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MNA honoured at News Awards 2018
Congratulations are in order, as the MNA picked up two accolades at the News Awards 2018.
The ad booking system Pulse scooped a highly commended award for the Best Use of Advertising Technology.
The Express & Star and Shropshire Star websites were given a commended honour in the News Website of the Year category.
The winners were announced in a ceremony in London in April 18.
Ad creation manager Steve Mills said: “It’s an honour for the Newspaper Awards to recognise Pulse as a ‘Highly Commended’ web based application in the ‘Best Use of Advertising Technology’ category.
“Both MNA and PCS have worked closely over a number of years to make Pulse the highly efficient Production tool that it is today.
“As a result of the scheduling and deadline features that now exist, it has enabled the MNA ad creation department to expand to take on external work alongside its’ own publications in a tightly controlled environment to meet the needs of an ever changing world.”
MNA Digital MD Andy Hill said: “We were delighted to be commended for the website of the year- this is a reflection of the great work done by our editorial and development teams.
“Last year saw the re-launch of our flagship websites. The digital team worked in conjunction with Cyber-Duck, which is an award-winning design agency, and the Washington Posts ARC team.
“The digital team were the first development team in Europe to work on the Washington Posts ARC platform and in addition to implementing our refreshed navigation and design approach, also worked with our sister company PCS to integrate our proprietary print CMS to seamlessly feed content online.
“To be commended along sites such large national sites such as the Independent and The Times shows how well the team delivered on the brief.”
