Shenzhen Daily wins big at GD journalism awards

A total of nine works by Shenzhen Daily journalists won prizes at the 2021 Guangdong Provincial Journalism Awards, according to an announcement made by the Guangdong Journalists Association and Guangdong News Society yesterday, China’s 23rd Journalists’ Day.

It is the biggest number of the annual Guangdong Journalism Awards — the highest honors for journalism in the province — the newspaper has received since its inception in 1997. It also represented an increase of seven winning works from 2020.

Lin Min (4th R), deputy editor-in-chief of Shenzhen Daily, poses for a photo with other prize winners at the 2021 Guangdong Provincial Journalism Awards ceremony yesterday. Sun Yuchen

A story by Chen Siqi titled “Brazilian makes his 34th blood donation in Shenzhen” won second prize. Heráclito Everson Biscaia Filho, who has a rare AB RH negative blood type, voluntarily donated blood in Shenzhen 34 times between 2013 and 2021.

The other two second-prize winners are an in-depth report by Lin Min and Yang Mei titled “UK father and son take on bias against China” and Lin’s piece titled “Cycling 30,000 km, ex-UK police officer presents a true China.”

These reports showcase social media influencers who are endeavoring to right the wrong Western perception of China.

The third-prize winning entries from Shenzhen Daily include an in-depth report series titled “Expats Eye Qianhai,” page design for the fifth page of Shenzhen Daily published July 1, 2021, as well as the news column “Expat in Shenzhen” and two journalism research papers on international communication by Winton Dong and Kang Wei.

In addition, an opinion piece titled “Harris harrows hollow harvest” by Dong won the honor of best news title.

Separately, an opinion piece, “Biased West owes CPC a fair evaluation,” won first prize in the 2021 Shenzhen Journalism Awards, it was announced at a ceremony held at Shenzhen Media Group Building in Futian District yesterday.

The piece, written by Lin Min, was published on the newspaper’s Opinion page July 1, 2021, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The commentary talks about Western bias against China and explains why the West owes the CPC a fair evaluation and a long-overdue appreciation for what it has achieved.

Five pieces from Shenzhen Daily won second prize and one piece won third prize.