Awards

This is a list of the awards that I have won in my professional career. It’s not exhaustive, and unfortunately I can’t find links for all of them. Make of this what you will!

2010

NUJ Regional Journalism Awards – Highly Commended for HelpMeInvestigate.com (Multimedia Publisher of the Year)

Best Investigation at the Talk About Local Unawards

2009

Top 5 in the Observer / Courvoisier The Future 500 2009

2008

Clore Fellow 2008/09

Webby Award Winner for First Light Movies – 2008

Webby Award Honoree for Name in Lights in the NetArt category – 2008

Webby Award Honoree for The Big Picture in the NetArt category – 2008

Joint-winner of inaugural Guardian Innovation Awards (‘MEGA’) for Best Independent Blog for Created in Birmingham.com – 2008

Joint World Record holder for The Big Picture 2008 (along with several thousand others). Built the site.

2007

Finalist for Royal Television Society Innovation Award – User Generated Content 2007 (4tips with Maverick TV)

bTween Festival Quickfire Winner 2007

British Council Digital Pioneer 2007

#20 in the Birmingham Post’s Power 50 – 2007

2006

Alumnus of the Year, Birmingham University 2006-07

2005

3form – Birmingham Small Business of the Year 2005-06 (Birmingham Creative City Awards)

Birmingham Young Professional of the Year 2005-06

Channel 4 Ideas Factory Creative Class Award Winner 2005-6

Champion of Industry, Mustard 2005 (top 1% high growth companies in West Midlands, UK)

O2 / Arena magazine – Shortlisted for Entrepreneur of the Year in Birmingham (2005)

2004

Mustard Award for Best New Start-Up in Birmingham 2004

Birmingham Creative City Award for Outstanding Innovation 2004

2001

Gold Award for Best Non-Profit Organisation Website – World Media Festival Hamburg 2001 for the Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery website

2000

NASTA winner of Best Title Sequence 2000 with Toby Harris as VJ crew “Robots in Disguise”.