The Digital News Excellence Awards 2022 was held on 8
th December 2022 by the Society for Online News Providers (SONP), Thai Media Fund and private corporates at Mandarin Hotel Bangkok. The event also featured a panel discussion titled "2023 Platforms to Change the World: How can Thais stay abreast of the media?"
The 2022 Best Digital News Award is divided into 6 news categories as follows:
- Best online investigative news or documentary award
- Winner - "Uncovering Bitkub, a dangerous unicorn?" from Manager Online.
- Honorable Mention - National Anti-Corruption Commission Auditing the Mystery Deputy Chief from Isranews Agency.
- Honorable Mention - Uncovering IO During Bangkok Governor Election from The101.world
- Best online news from social media issues award
- Winner - "The Truth of Newborn Children That Affect the “Ageing Society” from Thai PBS.
- Honorable Mention - Nong Namkhaeng, The Death of An 8-Year-Old Girl That Taught Us How To Cope With Grief from The MATTER
- Honorable Mention - 11 Times LISA Rekindled Thailand's Soft Power from Thairath
- Best socially contributed online news award
- Winner - “Let Us Talk to God Himself”, Voices of LGBTQIA+ Muslims from The MATTER.
- Honorable Mention - Women and girls carrying all the trauma from violence in the deep south for 17 years from Thai PBS
- Honorable Mention - Open Door from Workpoint Entertainment
- Best online news video award
- Winner - The Bells End “Wanwit” from PPTV HD36
- Honorable Mention - Cooking Happiness, The Change of Students' Lunch from TNN 16
- Honorable Mention - Brown Vultures at Nakhon Nayok from PPTV HD36
- Best infographic news award
- Winner - "Stepping on the Moon in 50 Years" from PPTV HD36
- Honorable Mention - Things Never Change, World Leaders During the Past 8 Years from Thairath
- Honorable Mention - Get To Know Elon Musk from Spring News
- Best online news photo gallery award
- Winner - "Aswin following up the construction of the Klong Chong Nonsi Canal" from PPTV HD36
- Honorable Mention - Human Herd from Spring News
- Honorable Mention - Carrying the Party's Leader and Scouting New Faces to Join the Team from PPTV HD36
More information and links to all the news pieces can be viewed
here