BT correspondent Kelly Ng wins prize at inaugural Singapore Press Club Awards
Megan Cheah
THE Business Times’ (BT) correspondent Kelly Ng on Friday (Jun 10) received a Young Journalist Award at the inaugural Singapore Press Club Awards 2022.
The award was among those launched at the club’s 50th Anniversary Press Ball, held at Orchard Hotel. It aims to recognise journalists and other media-related professionals who have excelled in their craft and made an impact in their work.
Recipients of the Young Journalist Award, under the Rising Stars category for journalists under the age of 35, were recognised for their “excellent storytelling and impactful journalism which has resulted in promoting profound change”, the club said in a press release.
Ng, who covers banking, finance, fintech and sustainability for BT, won the award for confronting hard-hitting issues in her stories, from the risks and ethics surrounding non-fungible tokens to the pandemic widening Singapore’s income chasm, as well as embracing new storytelling methods like videos and infographics.
Ng said the award was “unexpected”, but serves as a form of encouragement to continue pursuing stories that affect lives daily.
“I'm grateful to the support and mentorship of co-workers past and present - even, and maybe especially, the times we'd debated on issues close to our hearts,” she added.
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Joan Ng, deputy news editor at BT, said: “Kelly has surfaced important issues and trends in her reporting on cryptocurrencies, wealth and finance. BT is proud of her achievements, and we hope this win inspires her and other reporters to continue hunting down stories that help our readers.”
The awards were presented by Josephine Teo, Minister for Communications and Information, who was the guest of honour at the event.
In her speech, Teo said that the mutual trust and respect between the government and the media was instrumental throughout Singapore’s existence as an independent nation, and she is certain the relationship will continue under the 4G leadership.
She urged the local media industry to innovate new experiences, experiment with content and serve the people through news stories.
In total, 3 journalists from SPH Media Trust took home awards.
The Straits Times’ (ST) data visualisation editor Rebecca Pazos clinched a Young Digital Journalist Award under the Rising Stars category for storytelling on digital platforms.
Meanwhile, Audrey Tan, ST assistant news editor and science and environment correspondent, was awarded the CDL-Singapore Press Club Sustainability Journalism Award for sustainability journalism that has had a positive impact on public attitudes, behaviours and policies.
The 2 other winners of the night were TODAY’s Nabilah Awang, who picked up a Young Journalist Award, and Chai You Xia, senior journalist at 8World News, who received a Young Digital Journalist Award.
In addition, as part of its 50th anniversary, the club also unveiled a Singapore Media Industry Hall of Fame, honouring 50 individuals from the media and media-related professions for their contributions over long careers in the industry, including 14 pioneers who were inducted posthumously.
To be considered for the honour, inductees must be at least 65 years old and have had at least a 25-year career in the media industry.
Among the people inducted are Mano Sabnani, a previous editor of BT; former BT deputy editor Margaret Thomas; and Conrad Raj, who was a senior correspondent at the financial daily.
Singapore Press Club president Patrick Daniel noted that the 50 inductees encompass print and broadcast media, public relations, and communications, including those in the public sector.
“For those we couldn't include this year, rest assured this is not a one-off exercise and we will add more deserving names every year,” he said.
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