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The Society of Publishers in AsiaThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial ExcellenceAwards Winners ListThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial Excellence - Awards Winners ListExcellence in Reporting on Women’s IssuesGlobalAward for ExcellenceHonorable MentionPublication:101 East, Al Jazeera EnglishVICETitle of Entry:Don't Leave Us NowIn Myanmar, a Nonprofit Icon EnjoyedForeign Funding Despite Allegations ofSexual AbuseAwardRecipients:101 East, Al JazeeraJacob GoldbergJudges’Comments:Superb reporting and commentary on acore issue at the heart of the Afghanconflict.Ground-breaking reporting on anextremely difficult subject.A deeply reported story looking at how aBy focusing on the story of three Afghangender equality advocate at a nonprofit infemales, this topical report shows theMyanmar was able to sexually harass andprogress women have made since theassault women for years. By showcasingUnited States toppled the Taliban regimethe victims' stories and drawing onand how this progress could be lost ifresearch, the story showed the allegedAmerica withdraws, leaving Afghan women failure by the US embassy and a UN agencyat the mercy of the Taliban's brutal rule,to prevent abuses, reflecting systemic gapswhich has made this one of the mostin safeguarding mechanisms commondangerous places in the world.within local nonprofits in the developingworld.Page 1 of 43
The Society of Publishers in AsiaThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial ExcellenceAwards Winners ListRegionalAward for ExcellenceHonorable MentionPublication:Sixth ToneGMA News OnlineTitle of Entry:The Enduring Pain and Strength of China's'Silence Breakers'The NU Lady Bulldogs and the GreatestWinning Streak in Philippine BasketballAwardRecipients:Wang YiweiCeej Tantengco, Mikkel BolanteJudges’Comments:Important, revealing journalism. The use of Fantastic, fascinating story that highlightsnarrative and graphics helped hit home the an issue in a way that connects withplight of China's women.everyone - yet points to a deeper issue insociety. The use of photos and otherBrave reporting which really gets deep into multimedia in this piece was also very wellthe lives of these women.done - a brilliant article that will beremembered.Page 2 of 43
The Society of Publishers in AsiaThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial ExcellenceAwards Winners ListChineseAward for ExcellenceHonorable MentionPublication:Initium Media端傳媒Hong Kong Economic Journal Monthly信報財經月刊Title of Entry:Unbearable pain of childbearing: buriedchildren of Chinese female workers weredugged up after forced ssisted reproductive technology series輔助生育系列AwardRecipients:Zhao Han趙晗Cheng Wan Fung鄭雲風Judges’Comments:This story truly reflects the pains of China’swomen under the adoption of fertilitycontrol. The article is composed of plainmaterials and delicate writing.This story presents a novelty topic whichmost women are concerned and worriedabout. Excellent reporting across multiplecountries and it tracked women fromdifferent societies on the controversialtopic of egg fertilization.Under the rapid growth of biotech, thistopic is not only related to women’swelfare, it also brings key impacts on thepractices and ethics of human heritage.Page 3 of 43
The Society of Publishers in AsiaThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial ExcellenceAwards Winners ListExcellence in Journalistic InnovationGlobalAward for ExcellenceHonorable MentionPublication:The New York TimesReutersTitle of Entry:The Dangerous Flaws in Boeing’sAutomated SystemScraping stories from the world's largestelectionAward Recipients: Mika Gröndahl, Keith Collins and JamesGlanzGurman Bhatia, Manas Sharma,Simon ScarrJudges’Comments:A fantastic and immersive insight into thescale and complexity of India's elections.Just seeing the sheer number of candidatesis visually breathtaking, and the researchand work that has gone into this even moreso.An innovative and effective way ofexplaining a story that many outlets wroteabout but did not do such a good jobinforming readers just how the problemwith the Boeing planes actually worked.Excellent, clear and innovative use ofvisualisation to demonstrate the problemusing clear and simple, unclutteredgraphics. Until I saw this graphic I had noidea what the problem was. This explainedit, and, important for this category, wasinnovative too.Page 4 of 43
