WMS Global Awards for Excellence 2014 winners list

World Media Summit (WMS) Global Awards for Excellence 2014 announced on Monday four winners and 19 honorable mentions.

Following is the awards list of the winners and honorable mentions:

Public Welfare Awards -- Award for Exemplary News Teams in Developing Countries

Winner: 101 East, Al Jazeera English

Honorable Mentions:

1. This Week in Palestine

2. Truth vs Hype, New Delhi Television Ltd.

3. Rural Damascus, Al Jazeera

4. Outlook India

Public Welfare Awards -- Award for Exemplary News Professionals in Developing Countries

Winner: Sainath Palagummi, The Hindu, India

Honorable Mentions:

1. Meera Srinivasan, The Hindu, India

2. Surendra Paudel, Nepal Republic Media Pvt. Ltd., Nepal

3. Tan EE Long, Nanyang, Malaysia

4. Sheuli Akter, Ns NewsWire, Bangladesh

5. Adow Jubat, The Standard Group Ltd, Kenya

Media Innovation Award

Winner: Behind the Bloodshed, USA Today

Honorable Mentions:

1. Sea Change: The Pacific's perilous turn, Seattle Times

2. Live Blog of Israel-Gaza conflict, Haaretz, Israel

3. 3D Animated Videographics, AFP

4. The Change for Health App, the Standard Group Ltd., Kenya

5. Putin's Q&A, Russia Today

Award for New Media Reporting

Winner: Myanmar Emerges, Global Post, U.S.

Honorable Mentions:

1. Chicago Under The Gun, Chicago Tribune

2. Meteorite hits Russian Urals, Russia Today

3. Privacy And Information Security, Al Jazeera

4. Overdose, ProPublica, U.S.

5. Mandela: The Father of the Rainbow Nation, Al Jazeera.