Winners of the 2022 South Asian Digital Media Awards announced by WAN-IFRA

The Quint, The Hindu, Prothom Alo, Indian Express emerged as the SDMA winners, from more than 100 entries from news publishers across South Asia.

The World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) announced the winners of the South Asian Digital Media Awards 2022, the sixth edition of digital media awards for South Asia. These prestigious awards recognise the outstanding digital media projects delivered by news publishers from across the region. An eminent panel of international judges evaluated the entries.

The winners are:

Best News Website

• Gold: The Quint
• Silver: Best News Website – Hindi, TV Today Network
• Bronze: Best News Website – English, TV Today Network

Best Use of Video

• Gold: ABP CENTENARY CAMPAIGN, ABP PVT. LTD.
• Silver: Rising Waters and Sinking City, The Quint
• Bronze: Dhal Char, Deutsche Welle

Best Newsletter

• Gold: Morning Expresso, The Indian Express

Best Data Visualisation

1. Gold: Islamophobia 365, The Quint
2. Silver: Seeds of Protest, The Quint
3. Bronze: Artemis Moon Mission, India Today Group Digital

Best Digital Subscription Initiative

1. Gold: Indian Express Subscription, The Indian Express
2. Silver: TH Newsletters, The Hindu
3. Bronze: New Subscription Model, The Daily Prothom Alo

Best Trust Initiative

1. Gold: Women in Journalism, Afghanistan Women News Agency
2. Silver: Sach Ke Sathi Flagship, Jagran New Media
3. Bronze: BBC Young Reporter India, BBC News

Best Podcast

1. Gold: Shet Market, Sakal Media Private Limited
2. Silver: Ankahee Baatein, People Like Us Create (Pluc)
3. Bronze: 3 Things, The Indian Express

Best in Audience Engagement

1. Gold: ABP CENTENARY CAMPAIGN, ABP PVT. LTD.
2. Silver: Padma Bridge Inauguration Campaign, The Daily Prothom Alo
3. Bronze: Kanneerakaruthu Kalyanam Campaign, M M Publications Limited (Vanitha)

Best ePaper-Concept

1. Gold: The Hindu e-Paper,The Hindu
2. Silver: Interactive epaper, DT Next
3. Bronze: The Daily Prothom Alo eEdition, The Daily Prothom Alo

Best Digital Advertising Project

1. Gold: Bkash Eid Ayojon, The Daily Prothom Alo
2. Silver: Abashon Mela (Real Estate Fair), The Daily Prothom Alo

Best special project for COVID-19 / Pandemic Reporting

1. Gold: India’s Girls Out Of School, The Quint
2. Silver: Breaking News, Dainik Jagran-inext
3. Bronze: HH Covid Actions, Hindustan Media Ventures Limited

Best Use of Short Form Video

1. Gold: Trending & Current Affairs, The Hindu
2. Silver: Mini profiles during UP Election, BBC News
3. Bronze: Breaking News, Dainik Jagran-inext

Best Native Advertising / Sponsored Content Campaign

1. Gold: Banega Swasth India, NDTV Convergence
2. Silver: COIMBATORE UNLIMITED, The Hindu
3. Bronze: Ask Him Today, The Quint

Panel of jury
The entries were evaluated by an international panel of jury that included Corinne Podger (Director – Digital Skills Agency- Australia), Adam Tinworth (Consultant-Reed Business Information), Juan Velasco (5W Infographics LLC, USA), Simon Scarr (Singapore), Murdoch Davis (USA), Frank Denton (Vice President – Journalism, Morris publishing groups-USA), Ola Henrikkson Independent media consultant (Sweden), Robb Montgomery (Mobile journalism author, Founder, USA), Kavita Chandran (Singapore), Dean Arnett – (Independent and freelance-Video production specialist-UK) , Kevin Anderson (Director of professional services at PugPig- UK), Danny Spears (Chief Operating Officer, The Ozone Project), David Warmsley (Editor-in-Chief, The Globe and Mail, Canada), Javier Garza (Editor, EnRe2 Laguna, Mexico), Kathy English VP (Content Integrity & Editorial Standards Dotdash Meredith-Canada), Margret Muller (Director, Digital Publishing – RP Digital GmbH- Germany), Aileen Rae Perez (Social Media Manager – GMA Network Inc., Philippines), Cahyo Listyanto (GM Technology, Product & Data, Harian Kompas- Indonesia), Cherish Leow (Assistant VP, Branded Content & Editorial Solutions – Astro Awani Network Sdn Bhd-Malaysia), Chris Janz Media Advisor-Australia), Lyn-yi Chung (Deputy Chief Editor, CNA Digital-Singapore), Karen Lim (Supervising Editor – Mediacorp, Singapore), Lee Williamson (Regional Editorial Director, Tatler Asia Limited, Hong Kong), Eoghan Weeney (Digital Media Consultant-Germany), Rebecca Skippage (Disinformation Editor BBC News– UK), and Kuang Keng (Data editor Pulitzer centre, Malaysia).

Award ceremony
WAN-IFRA congratulates all the winners. The award ceremony will be held on 16 March 2023 during the Digital Media India 2023 Conference in New Delhi.