The Press Awards Results 2023
Young journalist of the year
Shayma Bakht
The Times
Having only graduated from a Masters last year, I am still processing the incredible opportunities that I have been given reporting at The Times: I have been able to pursue important undercover work, investigations in the Middle East, and original stories that tap into my own marginalized communities. My undercover investigation on ...
Business and finance journalist of the year
Stephen Morris / Caroline Binham
Financial Times
The biggest stories in British business over the last year were about bad behaviour and controversy at the nation’s banks. One jaw-dropping story in particular was the pick of the bunch.A front page FT splash last November by Stephen Morris and Caroline Binham revealed that Barclays chief executive Jes Staley had exchanged 1,200 emails...
Political journalist of the year
Winner: Pippa Crerar
Mirror
No journalist has done more to hold politicians to account over the last year than Pippa Crerar. Her scoops revealing Johnson and senior aides held lockdown parties in Downing Street were the biggest political story of the year that ultimately led to the Prime Minister’s downfall. Her first Partygate exclusive, in November, disclo...
Foreign reporter of the year
Bel Trew
The Independent
Bel Trew, The Independent’s international correspondent, photographer and videographer, has spent more than a decade risking her life to report from some of the most dangerous conflicts, focusing on lesser-reported stories and smashing damaging stereotypes. Under heavy fire, Bel crisscrossed Ukraine for multiple months-long investigat...
Showbiz Reporter of the Year
Katie Hind
The Mail on Sunday
Quite simply, Katie Hind has an unparalleled knack of breaking scoops with a machine-gun frequency that no rival showbiz writers have ever matched. The sheer breadth of her stories is remarkable: from television, to film, pop, sports celebrities, radio, the magazine world to breaking the latest inside scoops on real-life soap operas su...
Science and technology journalist of the year
Matt Reynolds
WIRED UK
Matt Reynolds is a senior writer at WIRED UK, where for the past five years he has a track record of writing gripping stories that resonate with readers and bring to life hard-to-grasp subjects. Although his articles often tackle complex issues, his work focuses on the tangible impact that science and technology is having on our lives ...
Health journalist of the year
Shaun Lintern
The Sunday Times
Shaun joined The Sunday Times as health editor in December 2021 and within months delivered agenda setting scoops in the very best traditions of The Sunday Times. The three submitted stories demonstrate Shaun’s ability to handle complex stories sensitively while at the same time using his deep contacts within healthcare to root out fac...
Environment journalist of the year
Winner: Rhian Lubin
Mirror
The Mirror’s ground-breaking NextGen International project has provided young people from around the world the opportunity to share their stories of the climate crisis. This innovative piece of journalism was devised and coordinated by Rhian Lubin and launched in August 2021. Rhian used her journalistic skills to help 40 teenagers pr...
Travel journalist of the year
Tom Robbins
Financial Times
A huge proportion of newspaper travel pieces originate with the PR departments of hotel companies, tourist boards and airlines: we have this new product, why not come to review it and see the area? Tom Robbins’ work isn’t like that. A former news journalist, he seeks out the nub of a good story first, then brings it to life with descri...
The Hugh McIlvanney Award for Sports journalist of the year
Isaan Khan
Daily Mail
Isaan Khan has consistently broken agenda-setting sport exclusives in a standout year for a journalist who has truly shone. It follows nine award nominations in 12 months.His work has admirably created change through a truly memorable campaign, and demonstrated investigative techniques including going undercover.Among them were the pai...
Specialist journalist of the year
Fiona Hamilton
The Times
Wayne Couzens - when the PC killer of Sarah Everard received a whole life sentence there was still a narrative amongst many senior police that he was an aberration; a rogue officer who could not have been stopped and that no one was aware of his depravity. There had been a prior report of indecent exposure but, prior to the murder, det...
Interviewer of the year- Broadsheet
Mick Brown
The Telegraph/Sunday Telegraph
When Mick Brown interviewed Swedish author Björn Natthiko Lindeblad about his years as a Buddhist monk he had no idea that Lindeblad intended to end his own life. Lindeblad was suffering from motor neurone disease, which would inevitably be terminal, and had no intention of enduring a drawn out, painful demise. He was about to publish ...
