Twenty students from the Department of Communication at Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College (UIC) won 13 awards in the 2022 Campus News Awards held by China Daily.

Campus News Award has been held since 2012. Its jury consists of more than 80 government officials, journalism professors and media professionals. Tsinghua University, Renmin University of China, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and many other universities participated in the competitions.

Twenty UIC students won 10 English awards and three Chinese awards. The English awards included a Best in News Writing, three Best in Headline Writing, a Best in Business News Reporting, a Best in Arts and Culture News Reporting, a Best in Tech News Reporting, a Best in News Video Reporting, a Best in Features Video Reporting, and a Best in News Page Design. The Chinese awards were three Best in News Photography.

Seventeen UIC students won six awards last year. Two of them also won the prize this year.

Cao Yu, Huang Xinyu, Xu Ling, Wang Yubin, Zhao Zifan

“We are thrilled to have won the award for best in news writing. Our group' s story focused on the lasting, non-immediate impact of the family planning policy. We are delighted that our work was recognized by the competition organizing committee, and we are particularly grateful to Dr. Vincent for his guidance and to the interviewees for their trust in us.”

Zhong Peilin

“It's a great honor for me to be given a China Daily Campus News Award again. And I would like to express my sincere thanks to my supervisor Dr. Edgar Yuen for his guidance in accomplishing my Project. I hope my feature article ‘To Have or Not to Have Another Baby — that is the question for Guangzhou families’ can draw attention to the dilemma of Chinese population growth.”

Xu Jiaxun (Catherine)

“I am honored to get the award from China Daily. As Dr. Vincent Lam said, finding contradiction is significant in news writing. Thus, I attempted to directly expose the biggest conflict within my story in headline. Moreover, to show human interest is another key, which displays our temperature. Thanks all.”

Yuqi Wei (Amelia)

“It was a great honor for me to win the ‘Best in Headline Writing’ award. I struggled for a long time to decide on the wording of the headline. For this, I am very grateful to Dr. Vincent Lam for his patient guidance and support, and to my family and friends for their careful help.”

Li Tao, Liu Shu, Nie Liang

“I am very excited and surprised to receive two awards for business report and page design. I have always believed that writing news requires being truthful and pragmatic. Even if it is a campus newspaper, I insist on on-the-spot interviews, carefully observe the society, and find points worth paying attention to. I am fortunate to be guided by Dr. Vincent, which has greatly improved my insight into the choice of news perspectives. Also, I am grateful to Dr. Edgar for his guidance on my writing skills. Thank you to the team members who accompanied me along the way.”

Xie Yiqi

“My feature article ‘Raise the Children of the Stars Together’ focuses on employment and social acceptance issues of autistic young adults. I hope my work can let more people learn about the lives of autistic patients and their family members and help the patients to enter society. And thanks very much for the help from my supervisor Vincent Lam and other teachers!”

Lin Mingle

“It was a great privilege for me to get the prize from China Daily. My news report focuses on the alternative methods to buy and sell crypto currency in Mainland China under the strict prohibition. As the crypto and blockchain technology has gradually become interdisciplinary hotspots in science, technology and economy, I hope to raise the public awareness about the issue between technology and politics through my report. And I would like to sincerely thank my supervisor Dr. Vincent Lam, and my co-reviewer Dr. Yiwei Li for their invaluable guidance. Also the interviewees in my report, as well as the division. Thank you all.”

Tan Yuhang, Guo Xinyue, Tang Jun

“Our group's news video reporting "Sports Facilities for the Disabled" conducted on-site observation on communities in Zhuhai, and through interviews with disabled people and related organizations, we demonstrated the current plight of disabled people's lack of willingness to exercise and the absence of relevant sports facilities. With this news report, we hope that the current dilemma of the disabled doing sports can be improved, so that the disabled group can better participate in daily sports.”

Lin Xiao, Mei Danqing, Huang Xinyu, Han Zhiyan

“We are honoured to receive this award in the China Daily feature news reporting.This award ensures that as college students, we could also progress in feature news reporting and utilizing the documentary medium to realize our goals in spreading the values of gender equality. We sincerely appreciate our best friends’ support in sharing such a valuable story with us and the guidance from our teachers.”

Zhang Yichi

"I was very happy to receive the award. This is my first time winning a news photos award, which gives me a lot of confidence to practice more in photojournalism and become a photojournalist in the future. I am also grateful to Ms. Dai Fei’s valuable advice and Dr. Vincent Lam‘s support for submission."

Cheng Yiran

“I am honored to receive the China Daily News and Feature Photography Award. This award recognizes the progress of journalism students in photography, and at the same time dares us to express the beauty and news value of this world through the language of the camera. I sincerely thank the people who have helped me on my path of studying journalism, and I also express my sincere gratitude to my instructors.”