Winner Case Studies
Independent Digital News & Media Ltd
Category:
Grand Prix
Best Digital Publishing Company 2026
Winner:
Independent Digital News & Media Ltd
whynow Media
Category:
Grand Prix
Small Digital Publisher of the Year
Winner:
whynow Media
Mail Metro Media
Category:
Team Excellence Awards
Advertising Operations Team of the Year, sponsored by Index Exchange
Winner:
Mail Metro Media
Fleur Rollet-Manus
Category:
Individual Excellence Awards
Sales Person of the Year
Winner:
Fleur Rollet-Manus
Empowering Inclusion As A Certified Disability Confident Employer
Category:
Publishing Excellence Awards
The AOP Employer Excellence Award
Winner:
Empowering Inclusion As A Certified Disability Confident Employer
Radio Times
Category:
Publishing Excellence Awards
Best Video Strategy
Winner:
Radio Times
The Telegraph: Automating The Fusion Of Survey And Analytics Data To Identify Growth Opportunities
Category:
Publishing Excellence Awards
Winner:
The Telegraph: Automating The Fusion Of Survey And Analytics Data To Identify Growth Opportunities
Ukraine: The Latest
Category:
Publishing Excellence Awards
Best use of Audio
Winner:
Ukraine: The Latest
Youth: A Newsworks Study
Category:
Publishing Excellence Awards
Best Research / Insight Project
Winner:
Youth: A Newsworks Study
Big Issue & Specsavers “Vision for Change”
Category:
Publishing Excellence Awards
Best Publisher-led Social Good Initiative or Campaign
Winner:
Big Issue & Specsavers “Vision for Change”
News UK’s Nucleus Narr(ai)te, Powered By illuma
Category:
Publishing Excellence Awards
Best Media Tech Partner: Revenues
Winner:
News UK’s Nucleus Narr(ai)te, Powered By illuma
Utiq
Category:
Publishing Excellence Awards
Best Media Tech Partner: Audiences
Winner:
Utiq
The AI-Assisted Reporter
Category:
Publishing Excellence Awards
New for 2026: The AOP Publishing Innovation Award – Revenues
Winner:
The AI-Assisted Reporter
Helping Great Rail Journeys To Embrace Digital
Category:
Publishing Excellence Awards
Best Creative Solutions Led / Content Marketing Campaign
Winner:
Helping Great Rail Journeys To Embrace Digital
The Telegraph
Category:
Team Excellence Awards
Commercial Team of the Year
Winner:
The Telegraph
What Car?
Category:
Team Excellence Awards
Product Development Team of the Year
Winner:
What Car?
Radio Times
Category:
Team Excellence Awards
Editorial Team of the Year: Consumer
Winner:
Radio Times
ENDS Report
Category:
Team Excellence Awards
Editorial Team of the Year: B2B
Winner:
ENDS Report
Metro
Category:
Team Excellence Awards
Audience Development Team of the Year, sponsored by UKOM
Winner:
Metro
Helena Vesty, Manchester Evening News
Category:
Individual Excellence Awards
The AOP Award for Inspiring Local Journalism, sponsored by Google News Initiative
Winner:
Helena Vesty, Manchester Evening News
Pippa Neill, ENDS Report
Category:
Individual Excellence Awards
Journalist of the Year
Winner:
Pippa Neill, ENDS Report
Charlotte Collins, SheerLuxe
Category:
Individual Excellence Awards
Editor of the Year
Winner:
Charlotte Collins, SheerLuxe