MANILA: CNA clinched two awards at the WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards Asia 2026, including gold for its app revamp in the Best News Website or App Relaunch category.
It bagged silver in the Best Use of Audio category for the Age of Anxiety podcast series, which explored the growing mental health crisis among Singaporean youths.
The awards were given out on Tuesday (Apr 28) at a ceremony at the Digital Media Asia (DMA) conference held at The Manila Hotel in the capital city.
CNA has won 85 awards in the last 12 months.
The revamp of CNA's app - launched together with a new website design - sought to better surface CNA’s rich and trusted brand of journalism across multiple genres and formats, while giving users more control.
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Armed with data from user surveys and focus groups, CNA adjusted the layout of the front page and added more content types such as vertical videos, podcasts and Visual Stories. Deep-dive reporting and features in sections like CNA TODAY, Lifestyle and Luxury were also made more accessible.
Readers can reorganise sections on the front page to their own desire, allowing them to prioritise the order of what they see on the app.
A FAST button was added to the main menu bar to give users better access to the popular swipeable summaries of news stories, generated with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) but always approved by a human editor.
Taken as a whole, the app revamp resulted in deeper, more meaningful engagement with CNA’s audience.
AGE OF ANXIETY WINS PODCAST AWARD
CNA’s podcast team also made its mark at this year's awards with its silver in the Best Use of Audio category. Its special two-part narrative podcast Age of Anxiety, cast a critical spotlight on Singaporean youths and their struggles with mental health issues.
With one in three young people in Singapore experiencing mental health challenges, this podcast confronts the social and emotional toll felt within families.
Through immersive ambient audio and emotionally honest testimonies, series host Crispina Robert gathered intimate accounts from young people, their loved ones and child psychologists, making journalism a lifeline for a desperate generation.
There were no easy conversations - or solutions - but what the series did was to create space for important discussions to be had in this space.
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It bagged silver in the Best Use of Audio category for the Age of Anxiety podcast series, which explored the growing mental health crisis among Singaporean youths.
The awards were given out on Tuesday (Apr 28) at a ceremony at the Digital Media Asia (DMA) conference held at The Manila Hotel in the capital city.
CNA has won 85 awards in the last 12 months.
The revamp of CNA's app - launched together with a new website design - sought to better surface CNA’s rich and trusted brand of journalism across multiple genres and formats, while giving users more control.
CNA Games
Show More Show Less
Armed with data from user surveys and focus groups, CNA adjusted the layout of the front page and added more content types such as vertical videos, podcasts and Visual Stories. Deep-dive reporting and features in sections like CNA TODAY, Lifestyle and Luxury were also made more accessible.
Readers can reorganise sections on the front page to their own desire, allowing them to prioritise the order of what they see on the app.
A FAST button was added to the main menu bar to give users better access to the popular swipeable summaries of news stories, generated with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) but always approved by a human editor.
Taken as a whole, the app revamp resulted in deeper, more meaningful engagement with CNA’s audience.
AGE OF ANXIETY WINS PODCAST AWARD
CNA’s podcast team also made its mark at this year's awards with its silver in the Best Use of Audio category. Its special two-part narrative podcast Age of Anxiety, cast a critical spotlight on Singaporean youths and their struggles with mental health issues.
With one in three young people in Singapore experiencing mental health challenges, this podcast confronts the social and emotional toll felt within families.
Through immersive ambient audio and emotionally honest testimonies, series host Crispina Robert gathered intimate accounts from young people, their loved ones and child psychologists, making journalism a lifeline for a desperate generation.
There were no easy conversations - or solutions - but what the series did was to create space for important discussions to be had in this space.
Continue reading...