2024 OANA Awards

In 2024, OANA inaugurated its first-ever best photo and best article competitions, with the themes centered around cultural heritage and tourism. The photo competition featured two main categories: single-photo and photo report. 

Below are the lists of 2024 award winners:

 

Single-Photo Award Winners

News Agency

Photo title

Winner

Rank

TASS

Beluga Whales in Russian Far East

Yuri Smityuk

1

Anadolu Ajansi

Moon appears over Istanbul

Isa Terli

2

Xinhua

 

 

 

Yonhap

Exploring giant karst sinkhole in south China

 

Psy brings the heat, water cannons the cool during 'Summer Swag' spectacle

 

Jin Haoyuan

 

 

 

Kim Do-hoon

 

 

3

 

Photo Report Award Winners

News Agency

Photo title

Winner

Rank

VNA

Unique “mud-wrestling-for-a-ball” festival of Van village

An Thanh Dat

 

1

Sputnik

Swan fairytale similar to life series

Vladimir Vyatkin

 

2

Xinhua

 

 

 

 

Anadolu Ajansi

 

 

 

TNA

View of Badain Jaran Desert in N China's Inner Mongolia

 

 

Cultural diversity of Anatolia revealed in traditional women's clothing

 

 

Royal Barge Procession Rehearsal

Bei He

 

 

 

 

Arif Hudaverdi Yaman

 

 

 

Chamnanwut Sukhumwanit

 

3

 

Best Article Award Winners

News Agency

Article

Winner

Rank

VNA

Beeswax: a timeless treasure from wild bees

Quynh Trang 

Bang Cao Luong

Thu Huong

1

IRNA

Is the geography of tourism in Iran changing?

Amirhossein Gholamzadeh-Natanzi

2

Kabar

Shyrdak, Kyrgyzstan’s fine art of traditional felt carpets

Nurzhan Kasmalieva

3

 

Excellence in News Agency Quality Award Winners

2022-2023

Xinhua, Drone Reporting Project

2020-2021
- Anadolu Ajansi, Enviromental Editorial unite: Greenline

2019-2020
- TASS, Digital Assets Management

2017-2018
- Xinhua News Agency
- Vietnam Plus of Vietnam News Agency

2015-2016
- Mr.Andrey Lebedov, Quality Editor of TASS

2013-2014
- Media Technology Bureau of Yonhap News Agency

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