The Society of Publishers in AsiaThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial ExcellenceAwards Winners ListRegionalAward for ExcellenceHonorable MentionPublication:Environmental Reporting CollectiveGMA News OnlineTitle of Entry:The Pangolin ReportsStand on IssuesAward Recipients: Collective of more than 30 journalistsJaemark Tordecilla, Angeli Atienza, KarenTiongson-MayrinaJudges’Comments:Valuable tool for legislative elections.Journalists in other countries shouldemulate this genuine public service.While not the first such organisation, theEnvironmental Reporting Collective is still atrailblazer, bringing together journalistsfrom over 30 countries to launch what itsfounders call "a trans-national, digitalmedia project on a shoestring budget". It isa great illustration of what technology hasenabled in the world of journalism. Whileother entries have focused on technologyused in delivery, this one illustratestechnologies used in execution-particularly data analysis and onlinecollaboration and communication tools.Inspiring.A very important and useful tool forFilipino voters and journalists coveringpolitics in the Philippines. "Election guides"are a standard feature of journalism indemocratic countries but this effort hascombined technology with a lot of legworkand goes above and beyond.Page 5 of 43
The Society of Publishers in AsiaThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial ExcellenceAwards Winners ListChineseAward for ExcellenceHonorable MentionPublication:Initium Media端傳媒CommonWealth Magazine天下雜誌Title of Entry:A War of Anxieties about Subjugation ofthe Nation2020 台灣大選．亡國感的戰爭Taiwan’s First Big Data Air PollutionAnalysis Uncovering an 假數據真空污Award Recipients: Li Ya Chen, Chin Yeh Kuo, Hsin Chieh Ho,Ting Wei Liang, Ian Pin Chao, Tseng Lee,Rosa Lee, Chan Cheuk �趙安平、曾立宇、Rosa Lee、陳焯煇Judges’Comments:Kuo-Chen Liu, Kuang-Ying Liu, Laura Kang,Andy Lin, Chien Ying Chiu, Chien-TongWang, Mini Wu, Yu-Hsin Lee, Yi-WenLin, Yu-Ting �林奕文、黃昱婷Reveals the significance of social mediaRevealing the hidden truth; visualand particularly the hashtag or keywords in presentation is clear and interactive is usersocial media in an election as well as thefriendly; blending data with human stories.agenda setting and framing effect on anelection. Data analysis is impressive.Page 6 of 43
The Society of Publishers in AsiaThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial ExcellenceAwards Winners ListExcellence in Video ReportingGlobalAward for ExcellenceHonorable MentionPublication:The New York TimesThe Wall Street JournalTitle of Entry:Where Were Hong Kong’s Police?Huawei Staff Help Governments To Spy onPeopleAward Recipients: Barbara Marcolini, Haley Willis, K.K.Rebecca Lai, Caroline Kim, Drew Jordan,Sameen Amin, Tiffany May, Austin Ramzy,Dahlia Kozlowsky and Mark SchefflerClément Bürge, Josh Chin, Nicholas Bariyo,Joe Parkinson and Sharon ShiJudges’Comments:This video reveals the dark side of Chinesecompanies’ push into Africa, showing howthe Ugandan government used Huawei’stechnology as “a tool of repression.”Dramatic on-the-ground footage combinedwith a clear explanation of the technology.It's a refreshing piece of work that does nottry to tell the viewers how to look at whathappened in Yuen Long that night, yet it'svery powerful in showing the viewers howthe Hong Kong police acted in the face ofviolent thuggery.Page 7 of 43
The Society of Publishers in AsiaThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial ExcellenceAwards Winners ListRegionalAward for ExcellenceHonorable MentionPublication:South China Morning PostVICE IndonesiaTitle of Entry:Thin yellow lineBurying the Dead in a City Running Out ofSpace The Gravediggers of BandungAward Recipients: Dayu ZhangProducer: Rizky Maulana,Editor: Julius Pandu,Camera Operators: Rizky Rahadianto,Dot Prastyanto, Alvi ApriyandiJudges’Comments:Combines beautiful images with carefulobservations of work and relaxation; thehard labor and casual camaraderie of thegroup contrasts sharply with the grief ofthe mourners and the funeral rituals. Thenarrator provides the framework that holdsthe story together. Images and spokenword together create a powerful andmoving story. A very poignant piece.Lots of great, on-the-ground footage thatcaptures the prolonged tension in HongKong. Interesting to see the protests fromthe point of view of this Christian groupthat puts themselves between the policeand the protesters. Strong interviews withthe group explaining why they aremotivated to keep going out to thedemonstrations.Page 8 of 43
