NSTP wins 20 press awards

KOTA KINABALU: The New Straits Times Press (NSTP) won seven main and 13 merit prizes at the 2017 Kinabalu Shell Press Awards here yesterday evening.

New Straits Times news editor Roy Goh and journalist Avila Geraldine Samuel won the main prize for the news reporting category.

Goh also won merit prizes for the English Journalism Award and the Environmental Reporting Award categories. NST contributor Nova Renata Piusai grabbed a merit prize in the English Journalism Stringer category.

Meanwhile, Poliana Ronnie Sidom and Mohd Izham Unnip Abdullah from Berita Harian (BH) grabbed the main prize for Bahasa Malaysia News Reporting. Izham also won the Business and Economic Reporting Award and a merit prize for Entertainment Reporting.

Suziannah Jiffar of BH received a merit prize for her article under the Bahasa Malaysia Journalism Award and Environmental Award category.

Abdul Rahemang Timing of BH won best article in the Bahasa Malaysia Journalism Stringer Award category, while Mohd Nazlie Zainul of BH received a merit prize under the same category.

Norasikin Daineh of Harian Metro (HM) won the main prize for the Environmental Award category, while Syahrul Aswari Abdullah of HM received a merit prize under the same category.

Norasikin also received a merit prize in the Bahasa Malaysia Sports Reporting category.

Chief Minister Tan Sri Musa Aman presented the Journalism Award and Best Picture Award.

The other awards were presented by Shell Malaysia chairman Datuk Iain Lo.