Thairath Online Wins 4 Awards at the 2026 Best Digital News Awards

The Online News Producers Association announced the "Best Digital News Awards 2026," promoting and honoring online media dedicated to producing quality work. Thairath Online won four awards.

Today (13 Nov 2026), the Online News Producers Association (SONP) announced the Best Digital News Awards 2026. This marks the 12th year of the event, aimed at promoting and recognizing online media committed to creating and advancing quality online news. This year, 16 news organizations submitted a total of 160 entries, divided into 8 news categories and 1 special award category.

The full list of winners for the “Best Digital News Awards 2026” is as follows.

1. Best Investigative News & News Feature

Entry: Exposing the Local Exam Cheating Syndicate Embezzling Tens of Billions!

2. Best News Developed from Issues on Social Media

Entry: Caregivers: Who Cares for the Caregivers?

Entry: BNPL: “The Debt Trap Loop” When a 50 Baht Chicken Rice Costs Five Months of Installments?

Entry: The Disappearing Way of the Moken? As the Land Bridge Advances in the Andaman Sea | Inspiring Story

Entry: Exposing Foreign Worker Bribes: Paid in Full, So Why Additional Payments?

5. Best Infographic and Data Visualization

Entry: Bangkok Native: All the City’s Problems, Who Is Responsible?

Entry: Don’t Let Good Intentions Become Burdens! Checklist of Items That Can Be Donated to Make Prosthetic Legs

Entry: Those Behind Care... Don’t Drink and Drive

7. Best Fact Check and Verification

9. Special Category: Young Digital News Providers Award