The Society of Publishers in AsiaThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial ExcellenceAwards Winners ListChineseAward for ExcellenceHonorable MentionPublication:BBC ChineseBBC 中文Initium Media端傳媒Title of Entry:South China Sea Dispute: Philippine Fishing Statement of a Hong Kong young valiant: ifCommunity Falls on Hard Timesthe problems were solved, we won’t ��，這幫人就不會出現Award Recipients: Wei Wang , Tsung-Hsien Lee王溦、李宗憲Judges’Comments:Stanley Leung, Lin Kexin, Irene Chan梁詩聰、林可欣、陳倩兒The short video illustrates a fisherman'sThe video faithfully recorded the voice ofpowerlessness in facing the strugglesthe Hong Kong young people nonagainst the dispute in the South China Sea. sensationally.A great story that resonates with people.Page 9 of 43
The Society of Publishers in AsiaThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial ExcellenceAwards Winners ListExcellence in Human Rights ReportingGlobalAward for ExcellenceHonorable MentionPublication:Vice NewsAgence France-PresseTitle of Entry:“Worse Than a Death Sentence”: InsideIndia’s Sham Trials That Could StripMillions of CitizenshipThe Many Dimensions of China's UighurCrackdownAward Recipients: Rohini MohanEva Xiao, Pak Yiu, Andrew Beatty, SamReeves, Eric Randolph, and AFP journalistsin New Zealand, Thailand, Germany, Egypt,Hong Kong, and the United StatesJudges’Comments:The AFP investigation on the Uighurs is anintricate piece of journalism, which deepdives into the various complex facets ofreligious persecution in China. Specifically,the use of technological tools - satelliteimagery - to narrate how the Chinesegovernment was destroying the Uighurburial grounds, going all out topermanently destroy the remains of theirculture - is remarkable.Using the Right to Information Act passedby the Indian Parliament, as a tool ofinvestigative journalism to accessinformation - on the secretive ongoingcriminal trial of thousands of Muslims inAssam state, who are facing the threat ofbeing stripped of their citizenship - isexemplary.The data meticulously analyzed by thejournalist is truly an eye-openinginvestigation that exposes the miscarriageof justice prevailing in India: where theinvestigations are botched up, theprinciples of natural justice are violated,and justice is both delayed and denied.Page 10 of 43
The Society of Publishers in AsiaThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial ExcellenceAwards Winners ListRegionalAward for ExcellenceHonorable MentionPublication:Fountain InkFrontier MyanmarTitle of Entry:Prisoners of the stateThe plight of RohingyachildrenAward Recipients: Alia AllanaKyaw Ye Lynn, Thomas KeanJudges’Comments:A sharply written story that exposes a littleknown plight facing Rohingya's inMyanmar. The issue is clearly and vividlypresented through the stories of thesepeople trying to escape. It is a surprisingand important story, well executed.Richly reported, with an excellent balanceof anecdotal accounts and context. A trulyilluminating expose of a rarely coveredtopic, written with sensitivity but avoidingverbosity.Standout and poignant piece, that bringsalive the plight of such women and theirchildren languishing together in Indianjails, in a vivid critique of the cracks inIndia's judicial and penal system. Broadercontext woven seamlessly in aheartbreaking, highly personal narrative.This is impressive in its descriptions andportrayal of what life is like under theseconditions, and highlights an importanthuman rights problem. It's highly deservingof praise and attention.Page 11 of 43
The Society of Publishers in AsiaThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial ExcellenceAwards Winners ListChineseAward for ExcellenceHonorable MentionPublication:The Reporter報導者Ming Pao明報Title of Entry:Silent Extermination: First-handTestimonies From The XinJiang Reeducation ��Lin Zulian released but still undersurveillance林祖戀走出監獄 仍受監控Award Recipients: Chih Hsin Liu劉致昕Chen YiQin陳奕勤Judges’Comments:An exclusive story to follow up one of fewbut seemingly important grassrootdemocratic reforms in China and remindsus it has indeed made no substantialchange.A comprehensive story supported by acombination of quantitative and qualitativeinformation sources to investigate one ofthe most tragic human rights crises of thecentury.Page 12 of 43
