​TNP reporter bags award for Young Journalist of the Year

The New Paper - http://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/tnp-reporter-bags-award-young-journalist-year

Mr Hariz Baharudin, a reporter with The New Paper, has won the Young Journalist of the Year award at the Singapore Press Holdings’ annual awards ceremony for the English, Malay and Tamil Media Group. One of his biggest scoops was a report about controversial content found in Malay language children’s books available in the public libraries. It led to the National Library Board removing the books from the shelves and reviewing its vetting process for such content. “I did not expect to win at all, I was in the running with a talented peer who I knew from school and who I recognise as a formidable journalist,” said Mr Hariz, a graduate of NTU’s Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, referring to The Straits Times journalist Seow Bei Yi.