The Guardian has been named website of the year at the Press Awards, while Guardian Weekend was given the prize for supplement of the year.
Three of the newspaper’s journalists were also honoured at the ceremony in London on Tuesday night and an Observer writer was highly commended.
The Guardian’s health editor Sarah Boseley was named the science and health journalist of the year for her reporting on the Ebola crisis, the scourge of endometriosis and concerns over the handling of a campaign dealing with the menopause.
The critic of the year was the Guardian’s Marina O’Loughlin, who was recognised for her restaurant reviews of Andrew Edmunds, Sexy Fish and Inver. The Observer’s Jay Rayner was highly commended in the category.
Tom Jenkins was named the winner in the sports photographer of the year category for his images of the former Chelsea manager José Mourinho, which appeared in the Observer, of the tennis player Rafael Nadal, and of Japanese players tackling a South African opponent during the Asian nation’s shock 32-34 win at last year’s Rugby World Cup.
The newspaper’s migration correspondent Patrick Kingsley and its sports desk were highly commended in the foreign reporter and sports team of the year categories, respectively.
The Guardian’s online reporting as the Paris terror attacks unfolded, as well as coverage of the effects of climate change on the Mekong river were among the pieces recognised.
The supplement of the year award went to the Guardian Weekend magazine for its cover pieces on Cate Blanchett, the Rugby World Cup and the meeting of the minds of JK Rowling and Lauren Laverne.
The Press Awards are among the most prestigious prizes in British journalism.
The Mail on Sunday (MoS) was the most successful outlet on Tuesday night, winning seven awards, including the prizes for newspaper, scoop and news team of the year.
The news reporter of the year prize went to MoS journalist David Rose, while MailSport – representing both the Mail on Sunday and the Daily Mail – won the sports team of the year award.
The Daily Mail was also given the Cudlipp award for popular journalism for its charity cold-calling campaign.
Another notable winner on the night was Ian Birrell, who collected two awards: one in the foreign reporter category for his work for the MoS; and the other in the columnist in the popular press category for his writing for various outlets.
Amie Ferris-Rotman won the Georgina Henry women in journalism prize, named after the Guardian journalist who died in 2014.
“[The awards] are the answer to the critics who seek to silence our newspapers,” said Bob Satchwell, the chair of the judges. “This is the best of UK newspaper journalism, which is the best in the world.”
