‘s interactive data journalism has been recognised at this year’s prestigious British Journalism Awards.
The Deep Dive series, which launched this summer, is an immersive form of storytelling designed to revolutionise how we showcase our brand’s world-beating journalism.
It was praised at Press Gazette’s British Journalism Awards for its ‘clever way of conveying complex information without overwhelming the audience’.
Judges said it was a ‘genuinely innovative new story format’, as they named it ‘Innovation of the Year’.
Deep Dives already published include an analysis of precisely how the Grenfell Tower tragedy happened, Donald Trump ‘s stunning victory in the US presidential election and Britain’s small boats crisis.
The hugely popular series, still in its infancy, has also explained in detail how China could invade Taiwan and spark World War Three.
The team of Harry Lewis-Irlam, Stephen Matthews, Darren Boyle, Rhodri Morgan, Annie Scales, Oliver Price and Chris Clemo were presented with the award last night.
The gala dinner celebrating the best of British journalism was hosted by BBC and Channel 5 presenter Jeremy Vine at the London Hilton Bankside last night.
It comes after Mail Newspapers’ outstanding journalism was also recognised in October at this year’s prestigious London Press Club awards.
reporter Eirian Prosser won the award for Young Journalist of the Year at that event with judges applauding her ‘fearless attitude and dogged determination’ to find agenda-setting stories.
and The Daily Mail were also shortlisted for five other awards at a ceremony held in Stationer’s Hall in London.
was also nominated for Scoop of Year while ‘s Global Associate News Editor Jacob Dirnhuber was nominated for Journalist of the Year, alongside the Daily Mail’s Richard Pendlebury.
The Daily Mail was also shortlisted for the Cudlipp Award, which recognises campaigning and investigative journalism.