SINGAPORE – A podcast by native gender equality organisation Affiliation of Girls for Motion and Analysis (Conscious) is a finalist within the inaugural Anthem Awards, the social affect department of the influential United States-based Webby Awards.
Saga, a 12-part sequence launched between December 2020 and January 2021, is considered one of 40 finalists named within the Human & Civil Rights (Consciousness – Not for Revenue) class of the Anthem Awards. It’s considered one of solely three finalists within the class that target non-US points and occasions.
The podcast, which is hosted by journalist and Cash FM 89.3 presenter Bharati Jagdish, recounts the 2009 takeover of Conscious by Christian conservatives. Some 50 folks have been interviewed for the podcast, together with notable Singaporeans akin to actress Irene Ang and veteran diplomat Tommy Koh. It was written and produced by Jasmine Ng and Kelly Leow over the course of 2019 and 2020.
Conscious says that Saga has racked up some 100,000 performs to this point throughout all platforms. It’s accessible without cost on Conscious’s web site, in addition to on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts.
Conscious president Margaret Thomas mentioned the ladies’s rights group was “over the moon” at being named an Anthem Awards finalist.
“It’s completely extraordinary to suppose {that a} low-budget, fully impartial podcast from Singapore has been positioned within the firm of those worldwide giants of social affect,” she mentioned.
The Anthem Awards, offered by the Worldwide Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, goal to spotlight “social good and philanthropic endeavours, on-line and offline” world wide.
The finalists have been chosen from almost 2,500 entries from 36 nations worldwide, by a judging panel that included actors Daniel Dae Kim and Ashley Judd, in addition to former US secretary of labour Alexis Herman.
Finalists in different Anthem Awards classes embody satirical information sequence The Every day Present With Trevor Noah, an artwork set up impressed by US Vice President Kamala Harris and actress Jessica Alba’s The Sincere Firm.
The winnerswill be introduced on Feb 15.
