Our Achievements

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ASIAN MEDIA AWARDS 2019

• Best Newspaper Feature Article – R.AGE (Gold)
• Best Newspaper Feature Article – R.AGE (Silver)
• Best in Community Service – R.AGE

ASIAN DIGITAL MEDIA AWARDS 2019

• Best Digital Project to Engage Younger and/or Millennial Audiences – R.AGE (Gold)

WAN-IFRA’S WORLD DIGITAL MEDIA AWARDS (WDMA)

• Best Branded Content Project – R.AGE

TRUE STORY AWARD 2019

• Global Finalist – R.AGE

MALAYSIAN PRESS INSTITUTE (MPI) – PETRONAS MALAYSIAN JOURNALISM AWARDS 2018

• A. Samad Ismail Young Journalist Award – Lee Chonghui
• Best Frontpage Design Award – Zulhaimi Baharuddin
• Best Infographic – Foo Chern Hwan & Norlidah Ramli (Consolation)
• Best Editorial Cartoon – Kee Choon Wai (Consolation)
• Online Portal News Report – Nadia Binti Shaiful Bahari & Tuan Mohamad Hafis Bin Tuan Ludin (Consolation)
• Best News Video – Satpal Singh Kaler, Claire Rachael Gaunt, & Yee Ngan Pang (Consolation)
• PETRONAS Best Environmental Journalism – Sim Leoi Leoi, Adrian Chan, & Trisha Nanda Gopal (Consolation)

2019 SOCIETY OF PUBLISHERS IN ASIA (SOPA) AWARDS FOR EDITORIAL EXCELLENCE

• Excellence in Reporting on Women’s Issues – The Star
• Excellence in Journalistic Innovation – R.AGE

ANNUAL JOHOR MEDIA AWARDS

• Best Cultural Tourism Award – Nelson Benjamin
• Best Economic News – Nelson Benjamin
• Best Sports News – Mohd Farhaan Shah
• Mentri Besar’s Award – Zazali Musa

MALAYSIAN DIGITAL ASSOCIATION (MDA) D AWARDS 2019

• Best Platform Development – R.AGE (Gold)
• Best Use of Digital Innovation – Non-Profit/Pro-bono Campaigns – R.AGE (Gold)
• Best Digital Publisher of the Year – The Star Online (Silver)

BEST MEDIA AWARD (PRINT) 2019 FROM THE SOCIAL SECURITY ORGANISATION (SOCSO)

• Sandhya Menon

ANUGERAH BINTANG POPULAR BERITA HARIAN (ABPBH32)

• Most Popular Radio Presenter Award – DJ Lin

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD (CIDB) CONSTRUCTION MEDIA AWARDS 2019

• Print Media – Sheila Sri Priya (Third place)
• Photography – Art Chen (First place)

RIVER OF LIFE PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAMME PHASE 5 (ROLPOP5) AWARD

• Media/Journalist – Bavani M

CYBERSECURITY MALAYSIA

• Most Supportive Media (Newspaper) 2018 – The Star
• Most Supportive Media (Online Media) 2018 – The Star

MEDICAL TRAVEL MEDIA AWARDS 2019

• Best Online Report – Chester Chin

PENANG WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION (PBAPP) MEDIA APPRECIATION NIGHT 2019

• News Report – R. Sekaran
• News Photographs – Zainudin Ahad

NEGERI SEMBILAN LITERARY & MEDIA AWARDS 2019

• Best Print Media Journalism Award – The Star

MALAYSIA CHINESE WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS ASSOCIATION (MCWEA

• Asian Women Entrepreneurs Award in the Media and Communications – Esther Ng

Brand and Marketing

PUTRA BRAND AWARDS

• Media Networks – Star Media Group (Silver)

Corporate Social Responsibility

CSR MALAYSIA AWARDS 2019

• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Leadership Award – Star Foundation

Content

SAINT TERESA AWARD

• T. Selvakumar

2018 SOCIETY OF PUBLISHERS IN ASIA (SOPA) AWARDS FOR EDITORIAL EXCELLENCE

• Excellence in Investigative Reporting – R.AGE

MALAYSIAN PRESS INSTITUTE (MPI) – PETRONAS MALAYSIAN JOURNALISM AWARDS

• Kajai Award – R.AGE
• Best Front Page Design – Foo Chern Hwan
• Best Environmental Journalism – Bavani M. (Consolation)
• Photojournalism – Glenn Guan
• Best Investigative Reporting – R.AGE
• Best Editorial Cartoon – C.W. Kee (Consolation)
• Best Infographic – Muhammad Hafeez Amirudin
• Best Photo Essay – Elroi Yee

