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Belfast Telegraph website triumphs as top digital news service in UK and Ireland

Friday, 23 April 2010

Philip Walker, managing director of PCS (sponsor of the award), Jerome Crolly and TV and radio personality Hugh Dennis

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The Belfast Telegraph's website has won the top digital news award at the media industry's ‘Oscars', the 2010 Newspaper Awards.

The website, which was nominated in all three online categories, was named Digital News Service of the Year.

Other nominees included the Guardian, Daily Telegraph and Manchester Evening News.

Belfast Telegraph Online Editor Jerome Crolly said the award was recognition for the hard work and dedication of the digital editorial team.

“To be nominated alongside the Guardian and Daily Telegraph is praise indeed; to win the award is a tremendous achievement.”

The site also received a Commendation for Best Use of Citizen Journalism — with the award going the Guardian's G20 — and was nominated for Best Use of New Media, which was won by The Daily Telegraph.

The judges said: "Belfast Telegraph's investment in its full-time online staff and its relaunch has clearly paid off with more than a five-fold increase in monthly page impressions. The site has genuine desire to service the needs and harness the perspective of users."

One judge added: "I love this site – it just gets better and better.”

The Sunday Life was nominated for Weekend Newspaper of the Year, alongside the Mail on Sunday and the Sunday Times.

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Well done BT. I find the online edition to be better than the paper. Definitely deserve the award. Congrats!

Posted by Lisa, Bangor | 10.05.10, 07:18 GMT

Thanks guys. Your site is wonderful, filled with information. easy to manipulate and with a comment area. Keep it up. I visit it first thing every morning.

Posted by chris mooney | 10.05.10, 05:48 GMT

Congratulations. My day is not complete, until I have had a chance to read the Telegraph online.
Good luck and thank you

Posted by Catherinep | 02.05.10, 06:57 GMT

The Telegraph is certainly deserving of this prestigious award. Its great website keeps its readers all over the world abreast of events in G.B. and Ireland - and it also prints comments by large numbers of it readership. Congrads on winning the
media "Oscar".

Posted by Seán Mac Curtáin | 29.04.10, 13:15 GMT