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24.com scoops top honours at prestigious digital publishing awards

24.com scooped eight awards at the prestigious IAB Bookmarks Awards on Thursday night - including the coveted Black Pixel for the best digital publisher for the third year in a row.

The awards, hosted by the Interactive Advertising Bureau of SA, recognises the best in digital and tech innovations in the media industry.

The winners include Business Insider SA, which scooped two bronze awards in the Publisher Sites and Electronic Newsletters categories. News24 won silver for Live Event Coverage for #ANCVotes, which was its live coverage of the 2017 ANC elective conference.

News24 video also walked away with silver in the Online News Video category and claimed two more silver awards in the News Innovation and Craft: News or Feature Writing categories for Land of Thirst, an immersive 360 video experience on the Karoo drought.

Meanwhile Netwerk24 also scooped another silver in the Craft: News or Feature Writing category for its reporting on the Steinhoff scandal.

News24 editor-in-chief Adriaan Basson said the awards were indicative of an innovative and dedicated team.

"These awards confirm that News24 is the undisputed market leader when it comes to innovation in news and digital journalism. I am immensely proud of our team for producing cutting-edge journalism to tell the gripping stories of this country, using new technology and publishing tools," he said.  

Basson said of Business Insider SA: "Our new kid on the block continues to shine! After just one year, Business Insider SA is now SA’s biggest financial website and it is immensely satisfying to be recognised by our peers for this team’s amazing work." 

* Fin24 is part of 24.com, a division of Media24, which is a subsidiary of Naspers.

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