ASIAN MEDIA AWARDS

• Best Feature Story – R.AGE (Gold)
• Community Service – R.AGE

CYBERSECURITY MALAYSIA

• Most Supportive Online Media 2017 Award – The Star
• Most Supportive Print (Newspaper) Media 2017 Award – The Star
• Most Supportive Journalist 2017 Award – Yuen Meikeng & Samantha Chow

KC KULISH INTERNATIONAL AWARD 

• Excellence in Print Journalism – R.AGE

HEALTH MEDIA AWARDS 2018

• Best Photograph – Art Chen
• Best Social Media – R.AGE
• Blue Ribbon Awards – Christina Chin (2nd place)
• Print Media and News Portal (English Language) – Loh Foon Fong (Consolation)

WAN-IFRA ASIAN DIGITAL MEDIA AWARDS 2018

• Best Branded Content Project – R.AGE (Gold)

13TH PERDANA YOUNG INDIAN ENTREPRENEURS AWARD 2018

• Print Media Excellence Award – Elan Perumal

Brand & Marketing

PUTRA BRAND AWARDS 2018

• Media Networks – Star Media Group (Silver)

SPARK AWARDS

• Best Media Solution (Print) – The Star (Gold)
• Best Media Solution (Print) – The Star (Bronze)

Editorial

MALAYSIAN PRESS INSTITUTE – PETRONAS MALAYSIAN JOURNALISM AWARD

• Best Investigative Reporting – R.AGE (First Prize)
• Best Front Page Design – Tung Eng Hwa
• Best Photo Journalism – Art Chen Soon Ling

16TH ASIAN MEDIA AWARDS

• Best Feature Story – R.AGE (Gold)
• Best in Community Service – R.AGE (Gold)

THE SOCIETY OF PUBLISHERS IN ASIA (SOPA) AWARDS

• Excellence in Reporting on the Environment – R.AGE

SPARK AWARDS

• Best Media Category – The Star

JOHOR MEDIA AWARDS

• Best Cultural Tourism Award (English Print Media Catergory) – Nelson Benjamin
• Best Feature Article Award – Zazali Musa
• Best Economic News Award – Yee Xiang Yun
• Best Sports News – Kathleen Ann Kili

11TH HEALTH MEDIA AWARDS 2017

• English Newspaper Category – Mohammad Azman Abdul Ghani
• Consolation Prize – Tan Shiow Chin

ANUGERAH KEWARTAWANAN INDUSTRI FILEM MALAYSIA 2017 (AKIFMA)

• Young Entertainment Journalist – Angelin Yeoh
• Best Film Journalism Award (Print Media) – Mumtaj Begum
• Best Film Critique – Shazryn Mohd Faizal

MDEC IMPACT AWARDS

• Journalism Awards – R.AGE

RURAL AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTRY (KKLW) MEDIA AWARDS 2017

• Print Media and Online News Portal (News and Features) – Jessie Lim Yu Min (Third Place)

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD (CIBD) CONSTRUCTION MEDIA AWARDS 2017

• Print Media – Shalini Ravindran (Third Place)
• Photography – Puspanathan Periannan (Third Place)

SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (SPCA) SELANGOR APPRECIATION AWARDS 

• Most Supportive Media – The Star

Digital

ASIAN DIGITAL MEDIA AWARDS

• Best Use of Online Video – R.AGE (Gold)
• Best Innovation to Engage Youth Audience – R.AGE (Gold)

WORLD DIGITAL MEDIA AWARDS

• Best Innovation – R.AGE

MALAYSIA SOCIAL MEDIA WEEK AWARDS

• Online Media – R.AGE

Brand and Marketing

PUTRA BRAND AWARDS 2016

• Media Network – Star Media Group (Silver)

MARKETING EXCELLENCE AWARDS 

• Excellence in Digital Marketing – R.AGE (Gold)
• Excellence in Viral Marketing – R.AGE (Gold)
• Excellence in Social Media Marketing – R.AGE (Gold)

