2024 Awards

The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong – Hong Kong News Awards 2023 (6 wins)

Best News Writing

  • Winner: Burden of love too much for many carers in city – Fiona Sun

Best Business News Writing

  • 1st Runner-up: Hurdles on the way to city’s crypto hub dream – Matt Haldane, Dylan Butts, Xinmei Shen
  • 2nd Runner-up: Missing link in HK’s carbon bridge role – Eric Ng

Best Headline

  • Winner: Writing on the wall for sensitive titles – Sariwati Latif

Best News Page Design (Single Page)

  • Merit: Bailu: the transition to autumn – Victor Sanjinez

Best News Page Design (Series)

  • Merit: Gaza-Israel conflict – Emilio Rivera

New York Festivals TV & Film Awards 2024 (1 win)

Documentary – Short Form

  • Silver: North Korea’s ‘return to paradise’ nightmare

8th Business Journalism Awards of HSUHK (2 wins)

Best Greater Bay Area Business News Reporting

  • Gold: A bridging challenge – Enoch Yiu

Best Property Market News Reporting

  • Gold: Worst yet to come – Chad Bray, Yulu Ao

WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards Asia 2024 (4 wins)

Best Lifestyle Site

  • Gold: Style – a luxury lifestyle destination

Best Use of Video

  • Gold: SCMP Films
  • Silver: SCMP Explains

Best Digital Subscription/Reader Revenue Project

  • Silver: Posties – SCMP’s educational news product for kids

INMA Global Media Awards 2024 (1 win)

Best Use of Visual Journalism and Storytelling Tools

  • Honourable Mention: Israel-Gaza war explained

Society for News Design (SND) – Best of Digital Design 45th Edition (2023) (31 wins)

Design: Features

  • Silver: The history and revival of ancient Chinese hanfu – Kaliz Lee
  • Award of Excellence: ‘Lifestyle rather than performance’: a visual guide to wearing Chinese hanfu – Kaliz Lee
  • Award of Excellence: The 24 terms in the solar calendar – Victor Sanjinez, Yan Jing Tian
  • Award of Excellence: In summer of 2023, Hong Kong sweltered as world set heat record – Rocio Marquez, Davies C. Surya, Marcelo Duhalde

Infographics: Features

  • Silver: The history and revival of ancient Chinese hanfu – Kaliz Lee
  • Award of Excellence: ‘Lifestyle rather than performance’: a visual guide to wearing Chinese hanfu – Kaliz Lee
  • Award of Excellence: The 24 terms in the solar calendar – Victor Sanjinez, Yan Jing Tian
  • Award of Excellence: Leader heights ranked: how do you measure up? – Marcelo Duhalde

Elements: Data visualization

  • Bronze: Israel-Gaza war explained – Rocio Marquez, Marcelo Duhalde, Andrew London
  • Award of Excellence: In summer of 2023, Hong Kong sweltered as world set heat record – Rocio Marquez, Davies C. Surya, Marcelo Duhalde

Elements: Animation design

  • Award of Excellence: The history and revival of ancient Chinese hanfu – Kaliz Lee

Illustrations: In-House Illustration (multiple)

  • Bronze: The history and revival of ancient Chinese hanfu – Kaliz Lee
  • Bronze: In summer of 2023, Hong Kong sweltered as world set heat record – Rocio Marquez, Davies C. Surya, Marcelo Duhalde
  • Award of Excellence: ‘Lifestyle rather than performance’: a visual guide to wearing Chinese hanfu – Kaliz Lee
  • Award of Excellence: Football legend Pele’s greatest achievements – Victor Sanjinez
  • Award of Excellence: The 24 terms in the solar calendar – Victor Sanjinez, Yan Jing Tian
  • Award of Excellence: China and Russia: a friendship with ‘no limits’ – Victor Sanjinez

Illustration: In-House Illustration (single)

  • Award of Excellence: Leader heights ranked: how do you measure up? – Marcelo Duhalde

Portfolio: Story Page Design (organization, staff or team)

  • Bronze: SCMP graphics portfolio (Story page design-staff) – Marcelo Duhalde, Victor Sanjinez, Dennis Wong, Kaliz Lee, Yan Jing Tian, Brian Wang

Portfolio: Information Graphics (organization, staff or team)

