The awards were presented at a lunch ceremony held at the Royal Over-Seas League in St James’s.
Chair of the judges, LBC broadcaster Nick Ferrari and BBC journalist Riz Lateef presented the awards. Andrew Marr was the keynote speaker who praised the press for their professionalism during the pandemic and entertained the audience with tales of his journalistic career.
The winners of London Press Club Awards were:
Londoner of the Year: Emma Raducanu and the London Evening Standard
Multi-media journalist of the Year: Andrew Pierce of the Daily Mail
Specialist journalist of the Year: Dan McCrum of the FT
Young journalist of the Year: Abbianca Makoni of the Standard
Daily Newspaper of the Year: The Daily Mail
Sunday Newspaper of the Year: Mail on the Sunday
Scoop of the Year: Daily Mirror and the Guardian for Dominic Cummings scoop
Print journalist of the Year: David Williams of the Standard
Broadcaster of the Year: Lyse Doucet of the BBC
Edgar Wallace Award for fine writing: Allison Pearson
More pictures and judges’ comments can be seen here.
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