The 2023 Campus News Awards (CNA) by China Daily announced UIC students brought home 13 awards, including Best in News Reporting, Best in News Writing, Best in Feature Writing and more, 12 of which were in the English category and one in the Chinese category. UIC also won the Most Active Participation Award.
The participating students were proud to be part of the competition and expressed their gratitude towards their instructors. They said the competition had harnessed their professional skills in news writing and familiarised them with the full process of news production. It had also deepened their understanding of journalism and critical and independent thinking.
Deputy editor-in-chief of China Daily Group and publisher and editor-in-chief of China Daily Asia Pacific Mr Zhou Li spoke at the award presentation ceremony
This is the twelfth year that CNA has been organised, and more than 100 senior media professionals, university journalism professors, and professionals from relevant government departments were invited to act as judges. This year, it has received over a thousand entries in English and Chinese prepared by more than 3600 participants from 84 institutions from the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. The numbers of participants, institutions and entries were all record-high.
List for the China Daily 2023 Campus News Awards
Award | Project Name | Awardee |
最佳数据新闻奖 Best in Data Journalism in Chinese | 直面谣言 明以“治”远 | CHENG Yiran |
Best in News Reporting | Romance Scam | YUAN Junqing, ZHANG Shuyu, ZHAO Wanru, HONG Zishen, ZHANG Yuchen |
Best in News Writing | Mirage China's Physical Education | NING Baicheng, YANG Xiaoyu, ZHANG Yuxing, CHEN Kaiyan, WANG Yuchen |
Best in Feature Writing | Fetal Gender Testing | JIANG Mingxi, GUO Chuer |
Best in Headline Writing | Fraud and Fear: Inside China’s Shadowy Industry of Paid Test-Takers | LUO Ruisi |
Best in Headline Writing | Healing or Torture? The Medical Chaos Hidden Behind Overtreatment | LIANG Jiashu |
Best in Business News Reporting | A product of legal Limbo Paid Internship | YANG Chenchen |
Best in Arts and Culture News Reporting | A POOL OF GRADUALLY COOLING MUDDY WATER | DU Xi, YANG Xiaoyu, ZHANG Yuxing |
Best in Tech News Reporting | The Charging Revolution: Opportunities and Challenges for the Electric Vehicle Market | LIU Shixian |
Best in News Video Reporting | The Changing Functions of Temples- Commercialization and Entertainment | LONG Wenwei, WU Siying, LIU Ruiming , HOU Yitong, ZENG Jingtong, XIAO Xiaoyao |
Best in Features Video Reporting | Granny and Me | ZHAO Wanru |
Best in Features Video Reporting | Breaking Barriers-Enhancing Hospice Care in China for a Better Future | CHEN Yining, HUANG Haowei, HOU Ying, LIN Zhitong |
Best in Data Journalism | The Gig Economy May Be a Hidden Danger for Manual Workers | WEI Yuqi |
最踊跃参与学校奖 The Outstanding Participant | Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College |
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Reporter: Cecilia Yu
Editor: Deen He