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Documentary on gun culture in the Philippines named story of the year at MediaCorp awards

MediaCorp's news story of the year: Get Rea!: Point Blank

MediaCorp’s news story of the year: Get Rea!: Point Blank

A documentary about gun culture in the Philippines has been named news story of the year by Singapore media group MediaCorp at its internal awards show.

The show, Get Rea!: Point Blank, was written by Maria Ronald and ran on Singapore’s regional news station Channel NewsAsia.

Feature story of the year went to a story in TODAY newspaper about the haze situation in Indonesia, while digital initiative of the year was given to an infographic that broke down Singapore’s national budget.

Veteran TV editor Derek Goh, from MediaCorp’s Chinese current affairs team, was named journalist of the year.

The Point Blank documentary can be watched here.

Walter Fernandez, MediaCorp’s editor-in-chief said in a press release: “In a year of huge news stories, MediaCorp news teams consistently demonstrated their commitment to reporting events as they unfolded and providing perspectives that gave our viewers, listeners and readers a fuller appreciation of events.

The winners list in full:

News Story of the Year: Get Rea! – Point Blank

  • Narrator: David Gavin Artlett
  • Opening Titles: Timothy De Souza, Anna Tolentino, Lenny Matnor
  • Writer: Maria Ronald
  • Graphics: Soong Ching Yee, Joanne Dreaver
  • Producer: Anna Tolentino
  • Associate Producer: Rosmah Samin
  • Editor: Sharon Hun
  • Video Editor: Suraya Latip, Rizal Raquiza Felix, Md Mawar Hashim, Kelvin Lee
  • Post Production: Wang Yan
  • Camera & Sound: Jerry Rosales
  • Online Producers & Social Media Managers: Say Xiangyu, Timothy Martin De Souza, Pravitha Gopikannan

Feature Story of the Year: The Haze Situation in Indonesia

  • Journalists: Neo Chai Chin, Ooi Boon Keong

Entertainment Story of the Year: Frontline – Remembering Huang Wenyong

  • Deputy Editor: Ang Ka Swan
  • Producers: Soh Bee Lan, John Woo Wee Kuan
  • Executive Producer: Wee Wai Lin
  • Post Production: Teng Sing Boon
  • Video Editors: Ang Siew Wuan, Teng Sing Boon, Rudi Osman
  • Cameracrew: Goh Khay Pheng, Raymond Wong, Rosli Semedri, Azman Marashah, Khaironi Salleh, Ong Joo Chei, Lim Ju Lian, Png Choo Pee, Mohammad Azhar Bin Masdar

Digital Initiative of the Year: Budget 2014: The Breakdown

Young Journalist of the Year: Lin Hui (radio)

Journalist of the Year: Derek Goh Loh Junk

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