InPublishing: Digital Publishing Awards 2025: winners announced

The Association of Online Publishers (AOP) celebrated its 23rd Awards this week, honouring some of the digital publishing industry’s top talent at the in-person ceremony, held at Old Billingsgate in London.

AOP’s flagship event was hosted by comedian Ivo Graham and recognised the individuals, teams and companies driving the growth and innovation of the digital publishing sector. There were 27 category winners, including Sheri Reefer, audience & digital insights specialist, who received the Bill Murray Award for Outstanding Contribution to Digital Publishing.

AOP says categories were judged by a panel of digital industry experts under the guidance of co-chairs Katie Le Ruez, former director of digital at Guardian News & Media, and Thomas Lake, product & technology director at Infopro Digital.

“With so much transformation in the digital publishing industry, I’m hugely proud that we are able to take a moment to celebrate the hard work and dedication of all those driving the industry forward,” comments Richard Reeves, managing director at AOP. “Congratulations to all the winners and highly-commended entries, who are driving innovation and helping to future-proof the industry.”

Among the other winners on the night was Charlotte Collins of SheerLuxe, who took home the Editor of the Year accolade, Newsquest, who won Best Digital Publishing Innovation for The AI-Assisted Reporter, and Utiq, who were awarded Best Media Technology Partner: Audiences. Meanwhile, Trang Nguyen of Telegraph Media Group won the Rising Star award.

The full list of winners is as follows:

INDIVIDUAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS

EDITOR OF THE YEAR

Winner: Charlotte Collins - SheerLuxe, entered by SheerLuxe

JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

Winner: Pippa Neill, ENDS Report, entered byHaymarket Media Group

RISING STAR

Winner: Trang Nguyen, entered by Telegraph Media Group

Highly commended: Ollie Corfe, entered by Telegraph Media Group

SALES PERSON OF THE YEAR

Winner: Fleur Rollet-Manus, entered by Telegraph Media Group

Highly commended: Jack Scarr, entered by Times Media

THE AOP AWARD FOR INSPIRING LOCAL JOURNALISM, sponsored by Google News Initiative

Winner: Helena Vesty, entered by Manchester Evening News

TEAM EXCELLENCE AWARDS

ADVERTISING OPERATIONS TEAM OF THE YEAR, Sponsored by Index Exchange

Winner: Mail Metro Media

AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT TEAM OF THE YEAR, sponsored by UKOM

Winner: Metro

EDITORIAL TEAM OF THE YEAR: B2B

Winner: ENDS Report, entered by Haymarket Media Group

Highly commended: edie, entered by Faversham House Ltd

EDITORIAL TEAM OF THE YEAR: CONSUMER, sponsored by Teads

Winner: Radio Times, entered by Immediate

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TEAM OF THE YEAR

Winner: What Car? entered by Haymarket Media Group

SALES TEAM OF THE YEAR, sponsored by Utiq

Winner: The Telegraph, entered by Telegraph Media Group

PUBLISHING EXCELLENCE AWARDS

BEST CREATIVE SOLUTIONS LED / CONTENT MARKETING CAMPAIGN, sponsored by Avid Collective

Winner: Helping Great Rail Journeys To Embrace Digital, entered by Telegraph Media Group & Great Rail Journeys

Highly commended: News UK/Movember, The Real Face of Men’s Health, entered by News UK

BEST DIGITAL PUBLISHING INNOVATION

Winner: The AI-Assisted Reporter, entered by Newsquest

BEST DIVERSIFICATION OF COMMERCIAL STRATEGY, sponsored by Google

Winner: WTF Talent, entered by The Race Media

BEST MEDIA TECHNOLOGY PARTNER: AUDIENCES

Winner: Utiq

BEST MEDIA TECHNOLOGY PARTNER: REVENUES

Winner: News UK’s Nucleus Narr(ai)te, Powered By illuma, entered by illuma

BEST PUBLISHER-LED SOCIAL GOOD INITIATIVE OR CAMPAIGN

Winner: Big Issue & Specsavers “Vision for Change” entered by Big Issue

BEST RESEARCH / INSIGHT PROJECT

Winner: Youth: A Newsworks Study, entered by Newsworks

BEST USE OF AUDIO

Winner: Ukraine: The Latest, entered by Telegraph Media Group

Highly commended: The Women’s Running Podcast, entered by Anthem Publishing

BEST USE OF DATA

Winner: The Telegraph: Automating The Fusion Of Survey And Analytics Data To Identify Growth Opportunities, entered by Telegraph Media Group

Highly commended: TechFinitive.com: Data-Driven Publishing: Leveraging Audience Insights to Power ABM Success & Sustainable Journalism, entered by Engage Media Group (TechFinitive.com)

BEST VIDEO STRATEGY

Winner: Radio Times, entered by Immediate

THE AOP EMPLOYER EXCELLENCE AWARD, sponsored by Lewis Silkin

Winner: Empowering Inclusion As A Certified Disability Confident Employer, entered by Haymarket Media Group