In two categories, two gold awards were made, and while the panel found picking a winner for social media easier, they couldn’t choose between the next three entries, and awarded silver to each. The category was won by Indian Express.
South China Morning Post’s three gold awards put them top of this year’s tally, followed by Singapore Press Holdings with two.
The awards were presented at the end of the second day of the Digital Media Asia conference in Kuala Lumpur.
Delegates to the three-day event had already heard about one of the winners – Star Malaysia’s iSnap augmented reality app – from Siah Ping Wong, the publisher’s chief operating officer for digital business, in a keynote address on the first day.
The Singapore-developed AR technology adds features such as galleries and video to the experience of readers of the print edition, and has now been integrated into the Star app.
Winners were:
Best in online media, Newspaper website: Gold (two awards)– Singapore Press Holdings for www.straitstimes.com and South China Morning Post Publishers for www.SCMP.com; Silver– APN Digital (New Zealand) for www.nzherald.co.nz; Bronze– NDTV for www.ndtv.com
Magazine website: Gold– South China Morning Post Publishers for www.elle.com.hk; Silver– Senatus for www.senatus.net; Bronze– Mongoose Publishing for www.timeoutkl.com
Best in online video: Gold (two awards)– South China Morning Post Publishers for Helene Franchineau, and West Australian Newspapers for After the Flames; Silver– Ming Pao Enterprise Corporation for MediaNet, Top Gear Hong Kong, Top Gear China; Bronze– West Australian Newspapers for Anzac Tribute.
Best in online infographics: Gold Award– Al Bayan Newspaper for Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque; Silver– Al Bayan Newspaper for Al Fahidi Fort; Bronze– South China Morning Post Publishers for South China Morning Post.
Best in cross media, Cross media editorial coverage: Gold– PT Kompas Media Nusantara for Cincin Api Expedition; Silver– Star Publications (Malaysia) for R.AGE, The Star; Bronze–The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) for Berita Harian, Anugerah Bintang Popular 2012.
Cross media advertising: Gold– Star Publications (Malaysia) for The Star Mobile App iSnap; Silver– Singapore Press Holdings for STJobs; Bronze– Singapore Press Holdings for STAR 2012.
Best in mobile media: Gold– Singapore Press Holdings for STProperty; Silver– Agence France-Presse HK for AFP – Infoplum; Bronze– Malayala Manorama Company for Manorama Mobile.
Best in tablet publishing: Gold– NDTV for NDTV Convergence; Silver– PT Kompas Media Nusantara for Ring of Fire Expedition on Tablet; Bronze– Trend VG3 Co for Thairath for iPad
Best in social media: Gold– The Indian Express for The Indian Express; Silver (three awards)– NDTV for NDTV Convergence, and Singapore Press Holdings for Social Media Fiesta 2012, and Star Publications (Malaysia) for R.AGE, The Star; Bronze– PT Riau Media Grafika for Tribuners & Citizen Journalism.
Pictured: Winners in the 2012 WAN-Ifra Asia Digital Media Awards, presented on Wednesday night