KUALA LUMPUR: Star Media Group (SMG) bagged top prizes in the Works Ministry Media Appreciation Night and the 2024 CIDB Construction Media Awards, taking home five awards in four of the six categories featured.
SMG Education Assistant News Editor Rowena Chua took home the first prize in the Print Media and News Portal Award for the Features category.
In the Infographic Award category, SMG executive editor (content design) Tung Eng Hwa, Abdul Razak Ahmad Idris, Muhammad Shyafiq Dzulkifli, Mohd Izudin Ismail and Foo Chern Hwan also won the first prize.
mStar journalists Iwan Shu-Aswad Shuaib and Nazwin Izan Ahmad Nazri won second prize in the Print Media and News Portal Award for the Special News Report category.
In the Photography Award category, photographers Mohd Faihan Mohd Ghani and Art Chen took home second and third prizes, respectively.
First-prize winners received an RM5,000 cash prize, while second- and third-prize winners won RM3,000 and RM2,000, respectively, along with trophies and certificates of appreciation.
Merit award winners took home RM1,000 and certificates of appreciation.
Chua dedicated the award to SMG, especially Education senior editor Christina Chin as well as the stakeholders she interviewed for her news coverage.
She thanked Chin for alerting the team to the contest.
“I wouldn’t have thought of working on construction-themed articles tailored to an educational perspective for our readers or submitting an entry for the award.
“And without the stakeholders who took the time to share their valuable insights, we wouldn’t have had the solid coverage needed to raise awareness about the issues surrounding the construction industry,” added Chua.Tung said the win was due to a great team effort.
“We have a very good team of writers and designers who work passionately to achieve the best results.
“Everybody was rewarded with recognition from CIDB and the judges,” he said.
The seventh edition of the awards, which was held at Seri Pacific Hotel Kuala Lumpur here, was in recognition of the work of media professionals in reporting the developments and achievements of the construction sector, which plays an important role in the country’s development.
Among the categories featured included the Online Video and Television Broadcasting Media Award for Special Report and Documentary, and the Radio Broadcasting Media Award.
Jointly organised by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Malaysia and the Malaysian Press Institute, the event was launched by Deputy Works Minister Ahmad Maslan.
CIDB Malaysia is a statutory body under the Works Ministry.
Also present at the event were CIDB Malaysia president Yusuf Abd Wahab and chief executive officer Datuk Mohd Zaid Zakaria, MPI president Datuk Yong Soo Heong and editors and journalists of media agencies.
