Shanghai Daily's monthly awards announced
Date:2009-02-16
Shanghai Daily's "Best Story" and "Best Page" Awards for January were announced last Friday.
"All of the nominated Best Story reports were of a high quality. However, they were all competing with the scoop we were most proud of," said Shanghai Daily Editor-in-Chief Zhang Ciyun.
That scoop, one of the two winners of the best story award for last month, was the Metro crime story headlined "Nanny slices baby girl on chopping block" (A2, January 15) by metro reporters Cai Wenjun, Dong Hui, Xu Fang and intern Weng Lingling. The story attracted attention around the world with more than 80 newspapers and news agencies picking up Shanghai Daily's scoop, including The Associated Press and CCTV.
IT reporter Zhu Shenshen's report of China's launch of the 3G licenses (A2 January 8) shared the "Best Story" honor. His main story together with informative Q&As explained the news and just how 3G technology would change our lives.
The Best Page went to two different styles of page design — "A tale of two poets" (Scope, January 19) with a classic and historical feel and "Dial up digital savings" (Sunday, January 11) with a simple modernity.
The Best Translated Story was Li Xinran's "Fears for Deng's life on US trip." He added a great deal more background information than was published in the original Chinese story.
No need to refresh your page to get latest news
Date:2009-02-04
Users of ShanghaiDaily.com had to refresh the page to see any changes in the "Lastest Updated" list on the homepage and on the Latest News page. Now your browser will do it for you without bothering you.
Our technician has inserted some code so that the list alone refreshes automatically every five minutes and no other parts of the pages are influenced. You can now stay on the homepage for a while and read brand-new headlines without doing anything.
The 24th issue of e-magazine is out now!
Date:2009-01-22
The issue has 3 sections: Cover Story, Year-end and Preview serie and Technology, which have been re-typeset in the magazine.
Our e-magazine is specifically designed for business readers and is mainly based on issues discussed in the Business Insight pages of Shanghai Daily.
Officially launched in January 2007, the magazine is published every month and is free to download during its trial.
You can download the magazine via PDF files from our Website (http://www.shanghaidaily.com/emagazine/). or you can subscribe to our Insight Newsletter by typing in your e-mail address in the box at the bottom of the front page. The readers on this list will be e-mailed when a new version of the magazine is published.
Nanny stores grabs worldwide attention
Date:2009-01-20
Shanghai Daily gained world attention for the metro crime story headlined “Nanny slices baby girl on chopping block” on January 15.
Metro reporter Cai Wenjun happened to hear people talking about a tragedy when she was in line to see her dentist at Shanghai No. 9 People's Hospital on January 14. People were talking about a 20-month-old baby receiving treatment at the hospital because her nanny repeatedly slashed her with a kitchen knife on a cutting board.
Cai thought it was so important that she reacted as quickly as possible.
Weng Lingling, a Metro intern, rushed to the hospital as soon as she got the phone call from Cai. Weng asked people for first-hand information about the case and took pictures. Weng also found out more details from the kid’s parents and doctors.
Cai then wrote the story based on the information Weng collected. Another two Metro reporters, Xu Fang and Dong Hui, also contributed to the article by interviewing the officials and police in charge of the case in Nanhui District.
The scoop was quoted by more than 80 media around the world including The Associated Press. All cited Shanghai Daily and Weng’s picture.
The story was also covered by oriental Morning Post and was picked up by Sina.com, one of China’s biggest portals.
Our foreign expert and polisher Dave Osterhout said: “It was our scoop and all the reporters and editors involved did a good job. It’s unfortunate we couldn’t give all the reporters credit in the paper because of the limited space, so we only used ‘staff reporters.’ ”
Shanghai Daily wins third prize in tug-of-war
Date:2009-01-13
Shanghai Daily won the third prize at the 11th annual tug-of-war organised by the Wenhui-Xinmin United Press Group this afternoon. It was ...
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The new face of Shanghai Daily
Date:2009-01-08
Shanghai Daily readers may have been attracted by its new look in the new year. At first sight, the front page of our newspaper now has a b...
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ShanghaiDaily.com releases Top 10 Online Stories
Date:2009-01-07
ShanghaiDaily.com has released the Top 10 Online Stories from 2008 based on which articles received the most clicks.
1. Edison Chen to quit after sex picture scandal
By Lydia Chen | 2008-2-21 | National
The racy scandal broke in early 2008, sparking a media frenzy in the Chinese-speaking world. Hong Kong singer and actor Edison Chen quit the Hong Kong entertainment industry after admitting he took raunchy celebrity pictures that showed him posing in bed with several other female starlets.
2. Crane collapse kills 3 in Pudong
By Yang Jian | 2008-5-30 | Metro
The two 600-ton gantry cranes at a shipbuilding company in Shanghai's Pudong New Area collapsed, killing three workers and injuring two others.
3. Usain Bolt sets 100-meter world record
Source: Agencies | 2008-6-1 | Sports
Usain Bolt, a Jamaican sprinter, set the world record with a time of 9.72 seconds at the Reebok Grand Prix at Icahn Stadium in New York.
4. Alleged HK celebrity sex photos create a stir
By Lydia Chen | 2008-1-31 | National
The 23rd issue of e-magazine is out now!
Date:2008-12-30
The issue has 6 sections: Cover Story, Macro Economy & Finance, Real Estate, Auto & Air, Technology and Metal & Paper, which have been re-typeset in the magazine.
Our e-magazine is specifically designed for business readers and is mainly based on issues discussed in the Business Insight pages of Shanghai Daily.
Officially launched in January 2007, the magazine is published every month and is free to download during its trial.
You can download the magazine via PDF files from our Website (http://www.shanghaidaily.com/emagazine/). or you can subscribe to our Insight Newsletter by typing in your e-mail address in the box at the bottom of the front page. The readers on this list will be e-mailed when a new version of the magazine is published.
