BSME Awards 2024: winners announced

The awards were held by the British Society of Magazine Editors (BSME) in the Ballroom at Rosewood London, with entertainment including resident illustrator Jacqueline Bissett and the London Essentials.

The BSME says the annual awards ceremony is the highlight of its calendar, designed to celebrate editorial excellence and innovation across digital and print publications in the UK.

The event was hosted by Ted Lasso actor Kola Bokinni and Gideon Spanier, BSME chair 2024 and editor-in-chief at Campaign.

Gideon said: "Well done to all the winners of the BSME Awards 2024 and thank you to everyone who entered. The BSME champions trusted journalism, editorial innovation and greater diversity, equity and inclusion and it was fantastic to see those themes reflected in the winning work. We are stronger as an industry when we collaborate and it was a brilliant evening at the sold-out awards ceremony at Rosewood London. Thank you to all of our sponsors who supported the BSME Awards.

"There is still work to do to make magazine media more accessible to everyone and we were delighted that our raffle was in aid of Creative Access, which helps people from historically under-represented groups get into the creative industries."

Winners included editor-in-chief of Computer Weekly, Bryan Glick, who was named Editors' Editor of the Year, while the Mark Boxer lifetime achievement award went to Gaby Huddart, former editor-in-chief of Good Housekeeping.

Editors' Editor of the Year went to Bryan Glick, editor-in-chief at Computer Weekly. The award was presented to Bryan by Jo Hamilton, a former subpostmaster who was a victim of the Post Office scandal when she was wrongly accused and convicted of false accounting.

"From their first story in 2009 to where we are today, 500 articles later, Computer Weekly has doggedly reported this dreadful story," said Jo. "So can I ask Bryan Glick to come and receive this award and thank him for his great editorial work, for giving us credibility and helping us speak truth to power."

The Mark Boxer Award - otherwise known as the BSME's lifetime achievement award - was awarded to Gaby Huddart, former editor-in-chief of Good Housekeeping.

Voted for by members of the BSME committee, the BSME says the Mark Boxer Award is a special recognition of someone who has shown an outstanding commitment to magazine journalism throughout their whole career. Gaby was presented with the award by award-winning broadcaster Anita Rani, who appeared on the cover of Good Housekeeping earlier this year, shortly before Gaby stepped down as editor-in-chief.

"Our winner is someone who believes in the importance of trusted journalism, to help, to inspire and to entertain," said Anita. "Throughout her career for more than 30 years, she has shown she believes in championing the interests of her readers and the power of the written word."

BSME and Creative Access

Creative Access are one of the UK’s leading inclusivity organisations in the creative industries. They are impact driven and have a mission to build a creative economy which reflects the society it serves. They're driven by their pillars ACCESS + THRIVE = IMPACT, added BSME.

Founded in 2012, BSME says Creative Access create practical DE&I programmes that open up career access, help people from historically under-represented groups thrive and create real impact.

They work with hundreds of partners across film, TV, the arts, theatre, museums, advertising, publishing and beyond and support thousands of individuals each year, from groups historically under-represented in the sector in terms of ethnicity, disability and lower socio-economic status, to access new careers and thrive in their existing ones.

BSME Awards 2024 Winners

EDITOR OF THE YEAR - BRANDED CONTENT:

Sam Dean, The Edit (for Superdrug)

EDITOR OF THE YEAR - CULTURE:

Mike Williams, Sight & Sound

EDITOR OF THE YEAR - CURRENT AFFAIRS & POLITICS:

Paul McNamee, The Big Issue

EDITOR OF THE YEAR - B2B:

Bryan Glick, Computer Weekly

EDITOR OF THE YEAR - TV, ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITY:

Steven Corbett, TV Mag

EDITOR OF THE YEAR - FOOD & DRINK:

Keith Kendrick, Good Food

EDITOR OF THE YEAR - HOMES, GARDENS & COUNTRY:

Stephanie Mahon, Gardens Illustrated

EDITOR OF THE YEAR - INDEPENDENT:

Rob Orchard, Marcus Webb, Delayed Gratification

EDITOR OF THE YEAR - MEN’S & WOMEN’S:

Alix Walker, Stylist

EDITOR OF THE YEAR - MOTORING:

David Simister, Classic Car Weekly

EDITOR OF THE YEAR - NEWSPAPER MAGAZINE:

Sinead McIntyre, Fabulous

EDITOR OF THE YEAR - SPECIALIST:

Greg Williams, WIRED

EDITOR OF THE YEAR - SPORT, HEALTH & FITNESS:

Sophie-Marie Odum, Motability Lifestyle Magazine

EDITOR OF THE YEAR - TRAVEL:

Rory Boland, Which? Travel

EDITOR OF THE YEAR - YOUTH:

Katherine Andreou, Pokémon Magazine

NEW EDITOR AWARD:

Olivia Midgley, Farmers Guardian

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF/EDITORIAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR:

Lisa Smosarski, Stylist, Stylist Extra, Stylist.co.uk

ART DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR - B2B:

David Robinson, ENDS Report

ART DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR - CONSUMER:

Oliver Hazelwood, WIRED

ART DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR - BRANDED CONTENT:

Pete Allison, Vera

ART DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR - DIGITAL:

David Robinson, ENDS Report

ART DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR - NEWSPAPER SUPPLEMENTS:

Shannon Gibson, FT Magazine

ART DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR - INDEPENDENT:

Matt Curtis, PORT Magazine

COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR - B2B:

Mark Ritson, Marketing Week

COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR - CONSUMER:

Caitlin Moran, The Times Magazine

COVER OF THE YEAR - B2B:

Maria Rodriguez AJ, (Architects’ Journal) "AI Issue"

COVER OF THE YEAR - INDEPENDENT:

Matt Curtis, PORT Magazine "Taika Waititi Cover"

COVER OF THE YEAR - CONSUMER:

Shannon Gibson, FT Magazine "Fake"

OUTSTANDING PIECE OF DIGITAL ART & DESIGN (NEW):

James Inglis, Time Out

LAUNCH OF THE YEAR:

Hattie Brett, Carolyn Roberts, Jane McFarland, Grazia Casa

THE DEI LEADERSHIP AWARD:

Wonderly editorial and events teams, People Management, Work. and events (for the CIPD)

BSME Awards 2024 Highly Commended

EDITOR OF THE YEAR - BRANDED CONTENT

Jenny Roper, Work. (for the CIPD)

LAUNCH OF THE YEAR

Sophia Epstein, Digital Frontier

ART DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR - CONSUMER:

Mark Hickling, Britannica's What on Earth! Magazine

COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR - CONSUMER:

Rowan Hooper, New Scientist

OUTSTANDING PIECE OF DIGITAL ART & DESIGN (NEW):

Paul Frost, ENDS Europe