The Society of Editors’ Press Awards for 2020 recognise reporters and correspondents, commentators, columnists, cartoonists, designers, podcasts, photographers, scoops, investigations and campaigns.
There are 49 categories including the Journalists’ Charity Award, the Cudlipp Award for excellence in popular journalism and the Georgina Henry Award for Innovation, in memory of the former deputy editor of The Guardian and founding member of Women in Journalism. A shortlist for the Georgina Henry Award will be announced at a later date.
The Society will be spotlighting the work of its nominees along with judges’ comments in the weeks up until the awards ceremony via the SoE News Bulletin.
Winners will be revealed at a celebratory virtual awards ceremony on Wednesday 31 March, details of which will be announced shortly.
Sponsors for the awards include Camelot which has supported the Society since 2001, headline sponsor Facebook Journalism Project, Google News Initiative, Amazon, Cision, The Careers Office, Newsworks, DialAFlight, Springer Nature, Luther Pendragon, BT, Wiggin, the Cecil King Memorial Foundation, the British Journalism Review, and the Journalists’ Charity.
Chair of the Judges and Executive Director of the Society of Editors, Ian Murray, said: “We will surely always look back at 2020 in awe, not just for the fact it produced the greatest news story probably of our lifetimes, but the way in which the Press rose to the challenge in reporting it.
“Entries submitted for the 2020 Society of Editors' Press Awards underscore the depth of talent and sheer professionalism that underpins the UK national press. This shortlist of those in the running for the awards proves once again that UK journalism is at the top of its game.”
The Society organises the awards on behalf of the industry, with proceeds helping to fund the SoE’s campaigns for media freedom and the work of the Journalists’ Charity.
The shortlists:
Individual Awards
YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Supported by the Cecil King Memorial Foundation
Abbianca Makoni, Evening Standard
Alexandra Heal, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Ethan Ennals, The Mail on Sunday
Katie Whyatt, The Athletic UK
Megan Agnew, The Sunday Times Magazine
Rachel Lloyd, The Economist
Sarah Newey, The Telegraph
Will Brown, The Telegraph
INTERVIEWER OF THE YEAR – POPULAR
Caroline Iggulden, The Sun
Clemmie Moodie, The Sun
Gabrielle Donnelly, Daily Mail
Jan Moir, Daily Mail
Jason Beattie, Daily Mirror
Rebecca Hardy, Daily Mail
INTERVIEWER OF THE YEAR – BROADSHEET
Alexandra Pollard, The Independent
Andrew Billen, The Times
Celia Walden, Telegraph Magazine
Charlotte Edwardes, The Times
Decca Aitkenhead, The Sunday Times Magazine
Guy Kelly, The Telegraph
Hadley Freeman, The Guardian
Simon Hattenstone, The Guardian
LIFESTYLE PODCAST OF THE YEAR
Giles Coren has no idea, The Times and The Sunday Times
Liz Jones’s Diary – The Podcast, Daily Mail
Pod Save The Queen, Daily Mirror
Seasoned Sessions, BuzzFeed UK
Tech and Science Daily, Evening Standard
NEWS PODCAST OF THE YEAR
Bed of Lies by Cara McGoogan, The Daily Telegraph
Coffee House Shots, The Spectator
Coronavirus: The Latest, The Telegraph
Stories of our times, The Times and The Sunday Times
Today in focus, The Guardian
True Crime Podcast, Daily Mail
SCIENCE JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Springer Nature
Clive Cookson, Financial Times
Ian Sample, The Guardian
Robin McKie, The Observer
Stephanie Baker, Bloomberg
Tom Chivers, UnHerd
Tom Whipple, The Times
SHOWBIZ REPORTER OF THE YEAR
Clemmie Moodie, The Sun
Ellie Woodward, BuzzFeed UK
Grant Tucker, The Sunday Times
Katie Hind, The Mail on Sunday
Nicola Methven, Daily Mirror
Simon Boyle, The Sun
DATA JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Facebook Journalism Project
Ian Jones, PA Media
James Tozer and Martín González, The Economist
John Burn-Murdoch, Financial Times
Sondre Ulvund Solstad, The Economist
Tom Calver, The Sunday Times
Tom Worville, The Athletic UK
SPECIALIST JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Dan Wootton, The Sun
Larisa Brown, Daily Mail
Max Daly, VICE
Robert Booth, The Guardian
Tim Bullamore, The Times
Tim Harford, Financial Times
BUSINESS AND FINANCE JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Luther Pendragon
Andrew Penman, Daily Mirror
Dan McCrum, Financial Times
John Arlidge, The Sunday Times Magazine
Katie Morley, The Telegraph
Rob Davies, The Guardian
Tom Witherow, Daily Mail
FASHION JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Jess Cartner-Morley, The Guardian
Lauren Indvik, Financial Times
Matthew Sweet, 1843 Magazine
