The Best News Story is an award presented annually at the Star Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1994.
The category was introduced in 2001, at the 8th Star Awards ceremony; Zhu Hong received the award for her performance and it is given in honour of a Mediacorp presenter who has delivered an outstanding performance in a news programme. The nominees are determined by a team of judges employed by Mediacorp; winners are selected by a majority vote from the entire judging panel.
Since its inception, the award has been given to sixteen journalists. Lip was the most recent winner in this category. Since the ceremony held in 2016, Evelyn Lam is also the only journalist to win in this category thrice, surpassing Ng Lian Cheong and Chen Meiling who all have two wins each. In addition, Ng has been nominated on four occasions, more than any other journalist. Hu Jielan holds the record for the most nominations without a win, with three.
Recipients Year RecipientNews programmeRef2001 Zhu Hong 朱荭 Yang Shulian 杨淑莲2002 Wu Jinfeng 吴金凤2003Chen Meiling 陈美玲20042005 Serene Loo 吕诗琳2006 Huang Zhihao 黄志豪2007 Cai Shuxian 蔡淑贤2009 Cheng Zhaojie 程照杰2010 Ng Lian Cheong 吴俍㬕2011Evelyn Lam 蓝丽婷201220132014 Lim Wee Leng 林伟玲Little India Riot2015 Ng Lian Cheong 吴俍㬕AirAsia Incident2016 Lip Kwok Wai 聂国威2017 Ang Poh Ling 洪宝玲 and Lu Yawen 陆雅雯 Multiple awards and nominations
The following individuals received two or more awards:
Wins Actor Nominations 3 Evelyn Lam 4 2 Chen Meiling Ng Lian Cheong 7
The following individuals received two or more nominations:
Nominations Actor 7 Ng Lian Cheong 6 Lip Kwok Wa 4 Evelyn Lam 3 Hu Jielan Chng Kheng Leng 2 Liang Kaixin Seet Sok Hwee
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