The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: The Star won a main prize and a consolation prize at the Health Media Awards 2014.
Its assistant features editor Tan Shiow Chin won the main prize for Best Health Journalism in the English Newspaper category for her article Living in the present.
She received RM3,500 from Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam during the Health Ministry’s 8th Health Media Awards 2014 on Tuesday night.
The Star assistant news editor Loh Foon Fong won a consolation prize of RM1,000 in the same category for her articles tied to the headline Dialysis patients in dire straits.
The other consolation prize winner for the category was Kasmiah Mustapha (New Straits Times) with her article The truth about breast cancer.
The other main prize winners for newspaper journalists were Rohana Man (Utusan Malaysia) and Jap Pei Ye of See Hua Daily News.
Abdul Hakim Ab Rahman and Khairunnisa Kasnoon of Astro Awani won RM5,000, the main prize for the television category, while Lek Kah Meng of Sin Chew Dailywon RM2,000 for the main prize in the Best Health Photo category.
Dr Subramaniam said the ministry required collaboration with the media because health was related to people’s attitude and lives.
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