  • Bronze: SCMP graphics portfolio (information graphics-staff) – Marcelo Duhalde, Kaliz Lee, Rocio Marquez, Victor Sanjinez, Davies C. Surya, Andrew London, Yan Jing Tian
  • Award of Excellence: SCMP graphics portfolio (information graphics-staff 2) – Victor Sanjinez, Dennis Wong, Kaliz Lee, Davies C. Surya, Brian Wang, Yan Jing Tian

Design: Business

  • Award of Excellence: America’s debt: what US$31 trillion looks like – Kaliz Lee, Dennis Wong, Marcelo Duhalde

Design: Sports

  • Award of Excellence: Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China – Yan Jing Tian

Design: International

  • Award of Excellence: China and Russia: a friendship with ‘no limits’ – Victor Sanjinez, Andrew London
  • Award of Excellence: Israel-Gaza war explained – Rocio Marquez, Marcelo Duhalde, Andrew London

Infographics: Environment & Science

  • Award of Excellence: In summer of 2023, Hong Kong sweltered as world set heat record – Rocio Marquez, Davies C. Surya, Marcelo Duhalde

Infographics: Sports

  • Award of Excellence: Football legend Pele’s greatest achievements – Victor Sanjinez, Dennis Wong

Infographics: International

  • Award of Excellence: Israel-Gaza war explained – Rocio Marquez, Marcelo Duhalde, Andrew London

Infographics: Politics

  • Award of Excellence: The Chinese economic power players making decisions that will impact the world – Marcelo Duhalde, Dennis Wong
  • Award of Excellence: China and Russia: a friendship with ‘no limits’ – Victor Sanjinez, Andrew London

Topics: Israel-Gaza War

  • Award of Excellence: Israel-Gaza war explained – Rocio Marquez, Marcelo Duhalde, Andrew London

Society for News Design (SND) – Best of Print News Design 45th Edition (2023) (29 wins)

Information Graphics

  • Gold: Bailu: The transition to autumn – Victor Sanjinez
  • Silver: China and Russia’s ‘no limits’ friendship – Victor Sanjinez, Andrew London
  • Award of Excellence: Nepal’s grim record – Marcelo Duhalde, Kaliz Lee
  • Award of Excellence: America’s cash crunch – Marcelo Duhalde
  • Award of Excellence: How much waste water will be released from Fukushima? – Davies C. Surya
  • Award of Excellence: One year of conflict – Dennis Wong
  • Award of Excellence: Workers of the world – Yan Jing Tian
  • Award of Excellence: Hangzhou 2023 Asian Games – Yan Jing Tian, Victor Sanjinez
  • Award of Excellence: Pele, the King of Football – Victor Sanjinez
  • Award of Excellence: The dangers of solo hiking – Brian Wang
  • Award of Excellence: Behind the scenes of The Exorcist – Kaliz Lee
  • Award of Excellence: Hit local films at Hong Kong’s box office – Kaliz Lee
  • Award of Excellence: The rabbit hops in – Brian Wang
  • Award of Excellence: ‘The brick’: world’s first mobile phone – Victor Sanjinez, Marcelo Duhalde
  • Award of Excellence: The revival of Chinese hanfu – Kaliz Lee
  • Award of Excellence: The hottest summer ever – Davies C. Surya, Rocio Marquez
  • Award of Excellence: Crossing paths – Marcelo Duhalde

Illustration

  • Silver: Bailu: The transition to autumn – Victor Sanjinez, Senior Infographic Designer

Inside Pages (News)

  • Award of Excellence: Crossing paths – Marcelo Duhalde
  • Award of Excellence: China and Russia’s ‘no limits’ friendship – Victor Sanjinez
  • Award of Excellence: America’s cash crunch – Marcelo Duhalde
  • Award of Excellence: How much waste water will be released from Fukushima? – Davies C. Surya

Inside Pages (Sports)

  • Award of Excellence: The dangers of solo hiking – Brian Wang
  • Award of Excellence: Hangzhou 2023 Asian Games – Yan Jing Tian, Victor Sanjinez

Inside Pages (Features)

  • Award of Excellence: Calling all urban detectives! – Kaliz Lee

Photography

  • Award of Excellence: City’s first 52 storeys at 50 – Carl Jones, Emilio Rivera

Staff Portfolio

  • Award of Excellence: SCMP graphics portfolio (staff, feature) – Kaliz Lee, Victor Sanjinez, Davies C. Surya, Rocio Marquez, Brian Wang, Marcelo Duhalde
  • Award of Excellence: SCMP staff portfolio 1 – Kaliz Lee, Victor Sanjinez, Davies C. Surya, Rocio Marquez, Brian Wang, Marcelo Duhalde
  • Award of Excellence: SCMP staff portfolio 2 – Kaliz Lee, Victor Sanjinez, Davies C. Surya, Rocio Marquez, Brian Wang, Marcelo Duhalde

WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Awards Worldwide 2024 (1 win)

Best Use of Video

  • Winner: SCMP Films

Hong Kong Press Photographers Association – Focus at the Frontline 2023 (4 wins)

Spot News

  • Winner: Dickson Lee
  • Merit: Sam Tsang

Nature & Environment

  • 1st Runner-up: Elson Li

Sports

  • 2nd Runner-up: Dickson Lee

SOPA Awards 2024 (1 win)

Excellence in Photography

  • Award for Excellence: How dams in China are destroying livelihoods downstream in Cambodia – Andy Ball

19th Annual w3 Awards (2024) (3 wins)

General Video – News & Politics

  • Gold: The grim reality of life in Hong Kong’s ‘coffin homes’ – Talking Post with Yonden Lhatoo

Individual Episodes & Specials – News & Politics

  • Silver: China’s Demographic Revolution

Video Series – Food & Drink

  • Silver: Eat Drink Asia

8th HKAIM Media Convergence Awards (12 wins)

Top 10 Media: South China Morning Post

  • Gold Award – Overall Excellence: South China Morning Post
  • Gold Award: Newspaper Category (Overall) – South China Morning Post
  • Gold Award: Newspaper Category (Website) – South China Morning Post
  • Gold Award: Newspaper Category (Social Media) – South China Morning Post
  • Gold Award: Newspaper Category (Mobile App) – South China Morning Post
  • Gold Award: Overall Media (Website) – South China Morning Post
  • Silver Award: Overall Media (Social Media) – South China Morning Post
  • Silver Award: Overall Media (Mobile App) – South China Morning Post
  • Bronze Award: Newspaper Category (ESG) – South China Morning Post
  • Bronze Award: Overall Media (ESG) – South China Morning Post
  • Bronze Award: Magazine Category (Website) – ELLE Hong Kong

Digiday Video and TV Awards 2024 (1 win)

Video Executive of the Year

  • Winner: Chieu Luu

ASTRID Awards 2024 (2 wins)

Magazines (General) – Luxury/Lifestyle

  • Gold: Style magazine

Special Projects – Cross-Media Editorial Storytelling

  • Bronze: Morning Studio – Southside

Campaign Asia Event Marketing Awards 2024 (2 wins)

People/Team Categories – Event Strategist of the Year

  • Winner: Razlan Manjaji

People/Team Categories – Best Event Marketing Team

  • Winner: SCMP Live

Campaign Asia Digital Media Awards 2024 (2 wins)

Industry Excellence Awards – Media and Entertainment

  • Silver: I Read SCMP

Media Awards – Best Use of Influencer

  • Bronze: I Read SCMP

LinkedIn Talent Awards 2024 (1 win)

Best Employer Brand on LinkedIn (Below 1000 Employees)

  • Bronze: South China Morning Post

Marketing Magazine’s The Spark Awards 2024 (7 wins)

Best Media Campaign – Public Awareness

  • Gold: ELLE Hong Kong, Esquire Hong Kong (Client: HK Film Awards / Campaign: 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards Partnership)

Best Media Campaign – Video

  • Silver: ELLE MEN Hong Kong (Client: TOD’S / Campaign: TOD’S SS24)

Best Media Campaign – Corporate Social Responsibility

  • Bronze: Cosmopolitan Hong Kong (Client: Plan International Organization / Campaign: Run For Girls 2024)

Best Sponsorship Campaign

  • Gold: Harper’s BAZAAR Hong Kong (Client: Vacheron Constantin / Campaign: Harper’ BAZAAR X Vacheron Constantin – Heritage Reimagined campaign)

Best Use of Branded Content

  • Silver: Harper’s BAZAAR Hong Kong (Client: Vacheron Constantin / Campaign: Harper’ BAZAAR X Vacheron Constantin – Heritage Reimagined campaign)

Best Launch/Rebranding Campaign

  • Bronze: ELLE MEN Hong Kong (Campaign: ELLE MEN)

Best Custom Event

  • Bronze: Harper’s BAZAAR Hong Kong (Client: Vacheron Constantin / Campaign: Harper’ BAZAAR X Vacheron Constantin – Heritage Reimagined campaign)