Press Gazette editor-in-chief and chairman of the judges Dominic Ponsford said: “Our business is important because it is the one which holds all others to account.
“Squeezed as we are by the dark forces of online advertising technology, under attack by litigious oligarchs and in more danger than ever when reporting on conflicts overseas – tonight is a night to forget all that and celebrate a job well done.”
The winners of the British Journalism Awards 2023:
SOCIAL AFFAIRS, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION JOURNALISM
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, Vanessa Bowles, Bettina Waked, Jasmine Bonshor, Liza Hodgson, Maria Caramelo, Mohamed Salah, Tim Awford, Rosie Garthwaite and Mustafa Khalili – BBC News
Highly commended: Maya Wolfe-Robinson, Joseph Harker, Jonathan Shainin, David Olusoga, Gary Younge, Lanre Bakare, Aamna Mohdin, Courtney Yusuf and others – The Guardian
FEATURES JOURNALISM
Mick Brown – The Telegraph
Highly commended: Ian Birrell – Daily Mail/Mail on Sunday
Highly commended: Simon Hattenstone – The Guardian
LOCAL JOURNALISM
Chris Burn – The Yorkshire Post
Highly commended: Sam McBride – Belfast Telegraph
Highly commended: Liam Thorp – Liverpool Echo
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES JOURNALISM
Mark Hedgecoe, James Rogan, Simon Gilchrist, Lesley Shields, Xinlan Rose and John Moffat – ITV Exposure
CRIME & LEGAL JOURNALISM
Emily Dugan – The Guardian
COMMENT JOURNALISM
Matthew Holehouse – The Economist
Highly commended: William Hague – The Times
SPECIALIST JOURNALISM
Peter Blackburn and Ben Ireland – The Doctor magazine/British Medical Association
Highly commended: Samantha Booth – Schools Week
FOREIGN AFFAIRS JOURNALISM
Handa Majed, Ben Ferguson, Nechirvan Mando, Jamie Welham and David Modell – ITV Exposure
TECHNOLOGY JOURNALISM, SPONSORED BY AMAZON
Siân Boyle – The Sunday Times/Daily Mail
BUILT ENVIRONMENT JOURNALISM
Jessica Hill – Schools Week
PERSONAL FINANCE JOURNALISM
Andrew Picken – BBC Scotland News Online
Highly commended: Katie Morley – The Telegraph
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT JOURNALISM
Sponsored by RenewableUK
Jess Kelly, Owen Pinnell, Carole Bertinet, Mohamed Boteen, Nour Altounji, Inam Talib, Azhar Al-Rubaie, Rosie Garthwaite, Mustafa Khalili and Tim Awford – BBC News
Highly commended: Elisângela Mendonça, Andrew Wasley, Misbah Khan, Grace Murray and Josephine Moulds – The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Highly commended: Rachel Salvidge and Leana Hosea – The Guardian/Watershed Investigations
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT JOURNALISM
Rachael Healy – The Guardian
Highly commended: Ashleigh Rainbird – Daily Mirror
NEW JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Antonia Cundy – Financial Times
MARIE COLVIN AWARD
Bel Trew – The Independent
SPORTS JOURNALISM
William Ralston – The Guardian
Highly commended: David Walsh – The Sunday Times
CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
Clean It Up – The Times
Highly commended: The Bruno and Dom project – The Guardian
PHOTOJOURNALISM
Christopher Occhicone – 1843 Magazine, The Economist
Highly commended: Victoria Jones – Press Association
INTERVIEWER OF THE YEAR
Tom Bradby – ITV1
POLITICS JOURNALISM
John Ferguson – Sunday Mail
Highly commended: Steven Swinford – The Times
BUSINESS, FINANCE AND ECONOMICS JOURNALISM
Sponsored by Starling Bank
Anna Isaac – The Guardian
Highly commended: Gordon Rayner – Telegraph Media Group
TRAVEL JOURNALISM
Sophie Pinkham – 1843 Magazine, The Economist
ONLINE VIDEO JOURNALISM
Sponsored by YouTube
Jean MacKenzie – BBC News
INVESTIGATION OF THE YEAR
Dan Neidle – Tax Policy Associates
Highly commended: Ellie Flynn and Alice McShane – Channel 4/Kalel Productions
Highly commended: Handa Majid, Ben Ferguson, Nechirvan Mando, Jamie Welham and David Modell – ITV Exposure
SCOOP OF THE YEAR
Exposed: How British Gas Debt Agents Break into Homes of Vulnerable – The Times
INNOVATION OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Google News Initiative
Dan Russell, Jenna Thompson and Rachel Gorman – Reach
Highly commended: Sam Coates, Joe White, Katie Riley, Tom Larkin, Tom Rayner, Edward Clowes and David Mapstone – Sky News/Tortoise Media
NEWS PROVIDER OF THE YEAR
The Guardian
PUBLIC SERVICE JOURNALISM
Ian Birrell – Daily Mail/Mail on Sunday/the i
JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Gabriel Pogrund – The Sunday Times
WOMEN IN JOURNALISM GEORGINA HENRY AWARD
Sponsored by Wiggin
Rhiannon Davies – The Scottish Beacon
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