Corporate Social Responsibility

CSR AWARDS 2017

• Print Media Category (Company of the Year) – Star Media Group

Investor Relations

INVESTOR RELATIONS AWARDS 2017

• Quality of Annual Reports / Formal Disclosure – Star Media Group

Human Capital

HR VENDORS OF THE YEAR 2017

• Best Leadership Development Consultant – Leaderonomics (Gold)
• Best Employer Branding Consultant – Leaderonomics (Silver)
• Best E-Learning and Mobile Learning Provider – Leaderonomics (Bronze)

Editorial

15TH ASIAN MEDIA AWARDS

• Best Feature Story – R.AGE (Silver)
• Best in Editorial Content – The Star (Bronze)

JOHOR MEDIA AWARDS

• Best Feature Article in the English print media –  Nelson Benjamin
• Cultural Tourism Award – Mohd Farhaan Shah Nazaruddin
• Best Economic News – Norbaiti Phaharoradzi
• Best Development News – Kathleen Ann Kili

10TH HEALTH MEDIA AWARDS 2016

• English newspaper category – Yuen Meikeng
• Consolation prizes – Loh Foon Fong & Tan Shiow Chin

WORLD ASSOCIATION OF NEWSPAPERS AND NEWS PUBLISHERS (WAN IFRA)

• World Young Reader News Publisher of the Year – R.AGE

THE SOCIETY OF PUBLISHERS IN ASIA (SOPA) 2016 AWARDS

• The Scoop Award – P. Aruna & Farik Zolkepli (Award for Excellence)

Digital

ASIAN DIGITAL MEDIA AWARDS

• Best New Product – R.AGE

Brand and Marketing

PUTRA BRAND AWARDS 2016

• Media Networks – The Star (Silver)

50 MALAYSIA BEST EMPLOYER BRAND AWARDS

• Star Media Group Bhd

SPARK AWARDS FOR MEDIA EXCELLENCE 2016

• Best Launch/Re-Launch by a Media Owner – R.AGE TV (Gold)
• Best Event by a Media Owner – Anugerah Pilihan Online (APO) 2016 (Silver)
• Best Media Solution – The Star (Bronze)

Human Capital

HUMAN RESOURCES EXCELLENCE AWARDS 

• Employer of the Year – Leaderonomics (Silver)

Editorial

MALAYSIAN PRESS INSTITUTE (MPI)-PETRONAS MALAYSIAN JOURNALISM AWARDS

• Environmental Journalism Award – Sheila Sri Priya Raman Chetty
• A. Samad Ismail Young Journalist Award – Brenda Ch’ng Ai Hwa

JOHOR MEDIA AWARDS

• Best Feature Article in the English Media – The Star Johor bureau
• Best Tourism and Culture News – Yee Xiang Yun
• Best Sports News – Kathleen Ann Kili
• Best News Photography – Lim Cheang Kit

15TH ASIAN CONFERENCE ON NATIONAL HERITAGE

• Barah Mihir Award, Asian Distinguished Astrologer & Vasthu Shastri Award – T. Selva

CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FROM THE ROAD TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT (JPJ)

• Meng Yew Choong

Digital

ASIAN DIGITAL MEDIA AWARDS

• Digital Media Asia Best Lifestyle Website – mStar Online

SPARK AWARDS FOR MEDIA EXCELLENCE 2015

• Best Website – The Star Online

MOBILE MARKETING EXCELLENCE (MOB-EX) AWARDS 2015

• Best App / Content by a Media Owner – The Star Mobile App

WORLD BLOGGERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA AWARDS

• Social Media Excellence Award for Online News (English) – The Star Online

Brand and Marketing

SPARK AWARDS FOR MEDIA EXCELLENCE 2015

• Best Media Solutions in Print Category – The Star

Radio

8TH GLOBAL CHINESE BROADCASTING AWARDS

• Programming Creativity Category – Deejay Hao Min

Human Capital

MCMILLAN WOODS GLOBAL AWARDS

• Fearless Media Leader of the Year Award – Datuk Seri Wong Chun Wai

HUMAN RESOURCES EXCELLENCE AWARDS 

• Excellence in CSR Practices – Leaderonomics (Gold)
• Excellence in Employee Engagement – Leaderonomics (Silver)
• Excellence in Workplace Well-Being – Leaderonomics (Silver)
• SME of the Year – Leaderonomics

