HONG KONG, Dec. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Society of
Publishers in Asia (SOPA), a
Hong Kong-based not-for-profit
organization dedicated to pursuing excellence in journalism, today
announced that the SOPA 2019 Awards for Editorial Excellence are
now open for entries. The deadline for submissions is 3pm Hong Kong
time on Thursday January 24,
2019.
Since their launch in 1999, the awards have become a world-class
benchmark to recognize best practices in journalism in Asia Pacific, while driving journalistic
innovation across international, regional and local media platforms
in the region.
"The SOPA Awards provide a great platform to honor the best
publishing practices in the region as the journalism landscape
continues to evolve," said Cliff
Buddle, Editor, Special Projects at the South China Morning
Post and Chair of the SOPA Editorial Committee. "By recognizing the
best practices, we hope to continue to drive related dialogue and
inspire journalists to keep pursuing journalistic innovation and
excellence of all kinds."
Last year, the 20th anniversary of the awards saw a
record number of entries with more than 850 submitted. The
finalists and winning entries covered a wide range of crucial
issues facing the region. Thomson Reuters won the top honour – the
SOPA Award for Public Service Journalism – for its reporting on the
Rohingya crisis.
For the SOPA 2019 Awards, media will continue to compete in 17
categories (full list below) including the SOPA Award for Public
Service Journalism, Excellence in Business Reporting and
Excellence in Feature Writing. SOPA encourages entries from
both large and small publications with entries classified by
circulation and language type – English or Chinese.
The judging panel comprises more than 100 industry professionals
from some of the region's most influential media organizations and
leading journalism schools, as well as past award winners. The
Journalism & Media Studies Centre of the University of Hong Kong has been the Awards
Administrator since 2011.
For the awards, Asia Pacific is
defined as Afghanistan and the
Central Asia republics, the Indian
subcontinent, North and East Asia,
Southeast Asia and Australia, New
Zealand and the South Pacific Islands.
Submissions can be made online at www.sopawards.com. The
finalists will be announced in May
2019, with the winners named at the SOPA Awards Gala Dinner
on May 29, 2019 at the Hong Kong
Convention and Exhibition Centre. Award submission eligibility and
application information is available at www.sopawards.com.
2019 Award Categories
- Excellence in Reporting on Women's Issues
- Excellence in Journalistic Innovation
- Excellence in Video Reporting
- Excellence in Human Rights Reporting
- Excellence in Feature Writing
- Excellence in Magazine Design
- Excellence in Arts & Culture Reporting
- Excellence in Explanatory Reporting
- Excellence in Business Reporting
- Excellence in Information Graphics
- Excellence in Reporting Breaking News
- Excellence in Opinion Writing
- Excellence in Reporting on the Environment
- Excellence in Photography
- The Scoop Award
- Excellence in Investigative Reporting
- SOPA Award for Public Service Journalism
About SOPA
The Society of Publishers in Asia
(SOPA) was founded in 1982 to champion freedom of the press,
promote excellence in journalism and endorse best practices for all
local and regional publishing platforms in the Asia-Pacific region. SOPA is a not-for-profit
organization based in Hong Kong
and representing international, regional and local media companies
across Asia. The Society of
Publishers in Asia is also host to
the prestigious annual SOPA Awards for Editorial Excellence, which
serve as the world-class benchmark for quality journalism in the
region. www.sopasia.com; SOPA LinkedIn.
Press release prepared on behalf of SOPA by
FleishmanHillard.
Distributed on behalf of SOPA by PR Newswire.
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