TAIPEI -- Editor-in-Chief Sherry Lee's desk isn't big enough to hold the 119 awards her publication, The Reporter, has earned in its seven years of existence.

A separate room holds the trophies and certificates the news outlet has garnered -- it won eight SOPA awards in 2022 alone -- for its work on the deep-sea fishing industry, COVID-19, Xinjiang reeducation camps and more. Many of its stories have led to direct policy changes, and prosecutions for illegal activities uncovered by its reporters.