The Press Awards 2020 organisers said: “Despite this disruption, the press continued to do its job: representing the interests of readers, holding power to account, and telling the story of the human impact of the virus. As fake news online put lives at risk, the press, with its high editorial standards, presented news that could be trusted.”
The winners:
SPECIAL AWARD
Journalism Diversity Fund, NCTJ
JOURNALISTS’ CHARITY SPECIAL AWARD
Mail Force, Daily Mail
YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Supported by the Cecil King Memorial Foundation
Will Brown, The Telegraph
Highly Commended: Sarah Newey, The Telegraph
INTERVIEWER OF THE YEAR – POPULAR
Rebecca Hardy, Daily Mail
Highly Commended: Gabrielle Donnelly, Daily Mail
INTERVIEWER OF THE YEAR – BROADSHEET
Decca Aitkenhead, The Sunday Times Magazine
Highly Commended: Charlotte Edwardes, The Times
LIFESTYLE PODCAST OF THE YEAR
Pod Save The Queen, Daily Mirror
Highly Commended: Tech and Science Daily, Evening Standard
NEWS PODCAST OF THE YEAR
Bed of Lies, The Telegraph
Highly Commended: Stories of our times, The Times and The Sunday Times
SCIENCE JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Springer Nature
Tom Whipple, The Times
Highly Commended: Clive Cookson, Financial Times
SHOWBIZ REPORTER OF THE YEAR
Katie Hind, The Mail on Sunday
Highly Commended: Clemmie Moodie, The Sun
DATA JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Facebook Journalism Project
Joint winners:
James Tozer and Martín González, The Economist
John Burn-Murdoch, Financial Times
Highly Commended: Tom Worville, The Athletic UK
SPECIALIST JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Max Daly, VICE World News
Highly Commended: Tim Harford, Financial Times
BUSINESS AND FINANCE JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Luther Pendragon
Dan McCrum, Financial Times
Highly Commended: John Arlidge, The Sunday Times Magazine
FASHION JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Joint winners:
Jess Cartner-Morley, The Guardian
Lauren Indvik, Financial Times
Highly Commended: Priya Elan, The Guardian
Highly Commended: Matthew Sweet, 1843 Magazine
ENVIRONMENT JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Amazon
Nada Farhoud, Daily Mirror
Highly Commended: Leslie Hook, Financial Times
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Dylan Martinez, Reuters
Highly Commended: Hollie Adams, Bloomberg
SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Bradley Ormesher, The Times
Highly Commended: Carl Recine, Reuters
CARTOONIST OF THE YEAR
Morten Morland, The Sunday Times and The Times
Highly Commended: Matt Pritchett, The Telegraph
TRAVEL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by DialAFlight
Tom Payne, Daily Mail
Highly Commended: Joshua Hunt, 1843 Magazine
Highly Commended: Tom Robbins, Financial Times
FOREIGN REPORTER OF THE YEAR
Anthony Loyd, The Times
Highly Commended: Nicolas Pelham, 1843 Magazine
HEALTH JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sarah Boseley, The Guardian
Highly Commended: Laura Donnelly, The Telegraph
Highly Commended: Simon Akam, 1843 Magazine
THE HUGH MCILVANNEY AWARD FOR SPORTS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sam Wallace, The Telegraph
Highly Commended: Andy Bull, The Guardian
POLITICAL REPORTER OF THE YEAR
Pippa Crerar, Daily Mirror
Highly Commended: George Parker, Financial Times
Highly Commended: Steven Swinford, The Times
POLITICAL COMMENTATOR OF THE YEAR
Marina Hyde, The Guardian
Highly Commended: Tim Shipman, The Sunday Times
Highly Commended: Tom McTague, The Atlantic
FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR – POPULAR
Ian Birrell, The Mail on Sunday / Tortoise
Highly Commended: Oliver Harvey, The Sun
FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR – BROADSHEET
Mick Brown, The Telegraph
Highly Commended: Christina Lamb, The Sunday Times
TECHNOLOGY JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Joint winners:
Alexi Mostrous, Tortoise
Stephanie Kirchgaessner, The Guardian
Highly Commended: Dave Lee, Financial Times
DRIVING DIVERSITY AWARD
FT Early Career and Future Talent Programmes, Financial Times
Highly Commended: The Guardian
REPORTING DIVERSITY AWARD
Sponsored by the Careers Office
Saba Salman, Freelance, The Guardian
Highly Commended: Barnie Choudhury, Eastern Eye
CRITIC OF THE YEAR
Craig Brown, The Mail on Sunday
Highly Commended: Camilla Long, The Sunday Times
COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR – POPULAR
Joint winners:
Jan Moir, Daily Mail
Liz Jones, The Mail on Sunday
Highly Commended: Oliver Holt, The Mail on Sunday
COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR – BROADSHEET
Janice Turner, The Times
Highly Commended: Marina Hyde, The Guardian
NEWS REPORTER OF THE YEAR
Joint winners:
Tom Wells, The Sun
Jeremy Armstrong, Daily Mirror
Highly Commended: Stephen Wright, Daily Mail
DIGITAL INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Facebook Journalism Project
FT coronavirus tracker, Financial Times
Highly Commended: Data and Digital Storytelling Team, The Times and The Sunday Times
Highly Commended: Spectator Data Hub, The Spectator
INNOVATION OF THE YEAR
Times Radio
Highly Commended: Bloomberg Green
Highly Commended: The Guardian’s Daily Edition App
SCOOP OF THE YEAR
Joint winners:
Cummings broke lockdown rules, Daily Mirror
Revealed: Dominic Cummings breaks lockdown, The Guardian
Highly Commended: Megxit, The Sun
SCOOP OF THE YEAR: POPULAR LIFE
£250K Eat Out to Help Out scam, Daily Mail
Highly Commended: £335m Victoria Beckham gets taxpayer to pay staff’s wages, by Katie Hind of The Mail on Sunday
INVESTIGATION OF THE YEAR
Wirecard, Financial Times
Highly Commended: SAS war crimes, The Sunday Times
Highly Commended: Cummings broke lockdown rules, Daily Mirror
Highly Commended: Revealed: Dominic Cummings breaks lockdown, The Guardian
SPORTS NEWS STORY OF THE YEAR
Project Big Picture, by Sam Wallace, The Telegraph
Highly Commended: Sir Bobby Charlton, by Jeremy Wilson, The Telegraph
GROUP AWARDS
BUSINESS & FINANCE TEAM OF THE YEAR
Wirecard reporting, Financial Times
Highly Commended: Bloomberg
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT OF THE YEAR
Joint winners:
The Ripper – A Life of Evil, The Sun
The Lost Year: How coronavirus changed everything, The Guardian
Highly Commended: The Rich List, The Sunday Times
SUPPLEMENT OF THE YEAR
FT Weekend Life & Arts, Financial Times
Highly Commended: Femail, Daily Mail
MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR
The Times Magazine
Highly Commended: YOU, The Mail on Sunday
FRONT PAGE OF THE YEAR
For pity’s sake, just let them hold hands, Daily Mail
Highly Commended: Young, British and Black, The Guardian
CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Newsworks
Food For London Now and Help the Hungry, Evening Standard and The Independent
Highly Commended: Mail Force, Daily Mail
THE CUDLIPP AWARD
Supported by the British Journalism Review
Mail Force: PPE Crisis, Daily Mail
Runner-up: The Excluded: disruptive pupils campaign, Evening Standard
NEWS WEBSITE OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Google News Initiative
theguardian.com
Highly Commended: FT.com
SUNDAY NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Camelot
The Sunday Times
Highly Commended: The Mail on Sunday
DAILY NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Camelot
Daily Mail
Highly Commended: Daily Mirror
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