The Guardian website won five awards at last night's Online Media Awards including website of the year.
Judges praised The Guardian for 'not losing its news sense and judgment just because the distribution of the stories is digital", adding: 'It gets the right balance between serious news and lighter features and sports and it is so easy to navigate. Online, it still looks and feels and walks and talks like a newspaper and the online site is just as attractive as the print edition."
The Chairman's Award went to MailOnline 'to recognise its success in terms of increasing its monthly users and global reach".
Online Editor of the Year went to Carla Buzasi, editor-in-chief of Huffington Post UK, for 'successfully launching into the UK and bringing the bold direct magazine presentation to the news site and making a big splash in a terribly competitive market".
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Online Media Awards founder Gordon Young said: 'I'm delighted to see The Guardian getting the recognition that is deserves as it has been a pioneer for online news for many years and continues to strike the right balance between news, features and sports coverage.
The winners were announced at a ceremony held at the Emirates Stadium in London.
Here is the full list of winners:
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The Grand Prix: The Guardian
Chairman's Award: Mail Online
Best Brand Development: Emap, For Student Nursing Times
Commendation: The Times
Best Campaigning/Investigative Journalism: The Sunday Times
Commendation: The Times
Commendation: Exaro News
Best Commentary/Blogging: Channel 4 News for FactCheck
Commendation: New Statesman
Best Commercial Innovation: Mindful Money
Commendation : The Times
Best Designed site: Red Online
Commendation : The Sunday Times
Commendation Thomson Reuters Foundation for AlertNet – The World's Humanitarian News Site
Best Local/Regional News Site: belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Commendation: lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
Commendation: walesonline.co.uk
Commendation: Bristol24-7
Best National News Site: The Guardian
Commendation : The Times
Commendation: The Sunday Times
Best Site for news-led Journalism: BBC News website
Commendation : New York Times
Commendation: Telegraph
Best Specialist Site for Journalism: The Economist; theartsdesk.com
Commendation: Financial Times
Commendation: Nature News and comment
Commendation: Guardian Datastore
Best Technical Innovation: The Guardian for iPad edition
Commendation: Financial Times for FT web app
Best Twitter feed: The Guardian for Paul Lewis @paullewis
Commendation: Yahoo! for @YahooOmgUK
Commendation : BBC News for @BBCBreaking
Commendation: Nature Publishing Group for @NatureNews
Best Use of Crowd Sourcing or Citizen Journalism: The Times for The Times' Cities Fit for Cycling
Commendation: BBC News website for BBC UGC hub for Syria protests
Best use of Photography: The Sunday Times
Commendation: The Times
Best Use of Social Media: The Guardian
Commendation: Metro
Commendation: South Wales Argus
Best Video Journalism: BBC News
Commendation: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Digital Writer of the Year: Murad Ahmed, The Times
Commendation: Andrew Pugh, Press Gazette
Online Editor of the Year: Carla Buzasi, editor-in-chief, the Huffington Post UK
Commendation: Tom Whitwell, editorial director, Times Digital
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