Star Media Group's 'True or Not' wins gold at WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards

Star Media Group (SMG) chief content officer Datin Paduka Esther Ng (in green) with deputy executive editor Sim Leoi Leoi; editor, online Michelle Tam, online editor Joseph Loh, deputy executive editor Christina Chin and executive editor, content design Tung Eng Hwa celebrating the Gold Award for best fact checking project at the WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards (2025). — YAP CHEE HONG/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Star Media Group (SMG) has been awarded the Gold Award for its exemplary fact-checking section, True or Not, at the WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards (DMA) 2025.

Organised by the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), the event has been a pivotal platform for transformation in the news media industry since 2009.