The Society of Editors Press Awards for national newspapers recognise reporters and correspondents, commentators, columnists and cartoonists, designers, photographers, scoops and campaigns. The awards culminate with the News, Business and Sports Teams of the Year and coveted Newspaper of the Year titles.
The Times and Daily Mail lead the nominations league table with 20, The Sunday Times has 19 and The Daily Telegraph has 17. The Daily Mirror has 13, The Mail on Sunday has 12 and The Guardian has 11. The Independent, The Observer and the Financial Times have 9. The London Evening Standard has 6 and The Sunday Mirror and i have 5. The Daily Record and the Press Association have 4. The Sunday People, The Sun, Getty Images, The Independent on Sunday and Reuters have 2. Telegraph Media Group, The Wall Street Journal EMEA Banking team, Mail Sport and The Sunday Telegraph each have one.
There are 30 categories including the Journalists’ Charity Award and the Cudlipp Award. This year a new award, the Georgina Henry Women in Journalism Prize for Innovation, has been introduced in memory of the deputy editor of The Guardian and will recognise evidence of originality, excellence and impact in a female writer. Winners will be announced at a glittering gala dinner at the Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square in London on Tuesday 10 March 2015.
The Press Awards is a prestigious event in the industry’s calendar with more than 400 editors and journalists coming together to salute the quality and success of national newspaper journalism in print and its corresponding digital platforms.
This year’s awards will be presented by LBC Radio presenter Nick Ferrari. A former co-presenter of The Big Boys' Breakfast on Talk Radio Ferrari moved to LBC in 2000 and after a few years he took over the breakfast show. Since then, has won many awards including Sony Golds and Arqivas. Last year he was awarded the BPG Radio Broadcaster of the Year Award.
The awards are organised on behalf of the industry by the Society of Editors. Proceeds help to fund the Society of Editors’ campaigning for media freedom and the Journalists’ Charity.
Sponsors for the awards include Camelot which has supported the Society of Editors since 2001, Unison, the Gorkana Group, Reuters, EY, HW Fisher, L’Oreal, JTI, Luther Pendragon, Wiggin, Google and the Press Association.
Chairman of the judges Bob Satchwell, executive director of the Society of Editors said: “The awards are judged by panels of newspaper representatives and respected independent figures from the media and beyond. They are always delighted by the range and diversity of the output of national newspapers. Their combined qualities are unparalleled in the world.”
The shortlist:
YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Larisa Brown – Daily Mail
Susannah Butter – London Evening Standard
Peter Campbell – Daily Mail
Henry Foy – Financial Times
Billy Kenber – The Times
Alan Selby – Daily Mirror
BUSINESS AND FINANCE JOURNALIST
Sponsored by EY
Jim Armitage – The Independent
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – The Daily Telegraph
John Gapper – Financial Times
Chris Giles – Financial Times
Simon Goodley – The Guardian
Jeremy Warner – The Daily Telegraph
POLITICAL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
David Clegg – Daily Record
Janan Ganesh – Financial Times
Fraser Nelson – The Daily Telegraph
Peter Oborne – The Daily Telegraph
Matthew Parris – The Times
Tim Shipman – The Sunday Times
FOREIGN REPORTER OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Reuters
Ian Birrell – The Mail on Sunday
Martin Chulov – The Guardian
Patrick Cockburn – The Independent and i
Mark Franchetti – The Sunday Times
Anthony Loyd – The Times
Courtney Weaver – Financial Times
SCIENCE AND HEALTH JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by L’Oreal
Sarah Boseley – The Guardian
Pilita Clark – Financial Times
Steve Connor – The Independent and i
Laura Donnelly – The Daily Telegraph
Andrew Gregory – Daily Mirror
Robin McKie – The Observer
SHOWBIZ REPORTER OF THE YEAR
Baz Bamigboye – Daily Mail
Richard Brooks – The Sunday Times
Simon Cable – Freelance (Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, The Mail on Sunday)
Katie Hind – Sunday Mirror and Sunday People
Halina Watts – Daily Mirror
Dan Wootton – The Sun
SPORTS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Mike Atherton – The Times
Nick Harris – The Mail on Sunday
Ian Herbert – The Independent and i
Nick Hoult – The Daily Telegraph
Matthew Lawton – Daily Mail
Tim Lewis – The Observer
SPECIALIST JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by JTI
Pilita Clark – Financial Times
Chris Giles – Financial Times
Katie Glass – The Sunday Times
Greg Hurst – The Times
Dan Hyde – The Daily Telegraph
Yvonne Roberts – The Observer
INTERVIEWER OF THE YEAR – POP
Rachael Bletchly – Daily Mirror
Adrian Deevoy – The Mail on Sunday
Charlotte Edwardes – London Evening Standard
