Results in WAN-Ifra’s 2021 Digital Media Awards Asia competition show Singapore Press Holdings as the biggest winner with a haul of two gold and four silver awards.
Newcomer Coconuts Media was also a standout in the small/medium category with six awards.
Some 140 entries were received for this year competition, from which gold winners (except those for the special best COVID-19 project) automatically go forward to the global World Digital Media Awards competition.
Singapore Press Holdings’ awards came for best news website or mobile service, and best native advertising /branded content campaign (golds), and for use of online video, data visualisation, audience engagement, and project for news literacy (silver).
A new silver award in the small/medium company sub-categories recognises smaller media companies with an annual revenue of less than US$10 million. Additionally small/medium publishers The Fourth Media (Malaysia) and AsiaOne Online (Singapore) beat their large counterparts to clinch regular gold or silver awards in their respective categories:
Best Project for News Literacy by The Fourth Media (Gold).
Best Native Advertising / Branded Content Campaign by The Fourth Media (Silver).
Best News Website Or Mobile Service by AsiaOne Online Pte Ltd (Silver).
Across the Small/Medium Company sub-categories, Coconuts Media is the biggest winner with four Golds and two Silvers.
Best Digital Marketing Campaign for News Brand (Gold).
Best Native Advertising/Branded Content Campaign (Gold).
Best News Website or Mobile Service (Gold).
Best Use of Online Video (Gold/Silver).
Best Data Visualisation (Silver).
First tieme winners in this year's competition were Coconuts Media, The Fourth Media, The Japan Times, The News Lens and ZingNews. For a full list of winners, visit https:// vwanifraevents.eventsair.com/asian-digital-media-awards/2021-winners
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