THAI WINNERS AT PUBLISH ASIA 2011

Newspapers from throughout Asia picked up awards at last week's annual Publish Asia ceremony which took place in Bangkok.

In the 'Best in Print' award for publications with a circulation under 150,000 copies, the Gold Award was presented to Hindi Hindustan. For publications above 150,000 copies, Gold Awards were presented to Apple Daily (Hong Kong), Dainik Bhaskar, Hindustan Times and The Times of India.

The South China Morning Post collected the Gold Award in the Best Newspaper Overall Design category, while SPH's Mgzine won the Gold Award for Best Overall Magazine Design.
There was success for Thailand in the Newspaper Front Page Design where Kom Chad Luek collected a Silver Award
The Gold Award for Best Newspaper Info graphics went to Al Shabiba from Muscat, while the magazine equivalent went to Singapore Press Holdings.
The Gold Award for Newspaper Breaking News Article went the way of The Financial Times, and the same newspaper also collected the award for Best Newspaper Feature Article, ahead of The Wall Street Journal and The Jakarta Globe.
There were more local winners with Nation Group photographer Watcharachai Klaipong collected the Gold Award for Best News Photography. Runner-up, and collecting the Silver Award, was Khun Phrakrit Juntawong of Post Publishing.
The awards, which took place in Bangkok this year having been postponed for the two previous year, attracted some 500 media professionals from around the world.

For a full list of the winners please see here.