# List of awards won by Apple Daily

Apple Daily was a Hong Kong newspaper.

## 2020
### Human Rights Press Awards

| Award Category | Title of Entry | Result |
| Multimedia (Chinese) | Land of Prisons | Winner |
| Breaking News Writing | After Effects of Tear Gas Grenades in the Anti-Extradition Bill Movement Series | Merit |

### SOPA Awards

| Award Category | Title of Entry | Result |
| Excellence in Reporting on Women’s Issues | 【現實版淪落人】印傭照顧失智症婆婆8年 放假帶埋出街拍片記錄生活「佢係我第二個嫲嫲」個嫲嫲」Still human in real life | Finalist |
| Excellence in Video Reporting | 「壞人」親口揭示 中共社會信用評分系統 A dialogue with China’s Orwellian Social Credit System | Finalist |
| Excellence in Business Reporting | 樓市怪現象 Opaque practice of sale by tender of new residential project | Finalist |
| The Scoop Award | 新股風暴系列 Mysterious IPO Vetting Channel Triggers HKEx Corruption Scandal Archived 2019-06-10 at the Wayback Machine | Finalist |
| The Scoop Award | [AppleDaily Taiwan] 荒地金磚2_鋤不動的鑽石田 Land Injustice: Overpriced Farms in Taiwan | Winner |

## 2019
### Human Rights Press Awards

| Award Category | Title of Entry | Result |
| Breaking News Writing | Liu Xia Arrives in Germany for Treatment: Fulfilling Liu XiaoBo's Last Wish: Freedom in the End | Winner |
| Multimedia | [Appledaily Taiwan] #MeToo in Taiwan: Stories of Three Migrants Workers | Merit |
| Investigative Feature Writing | Series: Scandal of the Shatin to Central Link | Merit |

### SOPA Awards

| Award Category | Title of Entry | Result |
| Excellence in Human Rights Reporting | DQ風暴 中共政治清算一整代香港人 Archived 2021-01-25 at the Wayback Machine Legislative Council Disqualification: How Communist China Fixes an Entire Generation of Hong Kongers | Award for Excellence |
| Excellence in Arts & Culture Reporting | 【全裸寫真】台灣70歲夫婦拍全裸作品以身體談情「很久沒有這樣擁抱了」 "Haven't Hugged Like This in a Long Time": How a 70-year-old Taiwanese Couple and Their Nudity Sparked Love in Art | Finalist |
| Excellence in Explanatory Reporting | 全球首對基因編輯女嬰誕生 惹爭議 Controversy on the Birth of the World's First Genetically Edited Baby Girl | Award for Excellence |
| Excellence in Reporting Breaking News | 非洲豬瘟疫情逼近香港 African Swine Flu Fast Approaching Hong Kong | Award for Excellence |
| Excellence in Reporting Breaking News | 山竹襲港系列：我城滿目瘡痍 政府救災不力 Typhoon Mangkhut Series: Hong Kong Devastated by Inept Government | Honorable Mention |

## 2015
### Human Rights Press Awards

| Award Category | Title of Entry | Award Recipients |
| Chinese News Merits | “Vote Rigging in District Council Elections” | Leung Yu Wo, Yuen Pak Yan, Alexander Lam Wai Chung and Lee Nga Man |
| Spot News Photography Merits | “The First Blood Shed in the Yuen Long Anti-smuggler Movement” “British Lesbian Faces Discrimination in Hong Kong” | Chan Yik-Chiu Yik Yeung-Man |

### SOPA

| Award Category | Award | Title of Entry |
| Excellence in Reporting Breaking News | Award of Excellence | Malaysian Airline tragedy 馬航空難 |
| The Scoop Award | Award of Excellence | PLA's secret military radar over Tai Mo Shan 解放軍大帽山秘密建軍事雷達 |
| Excellence in Human Rights Reporting | Honorable Mention | Umbrella Movement 雨傘運動 |
| Excellence in Reporting on Women’s Issues | Honorable Mention | From Erwiana to the bitter lives of domestic workers' series 從 Erwiana 被虐到本港印傭離鄉別井苦況系列報道 |
| Excellence in Investigative Reporting | Honorable Mention | Delayed and overspending high-speed rail series 高鐵延誤及超支系列報導 |

