The First Post was commended as Official Honoree in the Viral Marketing category in the 2007 Webby Awards
The First Post received a nomination for a Yellow Pencil Award for Outstanding Achievement in Viral / Animation & Motion Graphics at the D&AD Global Awards 2007
The First Post was nominated for the Consumer Editorial Team of the Year Award 2007 by the Association of Online Publishers and awarded a special mention: "An original approach to web presentation with writing tailored to the web"
...Hugo Rifkind refers to a story he read in The First Post.
...Duncan Campbell references Howard Marks’s First Post piece on Elvis Presley
...voted The First Post number one of their Top 50 Secret Websites; “...superbly designed and written... original, thought-provoking features... impressive roster of writers... striking photo features.”
...ranks The First Post as the number one new online magazine. “An attractively designed, photo-heavy site... which keeps things short and sparky”
...praises The First Post’s coverage of the trial of a former BNP candidate. “This case was... featured on the excellent First Post website”
...quotes a First Post article on David Blaine.
...publishes a First Post article by Holly Kyte on photographer Natalie Chamberlain.
...chooses The First Post as its website for 2006 “Rich in political comment and witty reportage from the domestic front”
...uses The First Post as a prime example of successful website design; “makes a virtue of brevity, providing reporting and features similar in tone and reading level to that found in broadsheet newspapers, yet much shorter.”
...quotes Duncan Fallowell on censorship in the Tate magazine by Gilbert and George.
...mentions Duncan Fallowell's comments on The First Post regarding his interview with Jimmy Carter.
...quotes from a story on the The First Post
...discusses Alexander Cockburn's scathing book review of Sebag Montefiore's book Young Stalin.
...quotes an article by Nirpal Dhaliwal on Zadie Smith's novel On Beauty.
...quotes from The First Post on the topic of local politics.
...on the style and content of The First Post: “Shamelessly modern opinions... written by seasoned controversialists. Very much a magazine for... readers who don’t mind a bit of a challenge.”
...reports on The First Post’s campaign calling for Italy to apologise for enslaving tens of thousands of Britons during the Roman invasion.
...Pandora quotes from The First Post’s The Mole columnist, on the battle between John Reid and Gordon Brown.
...publishes an extended version of a First Post article by Charles Laurence.
...follows up The First Post’s exclusive opinion piece by Col Tim Collins on why we should disband the RAF.
...on the 'milestone' reached as The First Post became the first internet journal to serialise a graphic novel with Cancer Vixen; "an excellent website, styled as a hybrid of The Spectator and Private Eye."
...quotes from an article by Richard Ehrman regarding Home Office blunders.
... The Diary comments on Duncan Fallowell's weekly column, 'High Culture'.
...quotes Peter Kellner's argument on The First Post about voting incentives.
...discusses Col Tim Collins's Royal Air Force piece on The First Post.
...discusses The First Post's publication of early diaries from Alastair Campbell prior to the publication of his book.
...quotes from a First Post article on Bob Geldof.
...mentions The First Post's publication of some of Alastair Campbell's early diaries, in anticipation of his book release.
...refers to a story on The First Post regarding The Spectator.
...quotes from an article by Matt Ford regarding al-Qaeda.
... discusses the launch and concept of The First Post: "it offers up content that would grace the pages of most broadsheets".
Daily Mail blog ... Benedict Brogan recommends The First Post as one of his favourite websites for news, gossip and insight.
Guardian Unlimited... uses First Post coverage to discuss Blair's approach to Iraq.
New York Magazine ... Grub Street uses an article on New York restaurants from The First Post.
Gawker... The New York gossip blog links to an article on The First Post.
Vanity Fair... James Walcott’s blog links to Matthew Carr’s article on John Bolton.
Viral Video Chart 2006... voted The First Post’s as one of the best viral ads of 2006.
Conde Nast’s Portfolio... links to The First Post's coverage of Glastonbury 2007.
Thought Press blog... recommends The First Post in it's 'Be in the Know' feature; "...packed full of everything... there is nothing here that you won't find interesting."
Political Betting... comments on regular First Post column The Mole. "...One of the great additions to the UK online media... has been the news magazine The First Post."
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Kieran Murray
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Tony Platt
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Mike von Joel
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