The BSME awards were held at the Pan Pacific in London.
The annual awards ceremony is the highlight of the BSME’s calendar, designed to celebrate editorial excellence and innovation across digital and print publications in the UK.
Winners included Good Housekeeping’s editor-in-chief, Gaby Huddart, who was named Editors’ Editor of the Year in the magazine’s centenary year, while the Mark Boxer lifetime achievement award went to the late Marcus Fairs, founder and editor-in-chief of Dezeen, the design and architecture publication, who sadly passed away earlier this year.
The winners:
EDITOR OF THE YEAR – BRANDED CONTENT
Jessie Lear, Ocadolife
EDITOR OF THE YEAR – CULTURE
Sponsored by TikTok
Mike Williams, Sight & Sound
EDITOR OF THE YEAR – CURRENT AFFAIRS & POLITICS
Paul McNamee, The Big Issue
EDITOR OF THE YEAR – B2B EDITOR OF THE YEAR – TV, ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITY
Kate Magee, Management Today
EDITOR OF THE YEAR – TV, ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITY
Emmy Griffiths, HELLO! Online
EDITOR OF THE YEAR – FOOD & DRINK
Sponsored by Asahi
Karen Barnes, delicious. Magazine
EDITOR OF THE YEAR – HOMES, GARDENS & COUNTRY
Ceri Thomas, Which? Gardening
EDITOR OF THE YEAR – INDEPENDENT
Sponsored by magCulture
Marcus Webb & Rob Orchard, Delayed Gratification
EDITOR OF THE YEAR – MEN’S & WOMEN’S
Hattie Brett, Grazia, Grazia Daily
EDITOR OF THE YEAR – MOTORING
Jack Rix, Top Gear
EDITOR OF THE YEAR – NEWSPAPER MAGAZINE
Sinead McIntyre, Fabulous Magazine
EDITOR OF THE YEAR – SPECIALIST
Louise Robinson, Saga Magazine
EDITOR OF THE YEAR – SPORT, HEALTH & FITNESS
Alex Mead, Rugby Journal
EDITOR OF THE YEAR – TRAVEL
Pat Riddell, National Geographic Traveller (UK)
EDITOR OF THE YEAR – YOUTH
Freya Hardy, AQUILA Children's Magazine
ART DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR – B2B
Chris Barker, Campaign
ART DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR – CONSUMER
James Hunter, Senet
ART DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR – BRANDED CONTENT
Naomi Lowe, Waitrose & Partners Drinks
COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR – B2B
Ingrid Fuchs, Nursing Times
COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR – CONSUMER
Andrew Marr, New Statesman
LAUNCH OF THE YEAR
Dan Crowe, Inque Magazine
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF/EDITORIAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Gideon Spanier, Campaign
COVER OF THE YEAR – CONSUMER
Dan Biddulph, The Sunday Times Magazine
COVER OF THE YEAR – B2B
Tim Scott, Management Today
EDITORS’ EDITOR
Gaby Huddart, Good Housekeeping
MARK BOXER AWARD
Marcus Fairs
Highly Commended:
Editor of the Year – Culture: Benjamin Secher, Review
Editor of the Year – Independent: Juliet Rix, The Tonic Magazine
Editor of the Year – Newspaper Magazine: Nicola Jeal, The Times Magazine
Editor of the Year – Travel: Rory Boland, Which? Travel
Launch of the Year: Merope Mills, Guardian Saturday Magazine
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