## 2014
### 2014 Human Rights Press Awards

| Award Category | Title of Entry | Award Recipients |
| Spot News Photography Merits | “Lightning over Government Headquarters” – 多道閃電劃破政總上的夜空 “Open the Door”: 1,500 High School Students Strike – “開閘” | Ho Ka Tat 何家達 Lo Kwan Ho 羅君豪 |

## 2013
### 2013 Human Rights Press Awards

| Award Category | Title of Entry | Award Recipients |
| Spot News Photography Prizes | “HKTV Staff and 100,000 Citizens Light up the Night” “港視員工與十萬市民照亮黑夜” | Lo Kwan Ho 羅君豪 |
| Spot News Photography Prizes | “Scholarism Pushes C.Y. Leung on Universal Suffrage” “學民追擊梁振英” | Tse Wing Yiu 謝榮耀 |
| Chinese-Language News Merits | “Exposing the ‘Big Four Developers’ Land Reserves in the New Territories” “四大發展商東北囤地分佈曝光” | 韓耀庭、林偉聰、袁柏恩 |
| Chinese–Language Cartoon / Illustration Merit | “Under C.Y. Leung’s Regime: 2013” “狼英治下 2013” | 美術組 Apple Daily Art Department |
| Spot News Photography Merits | “Rain of Tears” – “淚雨交加” | – Chan Yik Chiu 陳奕釗 |
| Spot News Photography Merits | “Non–local Parents Queue for Childrens’ School Admission” – “雙非家長排學位” | – Lo Kwan Ho羅君豪 |
| Spot News Photography Merits | “Anger Over TV Licensing” – “民怨爆發” | – Lo Kwan Ho羅君豪 |
| Spot News Photography Merits | “Policeman Grabs Female Protester” – “男警箍女示威者” | – Ho Pak Kai 何柏佳 |
| Spot News Photography Merits | “Postgraduate Students Support Dock Workers” – “大專生撐碼頭工人” | – Chan Yik Chiu 陳奕釗 |