The Society of Publishers in AsiaThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial ExcellenceAwards Winners ListExcellence in Feature WritingGlobalAward for ExcellenceHonorable MentionPublication:ReutersThe New York TimesTitle of Entry:Revolution 101The Jungle Prince of DelhiAward Recipients: Tom LasseterEllen BarryJudges’Comments:Ellen Barry starts out on her years-longjourney seeking to report and uncover thestory of an eccentric royal family in India,but eventually unravels a gripping mysterywith an unexpected denouement. Thisfirst-person narrative, rich in detail andbursting with adventure, is feature-writingjournalism at its best.A beautifully written story that vividlydepicts some of the youngestrevolutionaries of Hong Kong at first handduring their most intense battle.A story that seemed at first brush as if itwas going to be an "exotic India" taleunfurled into an astonishing, intimateexcavation of a piece of Partition historythat was on the verge of being lost forever.Page 13 of 43
The Society of Publishers in AsiaThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial ExcellenceAwards Winners ListRegionalAward for ExcellenceHonorable MentionPublication:Sixth ToneMyanmar NowTitle of Entry:Camera Above the ClassroomHow The NLD’s War With A NationalistGold Baron Left A Mining Town DesolateAward Recipients: Xue Yujie, Wang Zhenhao, Ding YiningHtun Khaing (Editing by Joshua Carroll)Judges’Comments:This is an excellent piece of both reportingand writing. It examines the issue from avariety of perspectives, some of them verypersonal, without judgment, leaving thereader pondering some big questionsabout the use of this technology.Htun Khaing's reporting on the nexusbetween a gold miner and governmentcorruption and nationalistic violence inMyanmar is very impressive in itsexceptional detail.Award for ExcellenceHonorable MentionPublication:Initium Media端傳媒Initium Media端傳媒Title of Entry:Mass Killings Pits in the CulturalRevolution: a crime in Guangxi Province廣西文革天坑殺人案A feature of the Polytechnic Universitysiege理大圍城之戰ChineseAward Recipients: Qin Kuan秦寬Stephanie Yang, Lin Kexin楊子琪、林可欣Judges’Comments:A piece of organized, rational andcompassionate work to uncover the day ofsiege at Polytechnic University whichpresented an unforgettable humanitariandisaster.Excellent feature interweaving the past andthe present to tell the stories of thesenseless killing in the Cultural Revolutionand the current effort in finding the truth.Page 14 of 43
The Society of Publishers in AsiaThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial ExcellenceAwards Winners ListExcellence in Magazine DesignCombined Global & RegionalGlobal & RegionalAward for ExcellenceHonorable MentionPublication:Nikkei Asian Review#legendTitle of Entry:Hard Water IssueThe Holiday issue - November/December2019AwardRecipients:Nikkei Asian Review staff#legendJudges’Comments:Stunning visuals with a clean, engaginglayout draw the reader in. An outstandingexample of how imaginative design cangive an article spice and zing.Strong full-page images, stylish use ofwhite space and modern fonts give thismagazine appropriate sophistication.Creative design elements are skillfully usedto create distinct sections whilemaintaining overall design cohesion.The issue is packed with information yetthe design skillfully allows for each sectionto shine without feeling crowded. Thesparing use of blue, red and yellow accentscreate distinct sections while maintainingoverall design consistency, and theutilisation of a simple column structure toinclude pull quotes, sidebars and othergraphic visual elements is well done.Page 15 of 43
The Society of Publishers in AsiaThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial ExcellenceAwards Winners ListChineseAward for ExcellenceHonorable MentionPublication:Being Hong Kong《就係香港》LIFE MAGAZINE《生活》月刊Title of Entry:Being Hong Kong Spring issue 2019《就係香港》2019 年春季號China Romance浪漫中国AwardRecipients:Editorial Department《就係香港》編輯部DESIGNER :The best visual example of showing theheritage and tradition of Hong Kongnatural essences. Excellent depiction of theold vs new and the east vs west planted inthis century years old city.It is a very neat and intricate focus ofmodern romance of China. Nice editoriallayout and visually descriptive.Creative, consistent and visually appealingcontent on inside pages are fully achieved.Impressive cover design, easy-to-read pagelayouts giving breathing space to thecomposition.Page 16 of 43