Priya Elan, The Guardian
Shane Watson, Daily Mail
ENVIRONMENT JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Amazon
Akshat Rathi, Bloomberg
Colin Fernandez, Daily Mail
Fiona Harvey, The Guardian
Leslie Hook, Financial Times
Nada Farhoud, Daily Mirror
Robin McKie, The Observer
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Ben Birchall, PA Media
Dylan Martinez, Reuters
Hannah McKay, Reuters
Henry Nicholls, Thomson Reuters
Hollie Adams, Bloomberg
Philip Coburn, Daily Mirror
SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Andy Hooper, Daily Mail
Bradley Ormesher, The Times
Carl Recine, Reuters
Marc Aspland, The Times
Richard Pelham, The Sun
Tim Goode, PA Media
CARTOONIST OF THE YEAR
Ben Jennings, i
Chris Riddell, The Observer
Jonathan Pugh, Daily Mail
Matt Pritchett, The Telegraph
Morten Morland, The Sunday Times and The Times
Nick Newman, The Sunday Times
TRAVEL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by DialAFlight
Duncan Craig, The Sunday Times
Joshua Hunt, 1843 Magazine
Mark Palmer, Daily Mail
Nick Trend, The Telegraph
Tom Payne, Daily Mail
Tom Robbins, Financial Times
FOREIGN REPORTER OF THE YEAR
Anthony Loyd, The Times
Bel Trew, The Independent
Louise Callaghan, The Sunday Times
Megha Rajagopalan, BuzzFeed UK
Miles Johnson, Financial Times
Nicolas Pelham, 1843 Magazine
HEALTH JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Andrew Gregory, The Sunday Times
Jo MacFarlane, The Mail on Sunday
Laura Donnelly, The Telegraph
Sarah Boseley, The Guardian
Sarah Neville, Financial Times
Simon Akam, 1843 Magazine
THE HUGH MCILVANNEY AWARD FOR SPORTS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Andy Bull, The Guardian
Jeremy Wilson, The Telegraph
Matt Dickinson, The Times
Mike Atherton, The Times
Rob Draper, The Mail on Sunday
Sam Wallace, The Telegraph
POLITICAL REPORTER OF THE YEAR
Anna Mikhailova, The Mail on Sunday
George Parker, Financial Times
Harry Cole, The Sun
Pippa Crerar, Daily Mirror
Steven Swinford, The Times
Tim Shipman, The Sunday Times
POLITICAL COMMENTATOR OF THE YEAR
Daniel Finkelstein, The Times
James Forsyth, The Spectator
Marina Hyde, The Guardian
Stephen Bush, i
Tim Shipman, The Sunday Times
Tom McTague, The Atlantic
FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR – POPULAR
Antonia Hoyle, Daily Mail
Barbara Davies, Daily Mail
Henry Deedes, Daily Mail
Ian Birrell, Tortoise / The Mail on Sunday
Oliver Harvey, The Sun
Sarah Oliver, The Mail on Sunday
Tanith Carey, Daily Mail
Zing Tsjeng, VICE
FEATURE WRITER OF THE YEAR – BROADSHEET
Andrew Billen, The Times
Cara McGoogan, The Daily Telegraph
Christina Lamb, The Sunday Times Magazine
Mick Brown, The Telegraph
Nicolas Pelham, 1843 Magazine
Sathnam Sanghera, The Times
Tim Adams, The Observer
TECHNOLOGY JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by BT
Alexi Mostrous, Tortoise
Danny Fortson, The Sunday Times
Dave Lee, Financial Times
Hannah Boland, The Telegraph
Stephanie Kirchgaessner, The Guardian
DRIVING DIVERSITY AWARD
Sponsored by Cision
Bloomberg
Daily Mail
Daily Mirror
FT Early Career and Future Talent Programmes, Financial Times
The Athletic UK
The Guardian
The Sun
Tracking the Backlash, openDemocracy
REPORTING DIVERSITY AWARD
Sponsored by The Careers Office
Aasma Day, HuffPost UK
Barnie Choudhury, Eastern Eye
Black Britain by Eva Simpson and Nick Webster, Daily Mirror
Darren Lewis, Daily Mirror
Saba Salman, The Guardian
Sophie Campbell, freelance
CRITIC OF THE YEAR
Camilla Long, The Sunday Times
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail
Craig Brown, The Mail on Sunday
Deborah Ross, The Mail on Sunday
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph
Jay Rayner, The Observer
COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR – POPULAR
Jan Moir, Daily Mail
Liz Jones, The Mail on Sunday
Mark Steel, Sunday Mirror
Max Pemberton, Daily Mail
Oliver Holt, The Mail on Sunday
Piers Morgan, The Mail on Sunday
COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR – BROADSHEET
Caitlin Moran, The Times
Camilla Long, The Sunday Times
Catherine Nixey, 1843 Magazine
Dominic Lawson, The Sunday Times
Janice Turner, The Times
Marina Hyde, The Guardian
DIGITAL INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
Sponsored By Facebook Journalism Project
Covid-19 excess mortality tracker, The Economist
Data and Digital Storytelling Team, The Times and The Sunday Times
FT coronavirus tracker, Financial Times
PA Explore, PA Media
Spectator Data Hub, The Spectator
Covid Data Visualisation Project, The Telegraph
US election forecast 2020, The Economist
You Are Not Alone, The Telegraph
INNOVATION OF THE YEAR
Bloomberg Green
