Award Categories

Categories open to all publications, including websites and wire services:

 

Excellence in Investigative Reporting  (卓越调查报导新闻奖)
Honoring the publication that through the use of its journalistic resources, which as well as reporting may include editorials, photographs and graphics, serves to advance the public interest on a topic of significance, for example by exposing wrongdoing or corruption, uncovering malfeasance or in some other way holding the powerful to account.

Excellence in Reporting Breaking News  (卓越突发性新闻奖)
Honoring the work that demonstrates high standards of reporting a breaking news event under deadline pressure.

Excellence in Business Reporting  (卓越经济报导奖)
Honoring the work that demonstrates high standards of reporting on a business topic of significance.

Excellence in Human Rights Reporting (卓越人权报导奖)
Honoring the work that demonstrates high standards of reporting on a human rights topic of significance.

Excellence in Reporting on the Environment (卓越环境报导奖)
Honoring the work that demonstrates high standards of reporting on an environmental topic of significance.

Excellence in Feature Writing  (卓越专题特写奖)
Honoring the work that demonstrates high standards of reporting and writing to describe an idea, event, trend or personality, or explain a topic of significance. Entries are limited on one article only.

Excellence in Opinion Writing  (卓越评论奖)
Honoring the opinion piece(s) or editorial(s) that best serve(s) to advance discussion and debate on a topic of significance.

Excellence in News Photography  (卓越新闻摄影奖)
Honoring the work that demonstrates high standards of news photography. (Note: entries must have been taken by or exclusively for the publication concerned)

Excellence in Feature Photography  (卓越特写摄影奖)
Honoring the work that demonstrates high standards of feature photography. (Note: entries must have been taken by or exclusively for the publication concerned)

Excellence in Editorial Cartooning  (卓越漫画奖)
Honoring the editorial cartoon or cartoons that demonstrate(s) high standards in commentary on a topic of significance. (Note: entries should embody a comment on the person or situation depicted)

Excellence in Information Graphics  (卓越资料图像奖)
Honoring entries that demonstrate high standards in presenting information in graphical form. (Note: only print entries are accepted for this category).

Excellence in Multimedia News Presentation  (卓越多媒体新闻奖)
Honoring original work that best uses multimedia techniques to describe an idea, event, trend or personality, or explain a topic of significance.

In addition to the quality of journalism, judges will assess how well entries integrate interactive graphics, photography, audio and/or video into a single presentation. Open only to journalistic websites -- whether a publication website or an independent online venture -- whose primary purpose is to inform.

The Scoop Award  (独家新闻奖)
Honoring the exclusive story that has a significant impact and is widely followed by competing news media.

Journalist of the Year  (年度记者奖)
Honoring the journalist who has best demonstrated excellence in editorial achievement. Entries should be by regular contributors to the publication submitting the entry, and should consist of 3-5 pieces of work of which at least three must be written articles. Publications may nominate only ONE journalist in this category. (Note: the requirements for a unifying theme and for each entry to be nominated in at most two categories do not apply to this category)


Categories open only to magazines:

 

Excellence in Magazine Design
Honoring the magazine that demonstrates high standards in visual presentation.

 

 




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