asked what his biggest success was in terms of change, to which he replied "We were on… Stop Funding Hate's list. That kind of troubled me greatly. You know, 'Stop Funding Hate' – I mean the mere words don’t resonate well with anybody. And they published a report actually not long into my tenure that kind of said look, they noted the Express had changed – and that was really important to me…" Since his appointment, Jones has placed an emphasis on campaigning journalism and investigative news stories, "regained that campaigning investigative zeal that has always been attached to the name". In December 2020, The Express won the British Journalism Award for Campaign Journalism after the 18-month-long Time To End Cystic Fibrosis Drug Scandal campaign successfully fought for a life-saving deal between US pharmaceuticals firm Vertex and the NHS. The paper also ran a two year domestic abuse campaign which resulted in a change in law in April 2021; with an overhaul of the family courts system , putting extra safeguards in place to protect abuse victims. In February 2021, the Express launched a seven-month-long Green Britain Campaign, encouraging people to live more sustainably and put pressure on the government to help support sustainable businesses. The title launched a change.org petition asking people to urge the government to create a Zero 4 Zero policy to boost the tax system by scrapping VAT on low or zero carbon products. Personal life Gary Jones' son, Monty Jones, was a chorister at Westminster Abbey Choir School before being accepted to Eton College and The University of Oxford. Jones is a trustee of the St Giles Trust, a charity that helps the disadvantaged and vulnerable. References Living people Daily Express people Daily Mirror people News of the World people The Sunday People people Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of the University of Central Lancashire