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What are your fond memories of the Singapore River? Perhaps it's hanging out after dark with the bros at Clarke Quay? Maybe you had your first date with bae at Robertson Quay? The history of our nation is closely tied to the Singapore River - it was at the river's mouth where Stamford Raffles first stepped onto our island, and...
SINGAPORE - The biggest news topic last year, a virus which has affected all aspects of people's lives around the world, dominated Singapore Press Holdings' annual journalism awards for its English/Malay/Tamil Media Group on Wednesday (March 17). A majority of the 17 winners were recognised for content directly related to the coronavirus and its fallout, in part reflecting the attention and resources newsrooms devoted to the coverage. Among these is the Cross-Media Package of the Year, produced by The Straits Times in September last year after the world lost more than one million lives to Cov...
The Straits Times Through The Lens: A look back at 2020 by Straits Times and international photographers Photo exhibition Through The Lens will feature ST photojournalists' coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic in Singapore, as well as photos submitted for the 2020 World Press Photo competition.ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE https://str.sg/JzS5 They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up All done! This article is now fully available for you Read now Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month...
"Thinking about it now, it is still hard to imagine that a city like ours, open 24 hours a day, could just stop like that," he said. The exhibition also features the work of Mr Kevin Lim and Ms Neo Xiaobin, who were present on the front-line fight against the virus, photographing the hard and dangerous work of the nurses and doctors of the Covid-19 wards. The couple, who have a young son, had to grapple with the ethical responsibilities that came with covering the disease close up. "Especially at the beginning, everything was happening so fast and we were worried every day about our families,...