Multiple honours for The Star

Proud moment: The Star team with their prizes at the Malaysian Press Institute (MPI)-Petronas Malaysian Journalism Awards 2022. — MUHAMAD SHAHRIL ROSLI/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: The Star won a slew of prizes at the prestigious Malaysian Press Institute (MPI)-Petronas Malaysian Journalism Awards 2022, including the top prize for multimedia category as well as a special award for group advisor Datuk Seri Wong Chun Wai.

The multimedia stories team, comprising writers Diyana Pfordten, Farik Zolkepli and Justin Zack, clinched the gold medal, a trophy and RM10,000 in cash prize for their stories Interactive: Suffering in Silence, In the Memory of Our Lost Children, and Interactive: Letting Go – How Parents of Young Autistic Adults are Teaching Independence.