香港最佳新闻奖序言

香港最佳新闻奖是本会每年举办的主要活动，旨在嘉许业内杰出新闻工作者的成就和提升业界的专业水平。新闻奖由原来只有「最佳写作」及「最佳图片」两个组别，发展至今已有四个组别共七十五个奖项。比赛得到业内和社会各界人士普遍认同，是香港报业传媒最具权威性的评选活动。

颁发的奖项包括：

报道组
・ 最佳独家新闻
・ 最佳新闻报道
・ 最佳经济新闻报道
・ 最佳科学新闻报道
・ 最佳文化艺术新闻报道
・ 最佳新人

写作组
・ 最佳新闻写作 (中文组)
・ 最佳经济新闻写作 (中文组)
・ 最佳标题 (中文组)
・ 最佳新闻写作 (英文组)
・ 最佳经济新闻写作 (英文组)
・ 最佳标题 (英文组)

图片组
・ 最佳图片 (新闻组)
・ 最佳图片 (特写组)
・ 最佳图片 (体育组)

设计组
・ 最佳新闻版面设计 (单版组)
・ 最佳新闻版面设计 (系列组)
　　
为确保奖项受到业界的尊重，香港最佳新闻奖评判由有丰富新闻知识和经验，但和报业没有直接关系的专业人士担任，如电子媒体负责人、已退休或离职的资深报业从业员、大学新闻系教授等。此外，基於报业的服务对象是社会大众，亦邀请各大学校长及商会负责人参与评审，反映公众的意见。

Hong Kong News Awards

The annual Hong Kong News Awards is a major activity organised by The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong.With only 2 Sections "The Best Writing" and "The Best Photographs" at the beginning stage, the News Awards have increased to 4 Sections of a total of 75 awards now. The competition is aimed at recognising the outstanding achievements of journalists and raising professional standards. The awards are widely recognised as the most authoritative in Hong Kong.

The following awards are given:

Reporting Section
* Best Scoop
* Best News Reporting
* Best Business News Reporting
* Best Science News Reporting
* Best Arts and Culture News Reporting
* Best Young Reporter

Writing Section
* Best News Writing (Chinese)
* Best Business News Writing (Chinese)
* Best Headline (Chinese)
* Best News Writing (English)
* Best Business News Writing (English)
* Best Headline (English)

Photographic Section
* Best Photograph (News)
* Best Photograph (Features)
* Best Photograph (Sports)

Design Section
* Best News Page Design (Single Page)
* Best News Page Design (Series)

To ensure its professional standing, the awards' adjudicators comprise veteran news professionals with no direct links with the newspaper industry, including chiefs of electronic news media, veteran journalists who have retired or left the industry, and journalism professors. As newspapers exist to serve the public, university presidents and leaders of chambers of commerce are also invited to take part in the adjudication to reflect the views of the community.