The Federal wins gold in prestigious WAN-IFRA Awards

The Federal, an English news venture of New Generation Media Corporation Private Limited Chennai, has won the gold prize in prestigious South Asian Digital Media Awards in the ‘data visualisation’ category for the year 2020.

The awards, sponsored by The World Association of News Publishers or WAN-IFRA, recognize news publishers who have adopted digital media and mobile strategies as part of their total product offering to meet the major challenges in how people consume news and information today.

The Federal won the first prize (Gold) for its ‘Perseverance Mars Mission 2020’ package, which grabbed the jury’s attention for its three-dimensional interactive graphic of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s ambitious Mars sojourn that took off in July and will reach its destination in February next year.

The package that won the prize: PERSEVERANCE – MARS MISSION 2020

South Asian Digital Media Awards are presented in 10 different categories, including Best Website, Audience Engagement, Native Advertising/Branded Content, Paid Content Strategy, News Literacy and COVID-19 Projects among others.

Twenty judges from across the globe evaluated the entries and selected winners. The winners (see the comprehensive list below) will be presented trophies and shall be honoured virtually at the upcoming Digital Media India 2021 Conference on 2-4 March next year, said Magdoom Mohamed, Managing Director of WAN-IFRA South Asia, Chennai.

A comprehensive list of the some of the prominent categories and winners:

1.Best data visualization

Gold – The Federal – ‘Perseverance Mars Mission 2020’

Silver – NDTV Convergence – Coronavirus Insightful graphics

Bronze –  BBC News – Every medal won by Indian sportswomen

2. Best in audience engagement

Gold – ABP Pvt Ltd

Silver – The Quint

Bronze- The Daily Star

3. Best news website

Gold – Manoramaonline

Silver – NDTV convergence

Bronze – The Telegraph

4. Best marketing campaign for news brand

Gold – ABP Pvt Ltd.

5. Best Paid Content Strategy

Gold – BQ Blue – BloombergQuint

Silver – The Hindu

The winners of the regional awards compete for the World Digital Media Awards, competing with other winners from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and North America. The world award winners will be announced next year.

The Federal is a digital platform disseminating news, analysis and commentary. It seeks to look at India from the perspective of the states with special focus on the south.

The New Generation Media Corporation Private Limited, which owns The Federal, has a significant presence in Tamil print and TV media. Its TV news channel, ‘Puthiya Thalaimurai’, is credited with pioneering several new trends in Tamil TV journalism.