How To Spend It relaunch, Financial Times
Impact and community organising team, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
The Guardian’s Daily Edition app
Times Radio
You Are Not Alone, The Telegraph
SCOOP OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Cision
Assange fathered two babies inside embassy by Sarah Oliver of The Mail on Sunday
China Lab by Ian Birrell and Glen Owen of The Mail on Sunday
Cummings broke lockdown rules, Daily Mirror
Lockdown professor steps down after breaking rules to meet married lover, The Daily Telegraph
Megxit, The Sun
Princess Diana’s Panorama Interview, Daily Mail
Revealed: Dominic Cummings breaks lockdown, The Guardian
SCOOP OF THE YEAR: POPULAR LIFE
‘£80k for Damehood’ honours scandal exposed by George Odling and Tom Kelly of the Daily Mail
£335m Victoria Beckham gets taxpayer to pay staff’s wages by Katie Hind of The Mail on Sunday
First Strictly Same Sex Pair by Nicola Methven of the Daily Mirror
Gunnersaurus latest victim of Arsenal cost-cutting by David Ornstein of The Athletic UK
The Papa John’s ‘£250,000 takeaway from the taxpayer’, Daily Mail
INVESTIGATION OF THE YEAR
Dominic Cummings Broke Lockdown Rules, Daily Mirror
Failures of State: Insight’s Coronavirus investigations, The Sunday Times
FinCEN Files, BuzzFeed UK
Global anti-abortion misinformation, openDemocracy
Old Money – the scandal of social care fat cats, Tortoise
Princess Diana’s Panorama Interview, Daily Mail
SAS War Crimes, The Sunday Times
Wirecard, Financial Times
SPORTS NEWS STORY OF THE YEAR
Enough is Enough: Sportsmail’s Campaign to tackle dementia, Daily Mail
Dementia in rugby, The Guardian
FA Cup Betting Deal’s Slap in Face to William by Eleanor Hayward, Daily Mail
Ketones by Nick Harris, Rob Draper and Edmund Willison, The Mail on Sunday
Project Big Picture by Sam Wallace, The Telegraph
Sir Bobby Charlton by Jeremy Wilson, The Telegraph
NEWS REPORTER OF THE YEAR
Abul Taher, The Mail on Sunday
Gabriel Pogrund, The Sunday Times
Jeremy Armstrong, Daily Mirror
Robert Mendick, The Daily Telegraph/ Sunday Telegraph
Stephen Wright, Daily Mail
Tom Wells, The Sun
Group Awards
BUSINESS AND FINANCE TEAM OF THE YEAR
Bloomberg
Business and Finance Team, The Mail on Sunday
Wirecard reporting, Financial Times
The Sunday Times Business and Finance Team
The Times Business Team
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT OF THE YEAR
How to Survive & Thrive, Daily Mail
Next Generation, Daily Mirror
The Lost Year: How coronavirus changed everything, The Guardian
The Rich List, The Sunday Times
The Ripper – A Life of Evil, The Sun
VE Day supplement, The Daily Telegraph
VJ Day supplement, Daily Express
SUPPLEMENT OF THE YEAR
Culture, The Sunday Times
Femail, Daily Mail
FT Weekend Life & Arts, Financial Times
G2, The Guardian
Review, The Daily Telegraph
Telegraph Travel – Saturday, The Telegraph
MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR
How To Spend It, Financial Times
The Observer Magazine
The Sunday Times Magazine
The Times Magazine
Weekend, The Guardian
YOU, The Mail on Sunday
FRONT PAGE OF THE YEAR
Britannia Waives the Rules, i
Cummings Broke Lockdown Rules, Daily Mirror
For pity’s sake, just let them hold hands, Daily Mail
‘Our streets are not empty, they are filled with love’, The Sun
The lives cut short, The Guardian
Young, British and Black, The Guardian
CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Newsworks
Be a Poppy Star, The Sun
End This Injustice, Daily Express
Food For London Now and Help the Hungry, Evening Standard and The Independent
Hear Our Voice, Sunday Post
Housing Scandal, The Sunday Times
Let them hold hands, Daily Mail
Mail Force, Daily Mail
Clean Air for All Campaign, The Times
THE CUDLIPP AWARD
Supported by the British Journalism Review
All our Failed Children: mental health report, Sunday Post
Give Me Five: child poverty in Britain, Daily Mirror
Google Watch: scams investigation, Daily Mirror
Mail Force: PPE Crisis, Daily Mail
The Excluded: disruptive pupils campaign, Evening Standard
War Child: Afghan children campaign, Daily Express
NEWS WEBSITE OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Google News Initiative
FT.com
inews.co.uk
Mirror.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk
The Sun online
theguardian.com
SUNDAY NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Camelot
Sunday Mirror
Sunday People
The Mail on Sunday
The Observer
The Sunday Telegraph
The Sunday Times
DAILY NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Camelot
Daily Express
Daily Mail
Daily Mirror
Financial Times
i
The Daily Telegraph
The Guardian
The Times
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