The Society of Publishers in AsiaThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial ExcellenceAwards Winners ListExcellence in Arts & Culture ReportingGlobalAward for ExcellenceHonorable MentionPublication:CNN InternationalQuartzTitle of Entry:Culture in the Xi eraThe art of war: Hong Kong vs. BeijingAwardRecipients:Oscar Holland, Jessie Yeung, Lily Lee andSteven JiangVivienne ChowJudges’Comments:An ambitious series of three storiesdescribing the intersection of politics andarts in China.This package is a good combination of apersonal essay on what it’s like for a HongKonger to be told to sing China’s nationalanthem; how Japanese anime has beenIn this insightful and deeply reportedincorporated into the protests; andseries, the writers explore how the longrounding it out is a strong curation andarm of Xi Jinping is shaping modern culture explanation of 12 works of protest art thatin China, touching everything fromstandout. Timely and informative.architecture to fashion to what passes for a“real man” these days. Stoked bypropaganda and underpinned bynationalist fervor, the implications areimmense for the design of China’s cities,for artists and their exhibitions and forwhat’s playing at the box office.Page 17 of 43
The Society of Publishers in AsiaThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial ExcellenceAwards Winners ListRegionalAward for ExcellenceHonorable MentionPublication:Nikkei Asian ReviewDestinAsianTitle of Entry:Art amid unrest“House Proud”; “Conserving Kolkata”AwardRecipients:Laurel Chor, Michelle Chan, and Ken SmithJonathan Hopfner; Jason OverdorfJudges’Comments:With powerful pictures, these articlescapture well the flourishing of the arts inHong Kong during the recent protests.Diversely evocative descriptions of twodifferent approaches to architecturalconservation.A series of three colorful articles andphotographs focusing on the burst ofartistic creativity around the Hong Kongprotests. The article on the birth of theHong Kong "anthem" was particularlystrong, including interviews with the song'sanonymous creator and the producer, alsoanonymous, of the slickly produced videocomplete with a full orchestra.An informative travel piece on how SouthKorea's traditional houses have becomepopular again, helped by a governmentprogram. The story had nice details abouthow the old-fashioned houses are nowbeing used as hip cafes and guest houses -and how some copycats were sprouting.The historical background added somedepth to the story.Page 18 of 43
The Society of Publishers in AsiaThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial ExcellenceAwards Winners ListChineseAward for ExcellenceHonorable MentionPublication:The Reporter報導者The New York Times Chinese纽约时报中文网Title of Entry:Street Art Gallery in the Hong Kong AntiExtradition Movement香港反修例運動裡的街頭藝廊A Cultural Revolution Tour: What theForeign Students Learned from the �里学到的一课AwardRecipients:I-Ching Chen, Chan Long Hei, Lau I ��Karoline Kan阚超群Judges’Comments:Reflected pressing social and individualproblems of Hong Kong people from anartistic perspective, with values of socialself-awareness.A vividly written, sobering piece based onthe screening of China—The Red Sons(1968, 47 mins), a documentary shot byAustralian filmmaker Roger Whittakerduring a trip to China in 1968. The storyskillfully revisited the changing relationshipbetween Mao and the wider populationthrough the lens of a group of youngAustralian students and journalists.Page 19 of 43
