The World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) announced the results for the seventh edition of Digital Media Awards South Asia. HT Labs, The Hindu, Prothom Alo, The Quint, and BBC News emerged as the DMA South Asia 2023 winners among more than 100 entries from news publishers across South Asia.
The Quint bagged the coveted ‘Best News Website’ award, while HT Labs, The Hindu, Prothom Alo and BBC News emerged as the other top prizewinners. This prestigious award recognizes outstanding digital media projects delivered by news publishers from across the region, covering 1 September 2022 to 31 August 2023. An eminent panel of international judges evaluated the entries.Â
The 2023 edition featured news publishers competing in 12 Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards categories. Trophies will be presented to the winners at the upcoming Digital Media India 2024 conference, scheduled for March 13-14 in New Delhi. The top winner across all categories will be awarded “Champion Publisher of the Year 2023”. The gold winners will enter the Wan-Ifra’s World Digital Media Awards competition.
The winners are:
Best Data Visualisation
Gold: How Galle Face became a focal point of protest?, BBC News.
Silver: When Hitler Made a Team Pull Out, The World Cup Without a Final, The Quint.
Bronze: India’s Moonshot, India Today Group Digital.
Best Digital Subscription/Reader Revenue Project
Gold: Subscriber engagement & retention program, Hindustan Times Digital Streams Limited. Silver: OTTplay Premium, Hindustan Media Ventures Limited.
Bronze: Prothom Alo eEdition, Prothom Al.‘
Best Fact-Checking Project
Gold: Fact-checking and media literacy campaign, Jagran New Media.
Silver: The Making of #BoycottPathaan, The Quint.
Bronze: Webqoof, The Quint.
Best in Audience Engagement
Gold: The Hindu Made of Chennai, The Hindu.
Silver: Chennai-A-Maze, The Hindu.
Bronze: Slurrp – Community, Hindustan Media Ventures Limited.
Jury Special Mention Award: What’s My Friendship Score? The Daily Star.
Jury Special Mention Award: Engaging the Youth, Prothom Alo.
Best Innovative Digital Product
Gold: Newslaundry App, Newslaundry.
Silver: Digital Sakhi, People Like Us Create (Pluc).
Bronze: Slurrp.com, Hindustan Media Ventures Limited.
Best Native Advertising Campaign
Gold: The Hindu Made of Chennai, The Hindu.
Silver: Nurturing Empowerment and Breaking Taboos, Prothom Alo.
Bronze: Slurrp – Glen, Hindustan Media Ventures Limited.
Best News Website
Gold: The Quint, The Quint.
Silver: The Hindu, The Hindu.
Silver: Prajavani Revamp & Redesign, The Printers (Mysore) Pvt Ltd.
Bronze:  Best News website: Livemint , Hindustan Times Digital Streams Limited.
Best Newsletter
Gold: Mint Easynomics Newsletter, Hindustan Times Digital Streams Limited.
Silver: Slurrp – Newsletter, Hindustan Media Ventures Limited.
Bronze: OTTplay – Newsletter, Hindustan Media Ventures Limited.
Best Podcast
Gold: OTTplay Podcasts, Hindustan Media Ventures Limited.
Silver: Nothing But The Truth, India Today.
Bronze: Din Bhar, India Today.
Best Use of AI in Revenue Strategy
Gold: OTTplay Revenue AI, Hindustan Media Ventures Limited.
Silver: slurrp.com, Hindustan Media Ventures Limited.
Bronze: AUW AI, Amar Ujala Web Services.
Best Use of AI in the Newsroom
Gold: AI in the Newsroom, Hindustan Times Digital Streams Limited.
Silver: Transforming News Consumption, Prothom Alo.
Silver: Meta Description for News Articles using Generative AI, The Hindu.
Bronze: AI & I, Jagran New Media.
Best Use of Video
Gold: Women Don’t Just Enjoy Erotica, Some Even Write It, The Quint.
Gold: The Holes In India’s Data Privacy Laws feat Miranda House , Hindustan Times Digital Streams Limited.
Silver: Trapped by Tradition, Deutsche Welle.
Bronze: The Definition, BBC News.
Jury Special Mention Award: Manipur Weeps, MOJO STORY.
Jury Special Mention Award: The Hindu Made of Chennai Song, The Hindu.
The list of winners was updated by Wan-Ifra and the same was updated on IPP website on 30/01/23
