New Delhi: The Wire received two awards – ‘Best News Startup of the Year’ and ‘Best Use of Video’ – at the South Asian Digital Media Awards 2019, on February 18 here.

The awards, which recognise publishers who have adopted digital media and mobile strategies to meet the major changes in how people consume news, were presented in several categories. Within each category, winners and two runners up were given gold, silver and bronze awards respectively.

Both of The Wire’s awards were ‘gold’. The ‘Best Use of Video’ honour was for its pre-Lok Sabha election show, Sadak ke Sansad.

Watch all the videos in the epic web-series here.

The Hindu and The Wire are the only two news organisations to win two gold awards on Tuesday. The awards saw more than 80 entries from more than 20 news companies, which were evaluated by an international jury.

Manoramaonline.com won the Best News Website of the Year Award. BBC News, NDTV Hop, Arre, Sangbad Pratidin, Prothom Alo, and The Hindu were among winners.

The awards were presented by WAN-IFRA.

The full list of winners is as follows:

1. Best Data Visualisation

Gold – BBC News – How many promises did the Narendra Modi government keep?

Silver – The Federal – Chandrayaan 2 mission

Bronze – Prothom Alo – Prothom Alo – Election Portal

2. Best Digital News Startup

Gold – Foundation for Independent Journalism – The Wire English

Silver – The Federal

Bronze – ETV Bharat

3. Best Digital Project to Engage Younger/Millennial Audience

Gold – NDTV Convergence – NDTV Hop

Silver – Sangbad Pratidin – Pujor Face – Augmented Reality Face Filters during Durga Puja

Bronze – BBC News – BBC’s Beyond Fake News Project

4. Best in Lifestyle, Sports, Entertainment Website or Mobile Services

Gold – Arre

Silver – The Hindu – Sportstar

5. Best in Social Media Engagement

Gold – M M Publications Limited (Vanitha) – Ivide nalla vishesham campaign

Silver – BBC Media Action (India) Limited – #FlushKeBaad: A social media initiative for public awareness on faecal Sludge Management

Bronze – The Daily Star – Bangladesh in World Cup

6. Best Marketing Campaign for News Brand

Gold – The Hindu – #UnderMyWatch

Gold – Sangbad Pratidin – Pujor Face – Augmented Reality Face Filters during Durga Puja

Silver – ABP Pvt Ltd – Santanan Dehi

Bronze – Sangbad Pratidin – MaaClicks

7. Best Native Advertising / Branded Content Campaign

Gold – Prothom Alo – Alor Poth

Gold – ABP Pvt Ltd – Shusthyotar Jonyo

Silver – Quintillion Media Pvt Ltd – The Bold Brunch

Bronze – Times Network Digital – Jan Nivesh

8. Best News Website or Mobile Service

Gold – Malayala Manorama Co. Ltd – Manorama Online

Silver – Malayala Manorama Co. Ltd – Manorama Mobile

Bronze – Quintillion Media Pvt Ltd – The Quint

9. Best Paid Content Strategy

Gold – The Hindu – The Hindu+

Silver – Quintype – BQ Blue

Bronze – Vikatan – Appappo

10. Best Use of Online Video

Gold – Foundation for Independent Journalism – The Wire – Sadak Se Sansad

Silver – BBC News – Ink of the Earth

Bronze – Quintillion Media Pvt Ltd – The Making of Lynchistan: Killing in the Name of the Cow

Bronze – BBC News – Hand in Hand: A story of faith and friendship at Kumbh

Bronze – Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Co Ltd – Mathrubhumi.com fire and flame.

