Hindu scores extra award for bumper South Asia Digital Media haul

Mar 03, 2021 at 05:42 am by Staff


There was an extra award to be presented when Digital Media India delegates gathered virtually for the presentation of the South Asian Digital Media awards.

With two gold and two silver awards to their credit, the Champion Publisher award went to The Hindu. It was accepted online by THG chief executive LV Navaneeth

WAN-Ifra board member KN Shanth Kumar, director of The Printers Mysore said he was encouraged by the 100-strong entry list, "an indication of how resilient we are," he said.

The 2020 winners were announced last December, but here they are again:

Best News Website or Mobile Service

Gold : Manoramaonline.com, Malayala Manorama Co. Ltd
Silver : NDTV.com, NDTV Convergence
Bronze : The Telegraph, ABP Pvt. Ltd.

Best Data Visualisation
Gold : The Federal - Perseverance Mars Mission 2020
Silver : NDTV Convergence - Coronavirus Insightful Graphics
Bronze : BBC News - Every medal won by Indian sportswomen
Bronze : The Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Co Ltd - Air quality in Kerala cities during COVID-19 lockdown

Best in Audience Engagement
Gold : ABP Pvt. Ltd. - ABP Education
Silver : The Quint - Last messages from Galwan
Silver : The Hindu - #KeepTheHabit
Bronze : The Daily Star - Bondhutte Bondi (Locked in Friendship)

Best in Lifestyle, Sports, Entertainment Website or Mobile Services
Gold : The Hindu - Sportstar
Silver : NDTV Convergence - Visual stories

Best Marketing Campaign for News Brand
Gold : ABP Pvt. Ltd. - ABP Education

Best Native Advertising / Branded Content Campaign
Gold : The Hindu - #KeepTheHabit
Silver : M M Publications Limited (Vanitha) - Campaign for Go Colors
Bronze : The Quint - MG Motor #ChangeWhatYouCan

Best Paid Content Strategy (incl. pay wall, membership or crowd funding models)
Gold : BQ Blue -BloombergQuint (Quintillion Business Media Pvt Ltd)
Silver : The Hindu

Best Project for News Literacy
Gold : TV18 Broadcast Limited - Surprise Test
Silver : TV18 Broadcast Limited - Crux Files
Bronze : ETV Bharat

Best Special Project for Covid-19
Gold : The Daily Star - Mission Save Bangladesh
Silver : People's Archive of Rural India - Covering the human cost of COVID-19
Bronze : People Like Us Create (Pluc) - The COVID Hero Project

Best Use of Online Video (including VR)
Gold : BBC News - Journey of Women's rights in India
Silver : People Like Us Create (Pluc) - Digital Divide
Bronze : Faye D'Souza - Inside KEM Hospital

Pictured from top: Chief executive of The Hindu LV Navaneeth; the team from People Like Us Create (Pluc) - which won silver and bronze in online video and COVID special project respectively - Malayala Manorama's Santosh George Jacob (best website or mobile service), and ABP Education, gold winners in audience engagement and also marketing campaign for a news brand

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