## 2012
### 2012 Human Rights Press Awards

| Award Category | Result | Title of Entry | Award Recipients |
| CHINESE-LANGUAGE GENERAL NEWS | PRIZE | 發展局局長呃房津醜聞系列 Series on the Hong Kong Secretary for Development’s Housing Fraud Scandal | Cheng Kai-Yuen鄭啟源, Cheung Man-Kit 張文傑, Wong Wai-Chun 黃偉駿, Tam Ching-Man 譚靜雯, Lo Man-Kit 盧文烈 |
| CARTOONS AND ILLUSTRATION | PRIZE | 立法會選舉–兩制告急; 反國教; 平反六四 為李旺陽申冤 Legislative Council Elections, Anti-National Education; Justice for June 4; Justice for Li Wangyang | 尊子 WONG Kee-kwan |
| SPOT NEWS | PRIZE | 撤回國民教育科 “Withdraw National Education” | Chan Yiu-Chiu 陳奕釗 |
| CHINESE-LANGUAGE GENERAL NEWS | MERIT | 緬甸大選 “Myanmar’s Elections” | – Chan Pui-Man 陳沛敏 |
| CHINESE-LANGUAGE GENERAL NEWS | MERIT | 「狙擊洗腦工程」系列 Special Report on National Education in Hong Kong 陳茂波出租劏房系列 Series on Secretary of Development Paul Chan Mo-Po’s Subdivided Apartment | Peh Lam 白琳, Pang Mei-Fong 彭美芳, Ngai Ching-Kong 倪清江 |
| CHINESE-LANGUAGE GENERAL NEWS | MERIT | 《蘋果》記者卧底直擊臨記收$300扮示威 “Reporter Going Undercover as a Demonstrator Paid $300” | Lam Wai-Chung 林偉聰, Hong Yiu-Ting 韓耀庭, Choi Kin-Ho 蔡建豪, Cheung Ngok-To 張岳弢, Ng Tsz-Kwai 吳子葵 |
| CHINESE-LANGUAGE GENERAL NEWS | MERIT | “Thousand of Chinese Security Agents Come to Hong Kong to Gather Intelligence” 千名國安潛港收示威情報 警察淪為打手跟蹤社運人士 | Lam Tsz-Pan 林子斌 (Sharp News, part of Apple Daily) |
| NEWSPAPER – FEATURE | MERIT | 《性傾向歧視立法諮詢風雲》系列 Series on the Sexual Orientation Discrimination Ordinance | Cheung Ka-Man 張嘉雯, Wong Ka-Man 王家文, Ng Ka-Ling 吳嘉羚 |
| NEWSPAPER – FEATURE | MERIT | 一梯兩伙變13戶天台「失蹤」建四屋 遺忘慘劇馬頭圍唐樓越劏越狼 “Two Apartments Divided into 13 Despite the Ma Tau Wai Tragedy” | Wong Ka-Man 王家文 |
| PHOTOJOURNALISM FEATURE | MERIT | 《她是年度英雄 尼泊爾女子收容獄中兒童》 “Heroine of the Year: Nepali Woman Adopts Children in Prison” | Lam Yik-Fei 林亦非 [自由傳媒人 Freelance (蘋果日報)] |
| PHOTOJOURNALISM FEATURE | MERIT | 《最冷首都搜救流浪兒》“Rescuing Homeless Children in the Coldest Capital | Lam Yik-Fei 林亦非 [自由傳媒人 Freelance (蘋果日報)] |
| SPOT NEWS | MERIT | 賀莫言、劉曉波被阻 “Celebration of Mo Yan and Liu Xiaobo Nobel Wins Barred” | – Ho Pak-Kai 何柏佳 |
| SPOT NEWS | MERIT | 濫用警權 “Police Abusing Power” | Ho Pak-Kai 何柏佳 |
| SPOT NEWS | MERIT | 梁振英擊敗唐英年 “C.Y. Leung Defeats Henry Tang” | Ho Pak-Kai 何柏佳 |
| SPOT NEWS | MERIT | 產婦嬰兒瞓走廊 “Pregnant Women and Newborns Forced to Sleep in Hospital Corridors” | Leung Kam- Cheung 梁鑑章 |
| SPOT NEWS | MERIT | 工人清折梁宅僭建物 “Workers Remove Unauthorized Building Work from C. Y. Leung’s Home | Ho Ka-Tat 何家達 |
| SPOT NEWS | MERIT | 18萬燭光悼六四 “180,000 Attend June 4 Candlelight Vigil” | Au Mak Kit 區民傑 |
| SPOT NEWS | MERIT | 民運人士方政到港 “Pro-democracy Activist Fang Zheng Arrives in Hong Kong” | Li Ka-Ho 李家皓 |

## 2011
### 2011 Human Rights Press Awards

| Award Category | Title of Entry |
| CHINESE GENERAL NEWS PRIZE | Legislative Council Election Rigging Series – One House, Seven Surnames and Thirteen Votes; Vote Rigging with Demolished Apartment 區議會選舉種票系列之1屋7姓13票 樓拆了照種票 |
| CHINESE GENERAL NEWS MERIT | CPC Member as District Councilor in Hong Kong 共幹漂白　種票又種人 |
| CHINESE NEWSPAPER – FEATURE PRIZE | In the Lens of a Child in Poverty 貧童鏡頭下看貧窮 |
| CHINESE NEWSPAPER – FEATURE MERIT | Troubled Livelihood of Hawkers – FEHD Abusive Power, Suppression by Link Reits 小販討生計舉步維艱　食環惡法害人領匯瘋狂打壓 |
| PHOTOJOURNALISM FEATURE MERIT | Refugees in Thailand and Myanmar 泰緬難民 |
| Spot News MERIT | Consultation turns into war of words 替補諮詢變罵戰 |
| Spot News MERIT | Executive Vice-Premier Li Keqiang Visited the University of Hong Kong, Police Suppressed Student’s Demonstration 李克強訪港大校慶　警方鎮壓學生 |
| Spot News MERIT | Candlelight never dies 燭光不滅 |
| Spot News MERIT | Action requesting withdrawal of Arrangements for Filling Vacancies in the Legislative Council 空襲立法會撤回替補方案 |
| Spot News MERIT | Executive Vice-Premier Li Keqiang provoked demonstration to safeguard freedom of press 李克強風波︰還我採訪權 |