HR VENDOR OF THE YEAR

• Best Leadership Development Consultant – Leaderonomics (Gold)
• Best Psychometric Testing Provider – Leaderonomics (Gold)
• Best Management Training Provider – Leaderonomics (Gold)

ASIA RECRUITMENT AWARDS MALAYSIA

• Best Graduate Recruitment Programme – Star Media Group

Editorial

13^TH ASIAN MEDIA AWARDS

• Best in Editorial Content (Newspaper Breaking News Article) – Isabelle Lai (Gold), Selva, P. Aruna & Rashita A. Hamid (Bronze)
• Best in Photojournalism – Glenn Guan (Bronze)
• Best in Community Service – Do Good. Volunteer. 2.0

NATIONAL PRESS CLUB AWARDS NIGHT 2014

• NPC Kenanga Best Reporter (English Medium) – M. Bavani, Hariati Azizan
• NPC Photographer of the Year – Azhar Mahfof
• NPC Best Reporter (Sarawak) – Sharon Ling
• NPC Best Media Organisation (Community Service) – Star Metro

PRIME MINISTER’S HIBISCUS AWARD

• Inaugural Environmental Journalism Award – Isabelle Lai, Natalie Heng

MALAYSIA TOURISM AWARD

• Best Local Article – Christina Chin

SUHAKAM’S 2014 HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS

• Print Media Award – Elantiraian Perumal

BLUE RIBBON AWARD

• Print Media Category – Edward Rajendra K.S. Henry Kandiah (First Place)

HEALTH MEDIA AWARDS

• Best Health Journalism – Tan Shiow Chin (Main Prize), Loh Foon Fong (Consolation Prize)

MALAYSIAN PRESS INSTITUTE (MPI)-PETRONAS MALAYSIAN JOURNALISM AWARDS

• Best Public Service Reporting – Yip Yoke Teng
• Best Environment Reporting – Isabelle Lai

JOHOR MEDIA AWARDS

• Best Development News – Nelson Benjamin
• Best Economic News and Best Feature Article – Zazali Musa
• Best Human Interest Photograph – Abdul Rahman Embong

WORLD YOUNG READER PRIZE

• Enduring Excellence – R.AGE Team

PENANG GREEN JOURNALISM AWARD 2014

English Category

• Excellence Award (Features) – Christina Chin
• Special Award (Features) – Cavina Lim
• Excellent Award (News) – Tan Sin Chow
• Special Award (News) – Christina Chin

Brand and Marketing

PUTRA BRAND AWARDS 2014

• Media Networks – The Star (Silver)

SPARK AWARDS FOR MEDIA EXCELLENCE 2014

• Best Subscription Strategy – Subscribers-get-Subscribers Direct Mailer, The Star (Gold)
• Best Website by a Media Owner – The Star Online (Silver)
• Best Corporate Branding by a Media Owner – Client Testimonial, The Star (Bronze)

MARKETING EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2014

• Excellence in Direct Marketing – “Some things are better shared” , The Star (Silver)

Human Capital

HUMAN RESOURCES EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2014

• Excellence in Leadership Development – Senior Talent Programme (Gold)
• Excellence in HR Social Media & Technology – Medical Leave and Usage, E-Leave System (Silver)
• Excellence in Employer Branding – Facebook and LinkedIn, Career Webpage, Award Winning & Branding, Newspaper Ads, University & College Career Fairs, Job Portal (MSJ) (Bronze)
• Excellence in Recruitment & Retention – Induction Programme, EPF – Retirement Benefits, Performance – Linked Rewards, Medical Benefits (Bronze)
• Excellence in Talent Management – Young Talent Programme (Bronze)
• Excellence in Graduate Development – StarTRACK 2.0 Management Trainee Programme (Bronze)
• Small Employer of the Year  – Leaderonomics

Editorial

12^th ASIAN MEDIA AWARDS

• Best Newspaper Feature – Chin Mui Yoon (Silver)
• Best in Sports Photography – Art Chen (Bronze)

SOCIETY OF PUBLISHERS ASIA (SOPA) AWARDS FOR EDITORIAL EXCELLENCE

• Excellence in Feature Writing – Chin Mui Yoon (Honourable mention)

