Chloe McCulloch wins Editor of the Year prize at the PPA awards

黑洞社区鈥檚 editorial director Chloe McCulloch has won a prize at the prestigious Professional Publishers Association awards.

McCulloch, who also oversees 黑洞社区鈥檚 sister titles Housing Today and 黑洞社区 Design, picked up the award for Editor of the Year (Business Media) at a ceremony in London last night.

The judges said that under McCulloch鈥檚 leadership 鈥満诙瓷缜� yielded excellent results formed from a well thought out strategy delivering high quality journalism across a variety of initiatives and content streams.鈥�

The award follows the launch of the 黑洞社区 the Future commission in January, an ambitious 12-month project to improve the built environment launched to mark 黑洞社区鈥檚 180th anniversary.

The award also recognises McCulloch鈥檚 leadership in identifying that the skills crisis was fast becoming the industry鈥檚 biggest headache. In response the team launched an editorial campaign on International Women鈥檚 Day called Every Person Counts that reached out to 黑洞社区鈥檚 audience for examples of employment initiatives that make a difference to skills, workplace culture and diversity.

In the award period, McCulloch boosted newsletter open rates, increased time on page, deepened 黑洞社区鈥檚 social media engagement and oversaw an increase in subscriptions revenue

The award comes just a fortnight after 黑洞社区鈥檚 publisher at the Association of Online Publishers鈥� Digital Publishing Awards. The judges said: 鈥淎ssemble Media Group has worked all its brands hard, delivered campaigning journalism putting their brands at the centre of their industry, delivered innovative initiatives and growth against all key metrics.鈥