ABS-CBN a finalist for plum Asia journalism prize

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MANILA - ABS-CBN News Digital has been named a finalist for 2 categories at the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Awards, which honor editorial excellence in both traditional and new media in the region.ABS-CBN News Digital&#x27;s &quot;<a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/specials/dispatches-from-marawi">Buhay pa kami&#x27;: Dispatches from Marawi</a>,&quot; penned by Jeff Canoy, is a finalist for Excellence in Explanatory Reporting.Published on the ABS-CBN News Digital website in July 2017, the special report, which features photos from Canoy and Val Cuenca, looks into how Muslims, Christians, and ordinary civilians survived the 5-month siege of Marawi City by Islamic State sympathizers.ABS-CBN News Digital website&#x27;s &quot;<a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/specials/healing-drug-war">Healing the wounds from the drug war</a>,&quot; meanwhile, is a finalist for Excellence in Feature Writing.<div><img src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"/>Written and shot by Fernando Sepe, the feature taps into the sorrow of those who lost loved ones in the government&#x27;s anti-narcotics drive, which has seen some <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/07/18/pnp-4251-drug-personalities-killed-over-142k-arrested-in-drug-war">4,200 killed</a>.</div>Now on its 20th year, the SOPA awards have become a world-class benchmark to recognize the best practices in journalism in Asia Pacific.Entries to the awards&#x27; 17 categories are judged by over 100 media professionals and members of the academe.The full list of 2018 SOPA Award finalists is available <a href="https://www.sopawards.com/awards/awards-winners-article/">here</a>.

ABS-CBN has been named a finalist for 2 categories at the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Awards, which honor editorial excellence in both traditional and new media in the region.

ABS-CBN has been named a finalist for 2 categories at the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Awards, which honor editorial excellence in both traditional and new media in the region.

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ABS-CBN a finalist for plum Asia journalism prize

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Published May 17, 2018 11:25 AM PHT

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