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Behind every SOPA Award is a story that sparked change, challenged power, or gave voice to the unheard. This year’s submissions to the #SOPAwards2025 were among the most impactful yet! 📺 Don’t miss the 2025 Awards highlights: youtu.be/kNxN-HyGR6Q?si…
To mark this year’s Awards, SOPA has released a special digital commemorative program featuring remarks from the SOPA Board Co-Chairs, Editorial Committee Co-Chairs and Head of Judges, list of all the 2025 Awards finalists, as well as the bios of the keynote speaker and emcee,…
What does it mean to be a journalist today when AI transforms workflows, social media distorts truth, and trust is harder to earn? 📺 WATCH: youtu.be/Z2oEj3U84jw?si… At #SOPAwards2025, @MishalHusain and @kohmarzo explored journalism’s evolving realities in a fast-changing world.…

Stay human. Defend truth. Award-winning journalist @MishalHusain delivered a powerful #SOPAwards2025 keynote on AI’s impact on journalism—its tools, threats, and the critical role of integrity in protecting public trust. 📺 Watch: youtu.be/7PCCS-bx7ss?si…

Dedicated to encouraging the highest standards in journalism, @sopasia has just announced the winners of its prestigious annual Awards for Editorial Excellence for 2025 🏆 #SOPAwards2025 📫 See the full list of winners and their winning stories: mailchi.mp/sopasia.com/so…

Congratulations, our great investigative journalism team @nikkei & @NikkeiAsia!
🏆 Journalistic Innovation - Award for Excellence - Global group goes to @cnni! Stunning visual storytelling with a strong narrative flow. Clear, emotional, and deeply engaging from start to finish! Congratulations! #SOPAwards2025 📰 edition.cnn.com/interactive/20…
Always proud to be part of this team wining the Human Rights Reporting award @walone4 @poppymcp @DevjyotGhoshal
🏆 Human Rights Reporting - Award for Excellence - Global group goes to @Reuters! From burned villages to hidden famine, this cross-border investigation used tech and trusted sources to expose grave abuses in Myanmar. Congratulations! #SOPAwards2025 📰 reuters.com/graphics/MYANM…
日本経済新聞社の英文媒体Nikkei Asiaがアジア出版者協会(SOPA)賞でWall Street Journal とNew York Timesを抑えて、最優秀賞を獲得しました! 日本の、否、アジアのジャーナリズムにとって歴史的な快挙です! @ChengTingFang & @Lauly_Th_Li 、本当におめでとうございます! @NikkeiAsia @nikkei
🏆 Technology Reporting - Award for Excellence - Global group goes to @NikkeiAsia! Richly illustrated, well-structured report on China’s tech race with the U.S. Informative and impactful. Congratulations! #SOPAwards2025 📰 asia.nikkei.com/Business/Techn…
So proud to be Executive Producer & Editor on the audio series - Unfinished Line (走線,未完成). Huge thanks to our brilliant team — and to everyone who supported us on this journey! 🎉 #SOPAwards2025 @initiumnews
🏆 Audio Reporting - Award for Excellence - Chinese group goes to 端傳媒 @initiumnews! Comprehensive deep dive into 'Zou Xian 走线', blending big-picture analysis with intimate storytelling and immersive sound design. Congratulations! #SOPAwards2025 🎙 theinitium.com/series/walk-th…
Selamat, @viriyasinggih! ✨
🏆 Bahasa Indonesia News Reporting - Award for Excellence - goes to @BBCIndonesia! Brave exposé on how industrialization threatens indigenous communities and forests in the name of progress. Powerful and urgent journalism. Well done! #SOPAwards2025 📰 bbc.com/indonesia/arti…
I’m so, so honored and thrilled to be a recipient of a SOPA award this year. Riders in the Smog was a team effort and wouldn’t have been possible without our incredible editors, @the_bongrel and @VickiTurk, as well as @CengizYar and the visuals team at @restofworld.
🏆 Reporting on the Environment - Award for Excellence - Regional/Local group goes to @restofworld! Ground-level take on climate change—tracking gig workers navigating some of the world’s most polluted cities. Congratulations! #SOPAwards2025 📰 restofworld.org/2024/riders-in…
Malam ini ada tiga jurnalis @projectm_org yg karyanya dapat penghargaan @sopasia: Viriya Singgih dengan karyanya saat di BBC, Alfian Putra Abdi yg membongkar bisnis Raffi Ahmad, dan Ronna Nirmala yg karyanya bagian dari serial reporting Internews-EJN. Bangga bgt sm kawan2 q. 🥹
Selamat kepada Alfian Putra Abdi atas karyanya yang meraih penghargaan Honorable Mention di ajang #SOPAwards2025 @sopasia untuk kategori Excellence in Bahasa Indonesia News Reporting. ❤️
Thank you @sopasia @hk01official Award-winning report: hk01.com/issue/10319/ hk01.com/article/602511…
🏆 Reporting Breaking News - Award for Excellence - Chinese group goes 端傳媒 @initiumnews! Brave and probing work on the Zhuhai car attack, revealing how the state controlled the story, and the impact on the victims’ families. Congratulations! #SOPAwards2025 📰…
Massive congratulations to the incredible reporters on this story @SiddiquiZuha, @faisal_reports, @Samriddhi0809 It was an absolute honour to edit this alongside @VickiTurk Some great team work across editorial, product, photo, audience, and ops at @restofworld as always ♥️
🏆 Reporting on the Environment - Award for Excellence - Regional/Local group goes to @restofworld! Ground-level take on climate change—tracking gig workers navigating some of the world’s most polluted cities. Congratulations! #SOPAwards2025 📰 restofworld.org/2024/riders-in…
So thrilled & glad to receive the SOPA Award this year, along with my colleagues Megha Rajagopalan and Saumya Khandelwal, for our story —a collaboration between The New York Times and The Fuller Project. Congratulations to the team & thanks to my editors! @sopasia @FullerProject
🏆 Reporting on Women’s Issues - Award for Excellence - Global group goes to @nytimes! Deeply reported series uncovering abuse, political complicity, and corporate neglect in India’s sugar industry. Congratulations! #SOPAwards2025 📰 nytimes.com/2024/03/24/wor…