This new set of awards has been launched as a subset of the British Journalism Awards to recognise great journalism being carried out on specialist and B2B titles – and by specialist journalists working in the mainstream media.
The winners will be announced at Stationers’ Hall, London, on 17 September 2018.
Press Gazette editor-in-chief and chairman of judges Dominic Ponsford said: “Judging these awards provided a great reminder of the richness and diversity of Britain’s journalism industry when it comes to the business and specialist sectors.
“There was ample evidence of innovation, investigation and revelation by journalists who clearly know and care deeply about their various patches.
“At Press Gazette we know that specialist journalism can be one of the most satisfying areas to work because you are often covering stories that would otherwise not get told.”
Specialist Journalism Awards finalists:
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Luke Barratt – Inside Housing
Nathaniel Barker – Inside Housing
Sophie Barnes – Inside Housing
Richard Waite – Architects’ Journal
Charlie Schouten – Place North West
Jack Simpson – Construction News
EDUCATION
Charlotte Santry – TES
Stephen Exley – TES
Will Hazel – TES
Jack Grove – Times Higher Education
Jess Staufenberg – Schools Week
Donna Ferguson – The Guardian
FOOD AND FARMING
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
The Sunday Times – The Dish
Farmers Guardian – for series on Bovine TB
Marina O’Loughlin – The Sunday Times
Lucy de la Pasture – Crop Production Magazine
HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Gareth Iacobucci – The BMJ
Lawrence Dunhill – HSJ
Carbon Brief
Lilian Anekwe – Chemist and Druggist
Jessica Hamzelou – New Scientist
Peter Blackburn, Chris Patterson and Neil Hallows – BMA News
FINANCE
Sponsored by Oxford Said Business School
Elliot Smith – Citywire – New Model Adviser
Matei Rosca – S&P Global Market Intelligence
Lucy McNulty – Financial News
Justin Cash – Money Marketing
Becky Pritchard – Financial News
BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY
Sponsored by University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability in Leadership
Madeleine Cuff – Business Green
Emma Newlands – Scotsman/Scotland on Sunday
Marine Gerner – Business Sustainability
Business & Innovaton Magazine
LEGAL
Matthew Holehouse – Mlex
Ruth Green – Global Insight
Ian Weinfass – Police Oracle
TRANSPORT
Sponsored by Uber
Carlton Reid – BikeBiz
Mark Frary, Rob Gill and David Churchill – Buying Business Travel
Will Dalrymple – Transport Engineer
Tom Richmond – The Yorkshire Post
Steve Dale and Mike Walter – Transportation Professional
MOTORING
Nick Rufford – The Sunday Times
Guy Bird – freelance
Jeremy Clarkson – The Sunday Times
Maggie Barry – Daily Record
PUBLIC SECTOR AND CHARITIES
Ian Weinfass – Police Oracle
Saba Salman – The Guardian
Bel Clover – HSJ
Lawrence Dunhill – HSJ
Nick Carding – HSJ
Daniel Peters and Mark Conrad – Municipal Journal
TECHNOLOGY
Ben Heather – HSJ
Geoff White – The Dark Web podcast for Audible
Clare McDonald – Computer Weekly
Caroline Donnelly – Computer Weekly
Matt Pulzer, Jonny Williamson and Tim Cumming – The Manufacturer
Danny Fortson – The Sunday Times
INVESTIGATION OF THE YEAR
James Illman – HSJ – for investigation into East of England Ambulance Services Trust
I and Johnston Press team – Knifecrime in Schools investigation
Dan Warburton and Alan Selby – Sunday Mirror – for Inside Amazon
Martin George – TES – Secrecy, conflicts of interest and the democratic deficit in the academy system
Will Hurst – Architects’ Journal – for The Garden Bridge Investigation
Nick Linford, Paul Offord, Billy Camden and John Dickens – FE Week – Learndirect: Catastrophic mismanagement and betrayal of students exposed
PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR
Inside Housing
HSJ
Construction News
The New European
Pulse
Architects’ Journal
There is no shortlist for the Energy and Commodities category and the Specialist Journalist of the Year award – the winners will instead be announced on the night, says Press Gazette.
Judges took the decision to merge the Food and Farming categories.