## 2010
### 2010 Human Rights Press Awards

| Award Category | Title of Entry |
| CHINESE NEWSPAPER – FEATURE MERIT | Political reform duo accused of Correctional Department gambling 政改雙雄出獄大踼爆 |
| Spot News MERIT | Teacher says, “I must have a right to vote for the election of chief executive” 老師: 我有權選特首(突發) |
| Spot News MERIT | Visually impaired disabled students finally experience the magic of art 視障殘疾學童終能親身感受藝術的魔力 |

## 2009
### 2009 Human Rights Press Awards

| Award Category | Title of Entry |
| CHINESE-LANGUAGE GENERAL NEWS MERIT | 21 Liu Xiaobo supporters at Lo WuMainland Security Crosses Borders to Arrest Hong Kong Protesters 21市民羅湖橋挺劉曉波 公安越境拘港示威 |
| CHINESE-LANGUAGE GENERAL NEWS MERIT | Eight Instances of Power AbuseLi’s Mother: Police will always side with police 濫權八指控俱遭否認 李婉儀母不滿 「警察還是幫警察」 |
| CHINESE NEWSPAPER – FEATURE SPECIAL MERIT | 60 Years of Communist Rule in China: The Hong Kong Story “Then ‘Five Black Categories’ Sigh at China’s Current Situation: Prisons that Fed Well” and “From an Illegal Immigrant to a District Councilor” 中共建政60年: 香港故事 當年黑五類 慨歎大陸現況:有飽飯食的監獄 及 偷渡開山當議員 |
| CHINESE NEWSPAPER – FEATURE SPECIAL MERIT | June 4 20 Anniversary Series: Teacher Refuses to Grade a Student’s Drawing 六四二十周年特輯之孩子這幅畫 老師不打分 |
| COMIC MERIT | Windows and Orphans are not Missed 孤寡也不放過 |
| Spot News PRIZE | No Clearance of Tsoi Yuen Tsuen! 反對清拆菜園村 |
| Spot News PRIZE | Fight for Human Rights 爭取人權 |

## 2008
### 2008 Human Rights Press Awards

| Award Category | Title of Entry |
| CHINESE GENERAL NEWS PRIZE | Liu Xiaobo and signers of Charter 08 suppressed 學者聯署《08憲章》籲中共憲改遭打壓劉曉波被拘公安抄家 |
| CHINESE-LANGUAGE GENERAL NEWS MERIT | Police bring heavy charges 警用重典釘死示威者 |
| CHINESE FEATURE NEWS PRIZE | Series: Remembering Tin Shui Wai tragedy 天水圍倫常慘劇一周年系列 |
| CHINESE FEATURE NEWS MERIT | Violence against human rights protest 暴力阻人權示威怒民憤青踐踏言論自由 |
| CHINESE FEATURE NEWS MERIT | HKU student demonstrates with self-made Tibetan flag 抗議傳聖火呼籲網民加入港大女生自製雪山獅子旗示威 |
| CARTOON PRIZE | Waiting for your vote 等你一票 |

## 2006
### 2006 Human Rights Press Awards

| Award Category | Title of Entry | Winning Journalists |
| CARTOON MERIT | Spying charges 間碟罪 | 尊子 WONG Kee-kwan |
| PHOTOGRAPHY MERIT | Child with facial burns rejected by school 鬼孩子想上學被拒校門外 | 曾顯華 Tsang, H.W. |

