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BSME Awards 2022 – winners announced

Some of the UK's best editors, art directors and columnists were recognised on Tuesday at the British Society of Magazine Editors’ annual awards.

BSME Awards 2022 – winners announced

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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