The awards, which has become the most prestigious awards in recognition of outstanding work in printing quality, design, infographics, photography , editorial content,  newspaper marketing and community service among media houses in Asia Pacific, South Asia and Middle East, were presented to nearly 50 companies, publications and individuals. The ceremony was held at Publish Asia 2012, WAN-IFRA’s annual convention that drew more than 700 media executives from 31 countries to Bali.

The full list of winners can be found at http://www.wan-ifra.org/microsites/asian-media-awards

The Best in Print Awards were sponsored by manroland, while the Best in Newspaper Marketing and Best in Community Service awards were sponsored by UPM.

Publish Asia is WAN-IFRA's premier conference in the Asia-Pacific region and the Asia Media Awards gala dinner is one of the highlights of the events. The unique conference format features a CEO conference, a Newsroom Summit, a Printing Summit, an Advertising Summit and other events; summaries of conference presentations can be found on the conference blog at: http://tinyurl.com/bsozz7g

For a calendar of upcoming WAN-IFRA events, please consult http://www.wan-ifra.org/events

WAN-IFRA, based in Paris, France, and Darmstadt, Germany, with subsidiaries in Singapore, India, Spain, France and Sweden, is the global organisation of the world’s newspapers and news publishers. It represents more than 18,000 publications, 15,000 online sites and over 3,000 companies in more than 120 countries. Its core mission is to defend and promote press freedom, quality journalism and editorial integrity and the development of prosperous businesses.

Learn more about WAN-IFRA at http://www.wan-ifra.org or through the WAN-IFRA Magazine at http://www.wan-ifra.org/magazine

Inquiries to: Larry Kilman, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, WAN-IFRA, 7 rue Geoffroy St Hilaire, 75005 Paris France. Tel: +33 1 47 42 85 00. Fax: +33 1 47 42 49 48. Mobile: +33 6 10 28 97 36. E-mail: larry.kilman@wan-ifra.org