The Society of Publishers in AsiaThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial ExcellenceAwards Winners ListExcellence in Explanatory ReportingGlobalAward for ExcellenceHonorable MentionPublication:The Wall Street JournalFinancial TimesTitle of Entry:Amazon’s Troubled Asian Supply ChainChina’s Slowing PainsAwardRecipients:Jon Emont, Alexandra Berzon, Justin Scheck Yuan Yang, Tom Hancock, Nian Liuand Shane ShifflettJudges’Comments:Detailed, deeply researched and potentlook at the flood of unsafe, fake anddeceptive third-party products that floodtheir way onto Amazon's Asian ecommerce juggernaut. Text and videoreporting from Bangladesh shows howproducts with dangerous provenance aresold via Amazon but blacklisted by othermajor sellers.Cross-China package depicts China'seconomic slowdown in both micro (family)and macro (private-state economic policy).Clearly written, with ample photography.This is a lovely read that puts human faceson the economic turmoil in China. Greatheadline!Great investigative package. Hadeverything you would need to understanda complicated tale.Page 20 of 43
The Society of Publishers in AsiaThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial ExcellenceAwards Winners ListRegionalAward for ExcellenceHonorable MentionPublication:Nikkei Asian ReviewHong Kong Free PressTitle of Entry:Decoupling: The U.S.-China RelationshipUnravelledHong Kong's new methodology of protest,explainedAwardRecipients:Yasu Ota, Cheng Ting-fang, Lauly Li, YifanYu and Coco LiuKris ChengJudges’Comments:An impressive package of stories onHuawei and the technology wars betweenthe U.S. and China. There is great depth ofreporting here, well- organized, withexcellent graphics to illustrate the stories.Particularly liked the look inside theHuawei phone for the origins of its keyparts. Well done example of explanatoryreporting.Lively and engaging explainers about theHong Kong protesters. Article on thelegislature was very useful, as were theexplainers on the protests. Like the use ofphotos for the protesters tools piece.Nicely done.Superb insight into a complex subject.Stunning in the depth of detail, explanatoryreporting at its best.Page 21 of 43
The Society of Publishers in AsiaThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial ExcellenceAwards Winners ListChineseAward for ExcellenceHonorable MentionPublication:The Reporter報導者The Reporter報導者Title of Entry:Meet businessmen behind Asia’sInformation Warfare : How They Influenceand Monetize the Information Operation In4 Asian �馬中「資訊戰商人」的神祕面紗Silent Extermination: First-handTestimonies From The XinJiang Reeducation ��AwardRecipients:Sherry Lee, Chih Hsin Liu, Te Lien Kung,Chih Hsin Liu, Hao Hsiang Ko, Chia Yu Hsu,Yu Chen Huang, DaDa Wu, Szu Hua Chen,Chin Hsuan Hun, Chia Chi 洪琴宣、許佳琦Chih Hsin Liu劉致昕Judges’Comments:The merit of this entry lies in the details ofoperations involved in the production anddissemination of disinformation.Although many news reports have beenpublished about the same issue in Xinjiang,this report provides greater understandingabout the experience of the affectedindividuals, while positioning it within acomprehensive framework of state policyand the economic-political context of theBRI.Page 22 of 43
The Society of Publishers in AsiaThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial ExcellenceAwards Winners ListExcellence in Business ReportingGlobalAward for ExcellenceHonorable MentionPublication:The Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street JournalTitle of Entry:Inside Huawei’s RiseAmazon’s Troubled Asian Supply ChainAwardRecipients:Chuin-Wei Yap, Dan Strumpf, Dustin Volz,Kate O’Keeffe, Aruna Viswanatha, JoeParkinson, Nicholas Bariyo, Josh Chin,Jeremy Page and Rob TaylorJon Emont, Alexandra Berzon, Justin Scheckand Shane ShifflettJudges’Comments:A blockbuster investigation of a companymost Americans only recently becameaware of despite its giant threat. Timely,thoroughly reported, and well laid out.Gripping, probing. Everything worked inthis package.This package is fueled by hard journalisticwork and a social conscience. It has theMemorable peeling-back of the secrecyfeel of a true "expose" that led Amazondriven culture at Huawei. I liked theand other players in its supply chain tothorough reporting done from many fronts make tangible changes and increaseand divergent angles. The reader has theconsumer and worker safety. Outstandingclear impression that the journalistsuse of data to track transactions andteaming up on this story put themselvesunethical actions by several parties in theand some of their sources at risk to expose tangled Amazon marketplace.truths about Huawei's long history ofalleged "theft and dubious ethics."Page 23 of 43
