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Times of Oman wins at Asian Media Awards

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Times of Oman has been awarded a gold medal at the Asian Media Awards 2017 in Malaysia. Held by the World Association of Newspapers (WanIfra), the event saw Times of Oman win a gold medal in the category of magazine infographics to recognise its high publishing standards for it’s 2016 national day’s detailed supplement, as well as a silver medal in the newspaper graphics category.

“The graphics team can be rightly proud of their work, especially for the ‘land of frankincense’ supplement that not only looked amazing, but smelled good too – as the pages were infused with frankincense,” says Scott Armstrong, Chief Executive Editor, Times of Oman. “It was a beautiful product and worth remembering that the online version of this project also scooped Gold for Data Visualisation at the Middle East Digital Awards in Dubai just last month.”

Times of Oman wins at the Middle East Digital Media Awards

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Times of Oman has been awarded the Best Data Visualisation Award at the Middle East Digital Media Awards 2017 in Dubai. The awards were presented by the World Association of Newspapers (Wan-Ifra) and recognised Times of Oman with a gold for its microsite that explored Oman’s century old relation with Frankincense. The event also celebrated Times of Oman’s win for Best Website, Best Use of Video, Best News Mobile Service and Best Use of Social Media.

“I’m thrilled that Times of Oman has again been named as one of the best digital operators in the Middle East,” says Scott Armstrong, Chief Executive Editor, Times of Oman. “It’s a fitting reward for the hard work of the team across digital, as well as winning for data visualisation again for their amazing project it was great to see the Times TV team rewarded and essentially being named as the best English online video service in the region.”

Times of Oman secures awards at ENA

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Following two gold and three silver accolades at the 2016 Wanlfra Middle East Digital Awards, Times of Oman has secured two Awards for Excellence at the European Newspaper Awards (ENA). The title was recognised in the category of ‘Online Infographics’ for its use of interactive digital graphics in the ‘Omani Dress’ and ‘Rio 2016’ features that were published on its online platform. The English daily also received four accolades in the ‘Sectional Front Pages’ category for its print newspaper. The award ceremony will take place during the European Newspaper Congress from May 21 -23, 2017, at the City Hall of Vienna.

“2016 has been a strong year for timesofoman.com for growth, both in audience and traffic as well as digital creativity,” says Scott Armstrong, Chief Executive Editor, Times of Oman. “We are already excited for what 2017 holds as we push ourselves further.”

Times of Oman wins at World Digital Awards

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Times of Oman has been awarded Best Data Visualisation for its creative site at this year’s World Digital Awards in Vienna, Austria. The awards were presented by the World Association of Newspapers (Wan-Ifra) to recognise Times of Oman’s site for its features, which includes; drawings, graphics and videos that details the heritage behind the Omani dress for a digital celebration in honour of the country’s 45th National Day.

“I’m thrilled for the team behind this special project and even more so that a project that honours Oman’s heritage has won recognition at a global level, particularly as we approach National Day this year,” says Scott Armstrong, Chief Executive Editor, Times of Oman. “This came on the back of five awards, two gold, including one for the Omani dress project and three silver in the 2016 Middle East Digital Awards of the World Association of Newspapers.”