In what was described as a “vibrant, witty, colourful and energetic read” a special Award went to i, the new launch from the Independent stable.
The Grand Prix, an award given to the very best of best of The 2011 Newspaper Award entries, went to Weekend from The Irish Independent, a publication that since 2000 has won three awards and been on the winner’s podium every other year.
For the second year running The Daily Telegraph took the coveted National Newspaper of the Year award, while Newsprinters (Broxbourne) took the sought-after Newspaper Printer of the Year gaining almost universal praise for its “top, top quality”. Regional Newspaper of the Year went to the Daily Echo, Bournemouth which was praised for its “first class layout and design.”
Gary Cullum, director of Newspaper Awards, says: “This was a vintage year for The Newspaper Awards. We had some truly fantastic winners and it was great to see so many close run battles in many of the categories. It’s been such a tough year for the newspaper industry so it’s great to see so much innovation and excellence being demonstrated by our newspapers, both in print and digital format.”
The 2011 Newspaper Awards Winners
The Fujifilm Grand Prix
Weekend from the Irish Independent
Newspaper Printer of the Year – sponsored by Agfa
Newsprinters, Broxbourne (News of the World, The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph)
International Newspaper of the Year – sponsored by AbitibiBowater
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (Germany)
National Newspaper of the Year – sponsored by manroland
The Daily Telegraph
Regional Newspaper of the Year – sponsored by Goss International
Daily Echo, Bournemouth
Weekend Newspaper of the Year – sponsored by OneVision
The Sunday Times
Environmental Initiative of the Year – sponsored by UPM
Express & Echo, Exeter - Green Team
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Newsprinters Environmental Group
Best use of Colour – sponsored by AdFast
Niche
Garden News (Peterborough Web)
Newspapers
The Sunday Times
Weekly Newspaper of the Year – sponsored by Ferag, WRH Marketing
Cornish Guardian
National Colour Supplement of the year – sponsored by Precision Colour Printing
How to Spend It (Financial Times)
Regional Supplement/Magazine of the Year – sponsored by Precision Colour Printing
Norfolk (Eastern Daily Press)
Coldset Colour Supplement of the Year – sponsored by Sun Chemical
Weekend (Irish Independent)
Niche Market Newspaper of the Year – sponsored by Newsprinters
MCN
Newspaper Design of the Year – sponsored by Press Ahead
The New Sunday Herald
Best Use of New Media – sponsored by Digital Technology International
The Guardian – Datablog
Digital News Service of the Year – sponsored by PCS
guardian.co.uk
Newspaper App of the Year – sponsored by PageSuite
The Sunday Times (iPad)
Digitally Printed Newspaper of the Year – sponsored by Kodak
The Sunday Times - Miller Newsprint, Malta
The Platinum Award
i from The Independent
Personality of Year
Rupert Middleton – Director of Manufacturing, Trinity Mirror