The Society of Publishers in AsiaThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial ExcellenceAwards Winners ListRegionalAward for ExcellenceHonorable MentionPublication:South China Morning PostSixth ToneTitle of Entry:Hong Kong developersPublish or Perish: How China’s ElsevierMade its FortuneAwardRecipients:Peggy Sito, Denise Tsang, Lam Ka-sing,Sandy LiWang YiweiJudges’Comments:This is an insightful series that combineshistory and analysis to make smartconnections and give a more completeunderstanding of what has been happeningin Hong Kong. It also makes good use ofcharts and data, as well as personalexperiences, to help the reader grasp themajor inconsistencies in the H.K. realestate market and the reasons behindthem.Great piece on an ostensibly nerdy andunpromising topic (academic publishing?)that cuts down to something deeper: rentseeking behavior by privatised former statebodies in China, and how much moneythere is to be made in this. I like thisreporter's eye for detail and analyticalrigor, and the story told me lots of stuff Ididn't know.Terrific series, and eye-opening forsomeone who doesn't follow Hong Kongday to day. The authors delved deep intothe property sector, and tied what'shappening there to Hong Kong's socialconditions and absurdly tiny flat sizes tocreate a compelling narrative that helps toexplain (to me, anyway) some of theorigins of the 2019 protests. I like how thetitle used graphics to tell the story too.This series is a valuable explainer of whyhousing is unaffordable in Hong Kong andhow that became one of the main driversof the Hong Kong protests. Accompaniedby compelling graphics, it offers the readera primer on how the business of land haspushed Hong Kong society to this worryingpoint.Page 24 of 43
The Society of Publishers in AsiaThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial ExcellenceAwards Winners ListChineseAward for ExcellenceHonorable MentionPublication:The Reporter報導者CommonWealth Magazine天下雜誌Title of Entry:The Invisible Online Gambling Empire:From China, Philippines to Taiwan, AnInvestigation Into the 台灣代工 看不見的線上博弈帝國The unexpected winner of China-U.S. TradeWar: Taiwan中美貿易戰 意外贏家-台灣AwardRecipients:Te Lien Kung, Sherry Lee, Wei Ming Su, YuChen Huang, Shih Yun Chang, Szu 樺Elaine Huang, Liang-rong Chen, Brian Chen,Chingyi udges’Comments:The investigation revealed an untold story An in-depth report on a revealing trendof online casino operations across Asia. Fair amid U.S.-China trade war tensions. Anand balanced reporting.original story relevant to global readers.Page 25 of 43
The Society of Publishers in AsiaThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial ExcellenceAwards Winners ListExcellence in Information GraphicsCombined Global & RegionalGlobal & RegionalAward for ExcellenceHonorable MentionPublication:The New York TimesReutersTitle of Entry:Hong Kong’s Turmoil, IllustratedThe race to save the Ganges riverAwardRecipients:Jin Wu, K.K. Rebecca Lai, Anjali Singhvi andJason KaoSimon Scarr, Weiyi Cai, Vinod Kumar,Alasdair PalJudges’Comments:The stitching together of aerial protestphotos was impressive and fascinating. Atop class example of using imagery toconvey information – in this case, the sheermagnitude of a historically large day ofprotest in Hong Kong.With impressive research, creativity, andcomposition, the infographic successfullyconveyed the dire pollution situation inone of the most important rivers in theworld.Innovative use of photographs, videos,animations and graphics to immerseviewers into the Hong Kong protests. This ishow students will learn history in thefuture.The main infographic depicting theprogressive dumping of wastewater anduntreated sewage into the Ganges river is apowerful visual representation of anexcellent work of reporting.The expert use of aerial photos combinedwith informative text and graphs creates acompelling and deep understanding of theJune 16 march. The graphic that depictsHong Kong’s housing space is a powerfuladdition to the text.Page 26 of 43
The Society of Publishers in AsiaThe SOPA 2020 Awards for Editorial ExcellenceAwards Winners ListChineseAward for ExcellenceHonorable Mentio
Award Recipients: Alia Allana Kyaw Ye Lynn, Thomas Kean Judges' Comments: Richly reported, with an excellent balance of anecdotal accounts and context. A truly illuminating expose of a rarely covered topic, written with sensitivity but avoiding verbosity. Standout and poignant piece, that brings alive the plight of such women and their
