The Mail on Sunday has been honored for its outstanding journalism, and was named Sunday Newspaper Of The Year at a prestigious awards ceremony.
After a remarkable 12 months, in which we surpassed rivals to become Britain’s largest-selling Sunday paper, the London Press Club judges praised us for our ‘agenda setting exclusives’, fearless commentary and policy-changing campaigns.
The MoS won the coveted award for the fifth consecutive year, nine years in a row.
We learned that Prince Charles’s closest advisor offered to secure a knighthood for a billionaire Saudi donor to Prince’s charity. Also, that Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, had had two children while he was in the Ecuadorian Embassy.
The Mail on Sunday was honored for its outstanding journalism and named Sunday Newspaper of the Year in a prestigious awards ceremony
We also revealed that Victoria Beckham, a multi-millionaire, used taxpayers money to furlough her fashion label staff.
We also broke the news in October everyone longed to hear – that a jab would be rolled out in December
The MoS covered stories with global implications in a year that was dominated by the coronavirus epidemic, including exclusives from Ian Birrell, Foreign Correspondent, and Glen Owen, Political Editor, about evidence that the virus may be leaked from a Chinese laboratory.
Praised for his ‘extensive and very impressive’ reporting, Birrell – who evaded the KGB and paramilitaries to report on anti-government protests in Belarus – was shortlisted for Print Journalist of the Year.
We also revealed how multi-millionaire Victoria Beckham took taxpayers’ cash to furlough staff at her fashion label, and broke the news in October everyone longed to hear – that a jab would be rolled out in December.
The MoS offered unrivalled insider accounts and personal stories.
Our scoops included the story of Prince Charles’s closest advisor offering to help secure a knighthood for a billionaire Saudi who had donated money to Prince Charles’ charity
We also reported that Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, had two children while he was in Ecuadorian Embassy.
The MoS had unrivalled insider reports of battles behind No 10, including how police had seized Ministers’ mobiles in the pursuit for the chatty rat’ leaker.
Our campaign End The Trauma Of Lone Births exposed the fact that women were giving unassisted births in hospitals because of Covid rules.
Completing a double triumph, the judges made our sister paper, the Daily Mail, Daily Newspaper of the Year – but the judges most important to us are you, the readers, who have made the MoS the nation’s favourite.