Presenting the event, Press Gazette editor in chief Dominic Ponsford said the awards “celebrate publishers that are successfully experimenting with new technology to grow their audience, who have produced astonishing interactive storytelling, wowed new audiences with beautiful video, carved out a sustainable future by winning new subscribers and delighted our eardrums with perfectly produced podcasts”.
The winners:
INNOVATION
Sponsored by Open Origins
Reach – WhatsApp Communities
ONLINE VIDEO
Sponsored by EX.CO
The Times – British Gas breaking into the homes of the vulnerable
Highly commended: Simon Parker – The Times and Sunday Times (Simon Parker’s Moroccan adventure weekend)
DATA JOURNALISM
Sky News and Tortoise Media – Westminster Accounts
NEWSLETTER
Sponsored by Glide Publishing Platform
Financial Times – Inside Politics
AUDIENCE GROWTH
Sponsored by InsurAds Tech SA
Kyiv Independent
Highly commended: The Sun
DIGITAL STORYTELLING
Financial Times – Inside North Korea's oil smuggling: triads, ghost ships and underground banks
PODCAST
Sponsored by Auddy
Financial Times – Hot Money
NEWS MEDIA APP
Sponsored by PugPig
FT Edit
SPECIALIST/B2B JOURNALISM WEBSITE
Sponsored by IMPRESS
Insider's Venture Capital and Startups team
Highly commended: Schools Week
NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS WEBSITE
Sponsored by Quintype Technologies
The Telegraph
Highly commended: FT.com
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