News Media Association chief executive Owen Meredith said: “The Press Awards and Regional Press Awards are a fantastic showcase of the brilliant work being undertaken by local and national news media titles right across the UK.
“In addition to shining a spotlight on the many powerful campaigns and scoops published by news media titles, the awards demonstrate that our industry is innovating to enable readers to access trusted news and information in different formats across multiple platforms.
“In uncertain times, journalism matters more than ever, and the awards are an important reminder of that fact.”
The Press Awards
YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Shayma Bakht, The Times
Highly commended: Isaan Khan
BUSINESS AND FINANCE JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Stephen Morris / Caroline Binham, Financial Times
Highly commended: Patrick Hosking, The Times
POLITICAL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Pippa Crerar, Mirror
Highly commended: Adam Bychawski, openDemocracy Ltd
FOREIGN REPORTER OF THE YEAR
Bel Trew, The Independent
Highly commended: Neil Munshi, Financial Times
SHOWBIZ REPORTER OF THE YEAR
Katie Hind, The Mail on Sunday
Highly commended: Jonathan Dean, The Sunday Times
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Matt Reynolds, WIRED UK
HEALTH JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Shaun Lintern, The Sunday Times
ENVIRONMENT JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Rhian Lubin, Mirror
TRAVEL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Tom Robbins, Financial Times
THE HUGH MCILVANNEY AWARD FOR SPORTS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Isaan Khan, Daily Mail
Highly commended: David Walsh, The Sunday Times
SPECIALIST JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Fiona Hamilton, The Times
Highly commended: Lucy Bannerman, The Times
INTERVIEWER OF THE YEAR – BROADSHEET
Mick Brown, The Telegraph/Sunday Telegraph
INTERVIEWER OF THE YEAR – TABLOID
Amy Sharpe, Sunday Mirror
Highly commended: Stephen Wright, Daily Mail
COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR – BROADSHEET
Aditya Chakrabortty, The Guardian
Highly commended: Matthew Parris, The Times
COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR – TABLOID
Sarah Vine, Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday
Highly commended: Hadley Freeman, UnHerd
CRITIC OF THE YEAR
Jay Rayner, The Observer
Highly commended: Waldemar Januszczak, The Sunday Times
FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR – BROADSHEET
Wendell Steavenson, The Economist's 1843 Magazine
Highly commended: Megan Agnew, The Sunday Times
FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR – TABLOID
Sian Boyle, Daily Mail
Highly commended: Ian Birrell, Freelance
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Hannah McKay, Reuters
Highly commended: Simon Townsley, The Telegraph/Sunday Telegraph
CARTOONIST OF THE YEAR
Morten Morland, The Times and The Sunday Times
Highly commended: Ben Jennings, The Guardian
INVESTIGATION OF THE YEAR
Partygate, Mirror
Highly commended: DNARs Given to Patients with Mental Illness and Children with Learning Disabilities, The Telegraph/Sunday Telegraph
SCOOP OF THE YEAR
Hancock's Affair With Aide, The Sun
Highly commended: Prince Charles Accepted €1m Cash in Suitcase From Sheikh, The Sunday Times
NEWS REPORTER OF THE YEAR
Jerome Starkey, The Sun
NEWS WEBSITE OF THE YEAR
The Telegraph
Highly commended: The Sun
NEWS PODCAST OF THE YEAR
Call Bethel Podcast, The Telegraph/Sunday Telegraph
Highly commended: Today in Focus, The Guardian
SUPPLEMENT OF THE YEAR
Saturday Magazine, The Guardian
FRONT PAGE OF THE YEAR – BROADSHEET
Shredded faces chart Putin’s strategy better than any map, The Times
FRONT PAGE OF THE YEAR – TABLOID
Hancock's Affair With Aide, The Sun
Highly commended: We've Got Your Back, The Sun
CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
Smart Motorways Death Traps, Daily Mail
Highly commended: Sodium Valproate Scandal, The Sunday Times
Excellence in diversity award
Sunday Mirror
NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR – DAILY
The Guardian
NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR – SUNDAY
The Sunday Times
The Regional Press Awards
YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Ffion Lewis, Media Wales
Highly commended: Jasmine Norden, Yorkshire Live
REPORTER OF THE YEAR (DAILY)
Will Hayward, WalesOnline
Highly commended: Dale Haslam, DC Thomson
REPORTER OF THE YEAR (WEEKLY)
Charles Thomson, Newsquest
SPORTS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Joint winners:
Benjy Nurick, Southern Daily Echo
Samuel Luckhurst, Manchester Evening News
Highly commended: Katie Sands, WalesOnline
SPECIALIST JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Allison Morris, Belfast Telegraph
Highly commended: Liam Thorp, Liverpool Echo
Highly commended: Martyn McLaughlin, The Scotsman / Scotland on Sunday
FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR
Beth Abbit, Manchester Evening News
COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR
Phil Wisdom, Devon and Cornwall Media
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
James Hardisty, Yorkshire Post Newspapers
Highly commended: Keith Heppell, Cambridge Independent, Iliffe Media
Highly commended: Mark Williamson, Stratford-upon-Avon Herald
DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Raymond Esteban, Belfast Telegraph
Highly commended: Ian Bond, Hull Daily Mail
SCOOP OF THE YEAR
Child's death linked to damp council flat, Manchester Evening News
Highly commended: Sacked police officer named after newspaper's High Court challenge, Basingstoke Gazette
Highly commended: Someone else is buried in dad's grave, The Northern Echo
CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
Jane Haynes, Boot rogue landlords out of Birmingham, Birmingham Live and Mail
Highly commended: Help us to help Hospice at Home, Cumberland & Westmorland Herald and Keswick Reminder
REPORTING COMMUNITIES AWARD
#HandsNotHate, BirminghamLive/Birmingham Mail
Highly commended: Brummie Muslims, BirminghamLive/Birmingham Mail
Highly commended: WalesOnline
CATHRYN NICHOLL AWARD
Oliver Pridmore, Nottingham Live
DIGITAL INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
Highland League Weekly, The Press and Journal
SUPPLEMENT OF THE YEAR
Life In Lockdown: One Year On anniversary supplement, Warrington Guardian
Highly commended: Magazine, Altrincham Today
Highly commended: Mediahuis/Belfast Telegraph Weekend magazine
FRONT PAGE OF THE YEAR
The Chronicle
Highly commended: The Herald, Glasgow
NEWS BRAND OF THE YEAR (SMALL)
Kentish Gazette, KM Group
Highly commended: Cambridge Independent, Iliffe Media
Highly commended: The Impartial Reporter, Newsquest Media Group
NEWS BRAND OF THE YEAR (LARGE)
Liverpool Echo
Highly commended: Belfast Telegraph
Highly commended: KentOnline
NEWS WEBSITE OF THE YEAR
Belfast Telegraph
Highly commended: Manchester Evening News
Highly commended: WalesOnline
More details, pictures and judges’ comments are available on the Press Awards website.
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