WAN-INFRA ASIAN DIGITAL MEDIA AWARDS

• Best Newspaper Website in the Online Media – The Star Online (Bronze)

ASIAN ENVIRONMETAL JOURNALISM AWARD (AEJA)

• Coca-Cola Environmental Story of the Year & City Developmentals Ltd (CDL) Environmental Journalist of the Year – Meng Yew Choong

MALAYSIA ASEAN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE INDEX

• Corporate Governance Journalist of the Year Awards – Errol Oh

SIEMENS GREEN TECHNOLOGY JOURNALISM AWARD

• Asean-Pacific Winner – Meng Yew Choong

MPI-PETRONAS MALAYSIAN JOURNALISM AWARDS

• Best Environment Journalism Award – Isabelle Lai Lin Hui

REGIONAL INDIGENOUS VOICES IN ASIA AWARDS

• Special Recognition Awards – Isabelle Lai Lin Hui

SUHAKAM HUMAN RIGHTS

• Shaila Koshy

HEALTH MEDIA AWARDS

• Best Health Award (English Newspaper) – S. Yoga, Tan Shiow Chin (Consolation Prize)
• Best Photo Award – Art Chen (Consolation Prize)

PENANG GREEN JOURNALISM AWARDS

• Excellence Award in the Features Category – Christina Chin
• Special Award in the Features Category – Cavina Lim
• Excellence Award in the News Category – Oh Chin Eng
• Special Award in the News Category – Winne Yeoh

11^TH TAN SRI LIM GAIT TONG ANNUAL JOURNALISM AWARDS

• Datuk Louis Ng Chua Hau English Business News Award – Christina Chin Swee Gaik (Excellence Award)
• Dato Khor Teng Haw English News Category – Josephine Bernadette Jalleh (Excellence Award) & Winnie Yeoh Chien Huey (Commendation Award)
• Datuk Khor Teng Tong English Feature Award – Winnie Yeoh Chien Huey (Excellence Award), Tan Sin Chow & Kow Kwan Yee (Commendation Award)
• Datuk Khor Teng Tong English Feature Category – Christina Chin Swee Gaik, Josephine Bernadette Jalleh & Tan Sin Chow (Commendation Award)

Broadcast

MALAYSIA MEDIA AWARDS

• Best Use of Sponsorship – Serving Up a Delicious Media Meal – Maybank sponsorship for “EdVentures in Asia”, as seen on LI TV (Bronze)

ANUGERAH BINTANG POPULAR BERITA HARIAN

• Top 5 Popular Male and Female Radio Announcers – Halim Othman & DJ Lin (Suria FM)

Brand and Marketing Awards

KANCIL AWARDS

• Chairman’s Award – Datuk Seri Wong Chun Wai

12^TH ASIAN MEDIA AWARDS

• Best in Newspaper Marketing – The Star iSnap (Bronze)

MARKETING EXCELLENCE AWARDS

• Excellence in Mobile Marketing – The Star iSnap (Gold)

PUTRA BRAND AWARDS

• Media and Entertainment – The Star (Silver)

MARKETING EXCELLENCE AWARDS

• Excellence in Social Media – RAGE (Gold)

Corporate Social Responsibility

12^th ASIAN MEDIA AWARDS

• Best in Community Service – Do Good. Volunteer. (Bronze)

MARKETING EVENTS AWARDS

• Best Event for Community Service – Do Good. Volunteer. (Bronze)

MARKETING EXCELLENCE AWARDS

• Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility – Do Good. Volunteer. (Gold)
• Excellence in Public Relations – Do Good. Volunteer. (Silver)

 Human Capital

HUMAN RESOURCES EXCELLENCE AWARDS MALAYSIA

• Excellence in Talent Management – Talent and Leadership Acceleration Programme (Silver)
• Excellence in Graduate Development – StarTRACK Graduate Trainee Programme (Bronze)
• Excellence in Employer Branding – Star Publications (M) Bhd (Bronze)

Publishing

WORLD GOURMAND COOKBOOK AWARDS LIFESTYLE

• Health sub-category – “Food For Your Eyes” by Dr. Kenneth Fong Choong Sian and Goo Chui Hoong (First Prize)