ASIA MEDIA AWARDS: NO THAI WINNERS

Results of the 2009 Asia Media Awards, organised by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers were announced yesterday evening. No Thai publications received gold, silver and bronze awards, although It's not clear how many of the 472 nominations were from Thailand.
Winners of the gold awards were:

Best in Print Quality (circulation below 150,000): Mint (from India).
Best in Print Quality (circulation above 150,000): Sin Chew Daily (from Malaysia).
Best in Design, Newspaper overall design: South China Morning Post.
Best in Design, Magazine overall design: Imagine (from The Philippines).
Best in Design, Newspaper front page: Republika Daily (from Indonisia).
Best in Design, Magazine front page: No qualified winner.
Best in Info graphics, Newspapers: Emarat Al Youm (from United Arab Emirates).
Best Special Coverage, Newspapers: Mint.
Best Special Coverage, Magazines: Eastweek (from Hong Kong).
Best Photojournalism, news photography: Manoi Patil (from India).
Best Photojournalism, features photography: Kunal Patil (from India).
Best Photojournalism, sports photography: K.Y. Cheng (from Hong Kong).
Best Online media, newspapers: www.omy.sg (from Singapore).
Best Online media, magazines: Diva (from Singapore).
Best Cross Media, editorial: www.omy.sg.
Best Cross Media, advertising: Singapore Press Holdings for Sunday Times, AsiaOne and Radio91.

The ceremony took place at the Publish Asia event in Chennai, India. This event was originally set to be held in Bangkok at the end of May however the political instability of April forced organisers to move the event.