing Magazine’s The Spark Awards 2023 (8 wins)

Best Custom Event

  • Bronze: Harper’s BAZAAR – BAZAAR At Work Summit 2023

Best Launch/Rebranding Campaign

  • Silver: South China Morning Post – I Read the SCMP

Best Media Campaign – KOL

  • Gold: South China Morning Post – I Read the SCMP Bronze: Esquire HK – CROCS Digital Cover

Best Result-Driven Campaign

  • Bronze: South China Morning Post – I Read the SCMP

Best Use of Multi-Channels

  • Silver: ELLE HK – ELLE Society

Best Informative Media

  • Gold: South China Morning Post

Best Socially Responsible Media

  • Gold: South China Morning Post