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British Journalism Awards – winners announced

The British Journalism Awards 2019, organised by Press Gazette, was held at London’s Bankside Hotel on Tuesday, 10 December.

British Journalism Awards – winners announced
FT editor Lionel Barber collects the prize for News Provider of the Year at the British Journalism Awards 2019.

The winners of the British Journalism Awards 2019:

HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCE JOURNALISM

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Deborah Cohen – BBC Newsnight

CRIME AND LEGAL AFFAIRS

Steve Swann, Thomas Mackintosh, Tom Symonds, Danny Shaw, Wesley Stephenson, David Brown – BBC News

INTERVIEWER OF THE YEAR

Decca Aitkenhead – The Sunday Times

TECHNOLOGY JOURNALISM

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Mehul Srivastava – Financial Times

FEATURES JOURNALISM

Simon Hattenstone and Daniel Lavelle – Guardian News & Media

Highly commended: Chris Cook – Tortoise

INNOVATION OF THE YEAR

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ThinkIn – Tortoise

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Tom Bryant – Daily Mirror

BUSINESS, FINANCE AND ECONOMICS JOURNALISM

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Rob Davies – Guardian News & Media

POLITICAL JOURNALISM

Jim Pickard, Robert Shrimsley, Jonathan Ford, Chris Giles, Delphine Strauss and Sebastian Payne – Financial Times

COMMENT JOURNALISM

Marina Hyde – Guardian News & Media

Highly commended: Clare Dwyer Hogg – Financial Times

PHOTOJOURNALISM

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Javier Fergo

SCIENCE JOURNALISM

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Nada Farhoud – Daily Mirror

Highly commended: Tom Warren and Katie J.M. Baker – Buzzfeed

SPORTS JOURNALISM

Jonathan Calvert and George Arbuthnott – Sunday Times Insight

Highly commended: Mark Daly – BBC Panorama

Highly commended: Matt Lawton – The Times / Daily Mail

FOREIGN AFFAIRS JOURNALISM

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Robin Barnwell – ITV Exposure/Hardcash Productions

Highly commended: Anthony Loyd – The Times

LOCAL JOURNALISM

Adam Cantwell-Corn, Matt Woodman, Will Franklin and Alon Aviram – The Bristol Cable

NEW JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

Paul Caruana Galizia – Tortoise

SPECIALIST JOURNALISM

John Dickens – Schools Week

SCOOP OF THE YEAR

Anthony Loyd – The Times

CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

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Helen’s Law – Daily Mirror (Fiona Duffy and Louie Smith)

Highly commended: Join the hospital help force – Daily Mail (Kate Pickles)

INVESTIGATION OF THE YEAR

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Claire Newell, Telegraph Investigation Team – The Telegraph

Highly commended: Robin Barnwell and ITV Exposure/Hardcash Productions

MARIE COLVIN AWARD

Josie Ensor – The Telegraph

JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by Camelot

Robin Barnwell

NEWS PROVIDER OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by ResponseSource

Financial Times

Highly commended: The Guardian