The winners of the Digital Publishing Awards 2025 have been announced. The Association of Online Publishers (AOP) celebrated its 23rd awards, honouring the digital publishing industry’s top talent at the in-person ceremony, held at Old Billingsgate in London.

Winners:

INDIVIDUAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS

Editor of the Year

• Winner: Charlotte Collins - SheerLuxe, entered by SheerLuxe Journalist of the Year
• Winner: Pippa Neill, ENDS Report, entered by Haymarket Media Group Rising Star
• Winner: Trang Nguyen, entered by Telegraph Media Group

Sales Person of the Year

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

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

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

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

Best Use of Data

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

Best Video Strategy

• Winner: Radio Times, entered by Immediate

The AOP Employer Excellence Award

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

GRAND PRIX AWARDS

Best Online Brand: B2B

• Winner: Campaign, entered by Haymarket Media Group

Best Online Brand: Consumer

• Winner: SheerLuxe

Small Digital Publisher of the Year,

• Winner: whynow Media

Best Digital Publishing Company 2025

• Winner: Independent Digital News & Media Ltd

The Bill Murray Award for Outstanding Contribution to Digital Publishing

• Winner: Sheri Reefer, Audience & Digital Insights Specialist

For more information, visit ukaop.org.