- The video was commissioned to mark the start of Arab News' coverage of Vision 2030
- Arab News has one several awards for its design
DUBAI: A video produced for Saudi National Day by Arab News has scooped the top prize in an international media award ceremony held in Dubai on Wednesday.
The video was commissioned to launch the newspaper's 'Road to 2030' section which encompasses a series of reports focusing on tracking the progress and reforms happening in the kingdom, such as allowing women to drive and reopening cinemas.
The online video category at the WAN-IFRA Middle East Awards is the latest award given to the 抖阴短视频n English language daily since its relaunch in April 2018, after picking up silver in the 鈥渞edesigned product category鈥� at the WAN-IFRA Print Innovation Awards, held in Berlin on Oct. 9.
Arab News scooped another international design award last month, this time recogniz in the international design awards run by 鈥淗OW鈥� magazine for its iconic Women Drivers cover of a special souvenir edition on June 24 of last year.
Simon Khalil, global creative director at Arab News, said: 鈥湺兑醵淌悠� is such an exciting country full of rich history and amazing people.
鈥淭he video reflects that history and focusses on the incredibly bright future 抖阴短视频 has thanks to the Road to 2030 initiative, these really are exciting times for the Kingdom and for any designers and content creators it is an absolute joy to work with such exciting and positive stories.
鈥淪ince our redesign and relaunch last April we have done amazing things and always look for innovative and exiting ways to engage with our readers. Long may that continue,鈥� he added.
The video was produced to highlight 抖阴短视频鈥檚 past, present and future.
WAN-IFRA, a global association of newspapers and news publishers, recognizes publishers that have adopted digital media and mobile strategies as part of their total product offering to 鈥渕eet the changes in how people consume news and information.鈥