Frances Hardy – Daily Mail
Rebecca Hardy – Daily Mail
Jenny Johnston – Daily Mail
INTERVIEWER OF THE YEAR – BROADSHEET
Decca Aitkenhead – The Guardian
Bryan Appleyard – The Sunday Times
Lynn Barber – The Sunday Times
Mick Brown – The Daily Telegraph
Bryony Gordon – The Daily Telegraph
Simon Hattenstone – The Guardian
FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR – POP
Guy Adams – Daily Mail
Laura Freeman – Daily Mail
Robert Hardman – Daily Mail
Joshi Herrmann – London Evening Standard
Andrew Malone – Daily Mail
Tom Parry – Daily Mirror
FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR – BROADSHEET
Chris Ayres – The Sunday Times
Elizabeth Day – The Observer
AA Gill – The Sunday Times
Simon Hattenstone – The Guardian
Anthony Loyd – The Times
Patrick Strudwick – The Independent
COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR – POP
Sponsored by HW Fisher
Ian Birrell – Freelance (Daily Mail)
Matthew d’Ancona – London Evening Standard
Dominic Lawson – Daily Mail
Quentin Letts – Daily Mail
Alison Phillips – Daily Mirror
Brian Reade – Daily Mirror
COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR – BROADSHEET
Sponsored by HW Fisher
Michael Deacon – The Daily Telegraph
Howard Jacobson – The Independent
Stewart Lee – The Observer
Fraser Nelson – The Daily Telegraph
Matthew Parris – The Times
Mark Steel – The Independent and i
CRITIC OF THE YEAR
Michael Deacon – The Daily Telegraph
Waldemar Januszczak – The Sunday Times
Jay Rayner – The Observer
Deborah Ross – The Mail on Sunday
David Sexton – London Evening Standard
Christopher Stevens – Daily Mail
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Ben Birchall – Press Association
Rowan Griffiths – Daily Mirror
Owen Humphreys – Press Association
Jeff Mitchell – Getty Images
Richard Pohle – The Times
Stefan Rousseau – Press Association
SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Marc Aspland – The Times
Tom Jenkins – The Guardian
Alex Livesey- Getty Images
Ian MacNicol – Freelance (The Mail on Sunday, The Times)
Kevin Quigley – Daily Mail
Martin Rickett – Press Association
CARTOONIST OF THE YEAR
Peter Brookes – The Times
Dave Brown – The Independent
Matt Pritchett – The Daily Telegraph
Chris Riddell – The Observer
Gerald Scarfe – The Sunday Times
Peter Schrank – The Independent on Sunday
SCOOP OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by the Gorkana Group
‘62p an hour’, Ben Ellery, The Mail on Sunday
‘Boxing legend Frank: I’m now a woman’, Matthew Drake, Sunday Mirror
‘Fifa Files: Plot to buy the World Cup’, Insight, The Sunday Times
‘New boss of investigation into VIP child abuse claims is linked to Leon Brittan’, Martin Beckford, The Mail on Sunday
‘Tory Minister Quits after Sex Photo’, Matthew Drake, Sunday Mirror
‘World Cup chief and family paid millions by Quatari firm’, Newell and Watt, The Daily Telegraph
NEWS REPORTER OF THE YEAR
David Collins – Daily Mirror
Ben Ellery – The Mail on Sunday
Dipesh Gadher – The Sunday Times
Sian Griffiths – The Sunday Times
Insight – The Sunday Times
Andrew Norfolk – The Times
THE DIGITAL AWARD
Sponsored by Google
Daily Mirror
i100 – i
Project Babb – The Daily Telegraph
Telegraph travel app – The Daily Telegraph
The Guardian
The Times
FRONT PAGE OF THE YEAR
‘62p an hour’ – The Mail on Sunday
‘Boxing legend Frank: I’m now a woman’ – Sunday Mirror
‘Here is the news, not the propaganda’ – The Independent on Sunday
‘The great unravelling’– The Independent
‘The Vow’ – Daily Record
‘Times journalist shot in Syria by kidnap gang’ – The Times
SUPPLEMENT OF THE YEAR
Culture – The Sunday Times
Notebook – Sunday Mirror
The Observer Tech Monthly – The Observer
The Times Magazine – The Times
Uncovered – The Observer
Weekend Magazine – The Guardian
BUSINESS TEAM OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Luther Pendragon
Financial Times
Reuters
Telegraph Media Group
The Sunday Times
The Times
The Wall Street Journal EMEA Banking Team
SPORTS TEAM OF THE YEAR
Daily Mirror
Daily Record
Mail Sport
The Daily Telegraph/The Sunday Telegraph
The Guardian
The Times
NEWS TEAM OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Unison
Daily Mail
Reuters
Sunday People
The Mail on Sunday
The Sunday Times
The Times
THE CUDLIPP AWARD
Supported by the British Journalism Review
‘Hear No Devo, See No Devo, Speak No Devo’ – Daily Record
‘Kids in Crisis’ – Daily Mirror
‘My Battle for the Lost Girls of Rotherham’ – The Times
‘Police corruption and child abuse scandal’ – Daily Mail
‘Slaves in Peril’ – The Sunday Times Magazine
‘United Against Isis’ – The Sun
THE GEORGINA HENRY WOMEN IN JOURNALISM PRIZE FOR INNOVATION
Sponsored by Wiggin
Challenge University Guidelines allegedly backing gender segregation on campuses – Iram Ramzan
Everyday Sexism – Laura Bates
Foreign Policy Interrupted – Lauren Bohn
Road to Wigan Pier – Ros Wynne-Jones
NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR
Daily Mail
London Evening Standard
The Guardian
The Mail on Sunday
The Sunday Times
The Times
