A highlight of this year’s conference in Singapore was the presentation of WAN-Ifra's Digital Media Asia 2022 awards.

Entries were grouped to provide an additional category for news media companies with annual revenue of less than US$10 million, with Astro AWANI, Tatler and SPH Media emerging as the biggest winners. Some 145 entries were submitted for the competition, which recognises leaders in the adoption of digital media and mobile strategies in response to how people consume news and information.

Malaysian broadcaster Astro AWANI, which entered the competition in the small/medium category won gold and silver in the ‘best special project in COVID-19’, and gold in the best branded/sponsored content campaign, as well as being runner-up for ‘best newsletter’. In the same small/medium publisher category, The Tatler also beat larger counterparts to clinch gold in the overall best newsletter category, as well as gold in both the podcast/digital audio project and best lifestyle or sports site.

Singapore’s SPH Media won overall gold and silver in the best lifestyle or sports site, and gold in the best podcast/digital audio project, and was runner-up in the special project in COVID-19.

This year’s competition also saw first-time winners in BuddyKu, CNN Indonesia, Commonwealth Magazine, Economist Impact, GMA News Online, Kontinentalist, Our Grandfather Story and The Storm Media.

Full winners list:

Best News Website or Mobile Service

Gold – CNA website and app by CNA, Mediacorp; Silver – Redesign and Content Integration CNN Indonesia by CNN Indonesia. News media companies with an annual revenue of less than US$10 million: Gold – Eco-Business (pictured) by Eco-Business; and Gold – The Environmental Reporting Collective by Oceans Inc; Silver – Kontinentalist by Kontinentalist.

Best Lifestyle or Sports Site

Gold – How have Singaporean homes changed over the decades? by The Straits Times, SPH Media; Silver – How the Ukraine war is making this popular Singaporean dish more expensive by The Straits Times, SPH Media. News media companies with an annual revenue of less than US$10 million: Gold – Launch TatlerAsia.com by Tatler; Silver – Lifestyle section at Zing News by ZingNews.

Best Use of Online Video

Gold – Disordered by Stuff Circuit; Silver – 29 Amazing Districts by CommonWealth Magazine. News media companies with an annual revenue of less than US$10 million: Gold – Ten Meters Up: A Year With Singapore’s First Olympic Diver by Our Grandfather Story; Silver – Slice of Life: The Infinite Loop of Debt by BuddyKu.

Best Data Visualisation

Gold – Tracking how Russia fabricated its pretext for invading Ukraine by Nikkei Asia; Silver – How the Northern sea routes will change the world’s major traffic flows by Nikkei Asia. News media companies with an annual revenue of less than US$10 million: Gold – Sexual Violence in Singapore: A Crisis by Kontinentalist; Silver – Tracking the Malaysia floods: a visual story by Eco-Business.

Best Branded / Sponsored Content Campaign

Gold – Back to Blue by Economist Impact x The Nippon Foundation; Silver – ICA Invisible Guardians by Mediacorp, Brand Studio. News media companies with an annual revenue of less than US$10 million: Gold – Agro-X by Agrobank by Astro AWANI; and Gold – Energy and Better Life by Bisnis.com – Bisnis Indonesia; Silver – Wise Up With Ryan | DBS Foundation by Our Grandfather Story.

Best in Audience Engagement

Gold – Dapat Totoo by GMA News Online; Silver – 8world Entertainment Lifestyle – Christmas Treasure Street by Mediacorp.

Best Newsletter

Gold – The Deep Dive by Tatler Gen.T; Silver – Street Letter by The storm media. News media companies with an annual revenue of less than US$10 million: Gold – Tatler Dining Weekly by Tatler; Silver – 7 Topik Terhangat by 7 Astro AWANI

Best Podcast / Digital Audio Project

Gold – The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia Podcast series by The Straits Times, SPH Media; Silver – The Lake by Popsock Media/Stuff. News media companies with an annual revenue of less than US$10 million: Gold – Crazy Smart Asia by Tatler Gen.T; Silver – Middle Earth Podcast by The World of Chinese.

Best Special Project for Covid-19

Gold – The Whole Truth: Covid-19 Vaccination by Stuff; Silver – Remembering the 5 million lives lost to Covid-19 by The Straits Times, SPH Media. News media companies with an annual revenue of less than US$10 million: Gold – Covid-19: Data dan informasi setakat ini by Astro AWANI; Silver – Rentas Jambatan Endemik by Astro AWAN