Triumph for the Mail... OFFICIALLY the Daily Newspaper of the Year

At Oscars of journalism, it’s a vintage year as we bag the big prize plus FIVE of the most prestigious awards

AT A time of national crisis, you know there’s only one paper you can trust to keep you informed and entertained – the Daily Mail. And now it’s official.

At the annual Press Awards, regarded as the Oscars of British journalism, the Mail has triumphed by taking the industry’s most prestigious award – Daily Newspaper of the Year.

It’s the EIGHTH time the Mail has won the coveted title – more than any other paper.

But that’s not all. The Mail – which secured a staggering 22 nominations – also swept the board with a host of other major awards: Interviewer, columnist, both news and sports reporter, and sports news story of the year… plus runner-up spot in the prestigious Cudlipp Award and a string of highly commended results across features, news and sport.

And in a spectacular double success, our sister title The Mail on

Sunday scooped the other big prize – Sunday Newspaper of the Year.

The judges praised the Daily Mail’s ‘sensational year... with unforgettable scoops, campaigns and front-page splashes’.

Describing it as a paper that ‘understands its readers’ and is ‘at the top of its game’, the judges lauded ‘the fantastic set of campaigns and exclusives’.

They said its columnists ‘have a front row seat to the conversations and insights everyone wants to be privy to’, and praised ‘Weekend, a revamped Femail section, and award-winning sports coverage’ which was ‘all backed by this year’s staggering, record-breaking circulation figures’.

In features, two of the Mail’s finest writers – Jan Moir and Sarah Vine – again dominated the soughtafter Interviewer and Columnist of the Year (Popular) categories.

Awarding Sarah Vine the Columnist of the Year title for the second year in a row, the judges said she had an ‘inside view that nobody could rival’ and praised her for her ‘politically meaty columns, as well as the deeply personal’. Jan Moir also repeated last year’s triumph to win Interviewer of the Year. The ‘incomparable and entertaining writer’ is ‘the best in the business and absolutely should win again’.

In News, the Mail shared top spot in the prestigious News Reporter of the Year category. The judges heaped praise on Tom Kelly’s groundbreaking exclusives and ‘daring undercover investigations’ and described the work that went into exposing fake taxmen as a ‘brilliant piece of journalism’.

In Sport, the Mail’s world-beating exclusive about the Saracens salary cap scandal secured two awards for Sportsmail. The judges – who were ‘completely unanimous ’ – named it Sports News Story of the Year, for ‘an outstanding investigation that resonated throughout the year and beyond’.

The same investigation saw reporter Laura Lambert take the Sports Journalist of the Year award for a ‘truly agenda-setting scoop’.

The Mail on Sunday – which was also highly commended in the Reporting Diversity category – was praised for ‘leading the way’ with ‘agenda-setting’ scoops.

Daily Mail Editor Geordie Greig said: ‘I am extremely proud of the hugely talented team of editors and reporters – across both the Mail and Mail on Sunday – who have made this possible.

‘This spectacular double success is further testament to our ongoing commitment to quality journalism which – even in these difficult times – will, I believe, secure a bright future for our titles.’

With 20 circulation records, the best scoops and investigations, unmissable columnists, brilliant features, and award-winning sport, is it any wonder the Daily Mail has been recognised as Daily Newspaper of the Year for 2019?

As for 2020, even in these difficult times, you can trust us to maintain the winning formula for you, our loyal army of readers.

‘At the top of its game’