## 2005
### 2005 Human Rights Press Awards

| Award Category | Title of Entry |
| CHINESE GENERAL NEWS PRIZE | In remembrance of Zhao Ziyang 憑良心 悼紫陽 |
| CHINESE GENERAL NEWS PRIZE | July 1 Protest, 530,000 on street 七一‧53萬人上街 |
| CHINESE-LANGUAGE GENERAL NEWS MERIT | Record breaking: 170,000 show up to vote 170萬人投票破紀錄 |
| CHINESE COMMENTARY AND ANALYSIS PRIZE | Aids and China’s credit crisis 賑災與中國的信用危機 |
| CHINESE COMMENTARY AND ANALYSIS MERIT | Tragic hero – Don Quixote 唐吉訶德式的悲劇英雄 |
| PHOTOGRAPHY WINNER | A helping hand 伸出援手 |
| PHOTOGRAPHY MERIT | Heard but not seen 聽而不見 |
| PHOTOGRAPHY MERIT | Appealing till the end 上訴到底 |

## 2004
### Human Rights Press Awards

| Award Category | Title of Entry |
| CHINESE GENERAL NEWS PRIZE | Long live Hong Kong people 香港人萬歲 |
| CHINESE GENERAL NEWS PRIZE | Guangxi sugarcane farmers earn 80 cents a day 廣西蔗農日入八毛錢吊命 |
| CHINESE GENERAL NEWS PRIZE | Draconian Article 23 withdrew 惡法23條撤回 |
| CHINESE-LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER – FEATURE MERIT | Government applies viperous means to suppress protesters 政府毒招打壓示威 |
| CHINESE COMMENTARY AND ANALYSIS PRIZE | “Patriots” bury One-country-two-system 「愛國者」送一國兩制葬 |
| CHINESE COMMENTARY AND ANALYSIS MERIT | Cast your ballot to decide who is the genuine patriot 用投票箱決定誰愛國 |
| CHINESE COMMENTARY AND ANALYSIS MERIT | Martin Lee, you are a communist! 李柱銘，你是共產黨！ |
| PHOTOGRAPHY MERIT | July 1 protesters 七一遊行示威者 |
| PHOTOGRAPHY MERIT | June 1 march: clear enough? 6.1遊行：睇到未？ |

### The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong "Best Hong Kong News Reporting 2004"

| Award Category | Award | Title of Entry | Winning Journalists |
| Reporting Section Best News Reporting | Winner | 香港送別一代鬼才黃霑 The Passing of a Genius: James Wong | 採訪部 Editorial Department |
| Reporting Section Best News Reporting | 2nd Runner-up | 驚世大海嘯系列 The Tsunami of the Century: Series | 採訪部 Editorial Department |
| Writing Section Best News Writing (Chinese) | Merit | 中國人光榮 2008北京再見 Glory to China: 2008 Beijing Olympics | 蔡元貴 Choy Yuen Kwei Norman |
| Photographic Section Best Photograph (News) | 1st Runner-up | 沖天大火 Backdraft | 李偉民 Lee Wai Man |
| Photographic Section Best Photograph (News) | Merit | 患難真情 True Love In Crisis | 羅日昇 Law Yat Sing |
| Design Section Best News Page Design | 1st Runner-up | 黃霑病逝 各界哀痛 香港送別一代鬼才 James Wong: The Passing of a Genius Devastated Hong Kong | 張志彬 Chang Chi Pun |

## 2003
### 2003 Human Rights Press Awards

| Award Category | Title of Entry |
| CHINESE GENERAL NEWS WINNER | 阿松偷步買車系列 Antony Leung Kam-chung Corruption Case Series |
| CHINESE GENERAL NEWS MERIT | 警鐵腕伸向六四 Police Interference in June Fourth Commemoration |
| CHINESE GENERAL NEWS MERIT | 23條系列報導 Article 23 Series |
| Chinese Newspaper Feature Merit | 香港有病系列 "Hong Kong Is Sick" Series |
| PHOTOGRAPHY MERIT | 山西貧困兒童上學 Shanxi Children Going to School |
| PHOTOGRAPHY MERIT | 迎頭一擊 Head-On |

