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Dawn.com scoops up two international awards

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 15 September 2017

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Dawn.com scoops up two international awards
Dawn.com achieved notable recognition by winning two awards at the WAN-IFRA South Asian Digital Media Awards 2017. The awards highlight excellence in digital publishing and innovation.

ISLAMABAD – Dawn.com has won two awards at the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) South Asian Digital Media Awards 2017.

The digital platform reported that the stories that earned it silver and bronze titles in the Best Data Visualization category were:

Banned outfits in Pakistan openly operate in Facebook

A Pakistani woman’s workplace dilemma

The Jang Media Group took the silver title in the Best Innovation New Product category for its Jang Real mobile app.

The awards — a joint initiative by WAN-IFRA and Google — recognize best practice innovation in digital publishing worldwide.

The winners from each region compete for the World Digital Media Awards to be announced in Berlin on October 10.

Key Points

  • Dawn.com won silver and bronze in Best Data Visualization category.
  • Awarded for stories on banned outfits and workplace dilemma.
  • Jang Media Group received silver for Jang Real mobile app.
  • WAN-IFRA awards recognize best practices in digital publishing.
  • World Digital Media Awards will be announced in Berlin on October 10.

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