BirminghamLive wins raft of honours at Regional Press Awards
The awards ceremony, held in London on March 12, is the Oscars of the regional media industry and pits hundreds of local and regional news titles against each other.
BirminghamLive came away with two of the eight team awards, and was lavished with praise for its reporting for and about local communities.
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BirminghamLive, and print sister title the Birmingham Mail, won in the communities category for the third time in five years.
Judges praised the focus and care given to local communities, including through our Brummie Muslims and UKSikhs brands.
BirminghamLive was also awarded for the top digital initiative for its Child Poverty Emergency campaign, calling for seismic change to address soaring levels which have left nearly half of the city's children in poverty.
The initiative included coding a special "letter to your MP" tool enabling people to raise the issue and a chatbot supported by AI.
BirminghamLive was also highly commended in the biggest category of the night - large title of the year.
Editor Graeme Brown said it was another proud day for the title, which is consistently one of the largest in the UK for audience.
He said: "We take local communities very seriously at BirminghamLive and the Birmingham Mail and I was thrilled to see this once again recognised at the Regional Press Awards.
"Projects like Brummie Muslims and UKSikhs are a labour of love for people in our newsroom.
"They are about more than just audience but experiencing, commiserating and celebrating with our readership.
"In recent years, we have also been recognised for our focus on the LGBT+ community as well."
BirminghamLive was second only to the Liverpool Echo in the large title category.
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