Hull Daily Mail Scoops Multimedia Title

The Hull Daily Mail was named Multimedia Publisher of the Year at last week’s Regional Press Awards.

Editor John Meehan dedicated the prize to his team of staff, which has introduced a series of new online features in 2008.

Among the Mail’s multimedia innovations is a user-generated content site entitled Your Mail, a Sports Flash text alert service and an expanded slideshow gallery.

Meehan said of the award: “The future of our business is multimedia publishing. Our people get it and do it all of the time.

“What I’ve seen them do every day is breathtaking. This award is a tribute to every one of our fantastic people.”

Meanwhile, taking the title of Multimedia Journalist of the Year was Adrian Sudbury from the Huddersfield Daily Examiner.

Sudbury uses the Baldy’s Blog to chronicle his experiences since being diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia.

Notes from the judging panel stated: “The subject matter of this blog is compelling and highly emotional.

“The judges were impressed by the quality of the journalism and the professionalism.

“The winner … understands the medium, and its conversational relationship with the readers in an extremely powerful way.”

Sudbury was unable to attend the ceremony in person but recorded a video message available to view on YouTube.

A full list of winners from the Regional Press Awards can be found on the Press Gazette website.