## 2002
### Human Rights Press Awards

| Award Category | Title of Entry | Winning Journalists |
| CHINESE-LANGUAGE CATEGORIES GENERAL NEWS PRIZE | Police investigate Falun Gong” “查法輪功警手法卑劣” | Chan Kwong Wai & Hui King Lam 陳廣慧、許瓊霖 |
| CHINESE-LANGUAGE CATEGORIES NEWSPAPER, FEATURE PRIZE | “Unemployment in Shenyang” “瀋陽鐵西下崗之城滿愁容” | 中國組 China team |
| CHINESE-LANGUAGE CATEGORIES NEWSPAPER, FEATURE MERIT | “Tough life of woodmen in Shandong” “山東貧農鋸木討活斷指萬千” | 中國組 China team |
| PHOTOGRAPHY MERIT | “Child Beggars – Pakistan” “行乞小童：巴基斯坦” | Ling Shu Fai 凌樹輝 |
| PHOTOGRAPHY MERIT | “Woodmen – Pay the price” “伐木工人：生活代價” | Tsang Hin Wah 曾顯華 |

### The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong "Best Hong Kong News Reporting"

| Award Category | Award | Title of Entry |
| Writing Section Best Headline (Chinese) | Winner | 一代歌聖 與世長辭 羅文活在歌聲裏 Hong Kong God of Songs: Roman Tam Passed |
| Writing Section Best Headline (Chinese) | 1st Runner-up | 香港還有一個好老細 好世界酒樓結業 有情有義有糧出 The Last Good Boss in Hong Kong: Salary even after Restaurant Closure |
| Writing Section Best Headline (Chinese) | Merit | 沒飯吃也要讀書 貴州窮孩子借糧上學欠老師一身債 Guizhou Teachers Loaned Out Money to Disadvantaged Students to Attend School |
| Writing Section Best Headline (Chinese) | Merit | 劉嘉玲勇敢地站出來 不想還有人經歷我一樣的遭遇 Carina Lau Sexual Assault case: Don't Want Anyone Experience What I Went Through |
| Writing Section Best News Writing (Chinese) | Winner | 沒飯吃也要讀書 貴州窮孩子借糧上學欠老師一身債 Guizhou Teachers Loaned Out Money to Disadvantaged Students to Attend School |
| Photographic Section Best Photograph (News) | Winner | 命懸一綫 Life Hung by a Thread |
| Photographic Section Best Photograph (Features) | Winner | 無間渡 Timeless Raft |
| Photographic Section Best Photograph (Features) | Merit | 鳥之水巢 Birds' Water Nest |
| Photographic Section Best Photograph (Sports) | Winner | 舞林高手 Master of Dance |
| Photographic Section Best Photograph (Sports) | 2nd Runner-up | 你爭我奪 We Fight |
| Photographic Section Best Photograph (Sports) | Merit | 裸跑 Naked Run |
| Design Section Best News Page Design | 2nd Runner-up | 羅文活在歌聲裏 Roman Tam: Life in Music |

## 2000
### 2000 Human Rights Press Awards

| Award Category | Title of Entry | Winning Journalists |
| SPECIAL MENTION | “鄭安國-香港” (Cheung An-kuo – Hong Kong) | 張家俊 (Cheung Ka-chun) |
| SPECIAL MENTION | “李國能(獨坐)” (Chief Justice Andrew Li) | 凌樹輝 (Ling Shu-fai) |
| SPECIAL MENTION | “張敏儀” (Cheung Man-yee of RTHK) | 黎樹雄 (Lai Shu-hung) |
| SPECIAL MENTION | “法輪功(澳門回歸)” (Falun Gong at Macau Handover) | 王子俊 (Wong Chi-chun) |

## 1999
### 1999 Human Rights Press Awards

| Award Category | Title of Entry | Winning Journalists |
| SPECIAL MENTION | “Reporter’s Life” “June 4 Candlelight Vigil” | David Au |

## 1998
### Asian Newspaper Awards

These awards were announced at the Asian Newspaper Publishers' Expo (ANPE) and International Association for Newspaper and Media Technology (IFRA) annual conference in Kuala Lumpur on 30 March 1998. Apple Daily was named "Asian Newspaper of the Year".