Star Awards for Best News Story
The Best News Story is an award presented annually at the Star Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1994.
| Star Awards for Best News Story 最佳新闻报道 | |
|---|---|
| Current: Star Awards 2017 | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by a Mediacorp Journalist in a News Story |
| Country | Singapore |
| Presented by | Mediacorp |
| First awarded | 2001 |
| Currently held by | Ang Poh Ling 洪宝玲 and Lu Yawen 陆雅雯 (2017) |
The category was introduced in 2001, at the 8th Star Awards ceremony; Zhu Hong received the award for her performance and it is given in honour of a Mediacorp presenter who has delivered an outstanding performance in a news programme. The nominees are determined by a team of judges employed by Mediacorp; winners are selected by a majority vote from the entire judging panel.
Since its inception, the award has been given to sixteen journalists. Lip was the most recent winner in this category. Since the ceremony held in 2016, Evelyn Lam is also the only journalist to win in this category thrice, surpassing Ng Lian Cheong and Chen Meiling who all have two wins each. In addition, Ng has been nominated on four occasions, more than any other journalist. Hu Jielan holds the record for the most nominations without a win, with three.
Recipients
| Year | Journalists |
|---|---|
| 2001 | Zhu Hong 朱荭 |
| Yang Shulian 杨淑莲 | |
| 2002 | Wu Jinfeng 吴金凤 |
| 2003 | Chen Meiling 陈美玲 |
| 2004 | |
| 2005 | Serene Loo 吕诗琳 |
| 2006 | Huang Zhihao 黄志豪 |
| 2007 | Cai Shuxian 蔡淑贤 |
| 2009 | Cheng Zhaojie 程照杰 |
| 2010 | Ng Lian Cheong 吴俍㬕 |
| 2011 | Evelyn Lam 蓝丽婷 |
| 2012 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2014 | Lim Wee Leng 林伟玲 |
| 2015 | Ng Lian Cheong 吴俍㬕 |
| 2016 | Lip Kwok Wai 聂国威 |
| 2017 | Ang Poh Ling 洪宝玲 and Lu Yawen 陆雅雯 |
^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Star Awards held that year.
Category facts
- Most wins
| Rank | 1st | 2nd |
|---|---|---|
| Journalist | Evelyn Lam | Chen Meiling Ng Lian Cheong |
| Total wins | 3 wins | 2 wins |
- Most nominations
| Rank | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journalists | Ng Lian Cheong | Lip Kwok Wai | Evelyn Lam | Hu Jielan Chng Kheng Leng |
Liang Kaixin Seet Sok Hwee |
| Total nominations | 7 nominations | 6 nominations | 4 nominations | 3 nominations | 2 nominations |