Interviewer of the Year - Tabloid
Amy Sharpe
Sunday Mirror
Amy Sharpe’s interviews range in subject matter - from an inspiring statement from an Olympic icon to the victim of a high-profile race case and a plea from a desperate mother. One article is a powerful interview with Kelly Holmes in which the athlete champion came out as gay after 34 years of hiding her sexuality from fans. In an emot...
Columnist of the year - Broadsheet
Aditya Chakrabortty
The Guardian
Over the turbulent past year, Aditya Chakrabortty has been a strong, essential, uncompromising voice. He has carved a niche which powerfully combines on the ground reporting and the telling of people's stories with his own strong opinions and challenges to those in power. He has developed an approach which allows him to make agenda set...
Columnist of the Year - Tabloid
Sarah Vine
Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday
Exceptionally clever. An excellent writer. Insanely fast. And very very brave. In the tumultuous last 18 months Sarah Vine has become the beating heart of the Mail - the columnist readers turn to first to make sense of it all. So powerful is her voice that she now has three weekly columns – in the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and Weeken...
Critic of the year
Jay Rayner
The Observer
As a restaurant critic, Jay Rayner doesn’t usually need to bring his own table and chair. Neither does he often have to set up on the pavement outside. But when you’re writing about a restaurant that serves a gold-leaf-wrapped steak for £1,450 you need to be creative – and Jay is nothing if not extremely creative. In October 2021, the ...
Feature writer of the year - Broadsheet
Wendell Steavenson
The Economist's 1843 Magazine
Wendell Steavenson has reported from Ukraine for The Economist's1843 magazine since the start of the war. During that time, she has written a series of phenomenal pieces chronicling various aspects of the war. The people she has met, and written about, during her time in Ukraine each have fascinating stories: a violinist accused of spy...
Feature Writer of the Year - Tabloid
Sian Boyle
Daily Mail
Sian Boyle’s adroitly written long-reads and special reports for the Daily Mail consistently engage readers, break new ground and bring tangible positive change.She combines the tenacity and diligence of the news reporter she once was with a flair for innovation and thinking outside the box. Her most poignant exclusive told for the ...
Photographer of the year
Hannah McKay
Reuters
Hannah McKay is a staff photographer for Reuters, based in London. She covers a variety of news, sport and features. Hannah's entry contributed to three key stories in the UK throughout 2021 and 2022. The image taken of lone female protester being restrained by faceless male police officers at a vigil for murdered Sarah Everard helped ...
Cartoonist of the year
Morten Morland
The Times and The Sunday Times
Morten Morland is one of Britain's leading political cartoonists. His drawings for the Times and Sunday Times combine sharp gag writing, great visual wit and a breathtaking level draughtsmanship more typically associated with academic fine art
Investigation of the year
Partygate
Mirror
When the Mirror’s Political Editor Pippa Crerar first revealed Boris Johnson had broken his own lockdown rules by attending a number of parties in Downing Street she was met with obfuscation and lies by No 10. Downing Street denied there were any parties and claimed the guidance had been followed at all times. It was only thanks to Cr...
Scoop of the year
Hancock's Affair With Aide
The Sun
The Sun’s world exclusive on Matt Hancock’s affair with his aide and in turn breaching his own social distancing rules led to a national public outcry and, within 72 hours the resignation of the health secretary. The story has had more views than any other in The Sun’s history, and as Britain's number one news brand in terms of daily...
News Reporter of the Year
Jerome Starkey
The Sun
From the moment Russia invaded Ukraine, Jerome Starkey’s reporting was marked by his determination to bear witness from the frontlines. Time and again he gave Sun readers searing eye-witness accounts that cut through the blizzard of hearsay and uncertain truths. But he also went much further, delivering a string of stand-out scoops. ...
News website of the year
The Telegraph
The best way to judge the quality of a website is to look at one example in detail. The coverage of the Queen's death shows how telegraph.co.uk has been transformed in the last year. Readers have been turning to the Telegraph in record numbers with its brilliant new app, in-depth reporting, stunning design, engaging video and graphic...
News podcast of the year
Call Bethel Podcast
The Telegraph/Sunday Telegraph
Call Bethel combines gripping storytelling with hard-hitting public interest journalism, to shine a light on the ways in which Jehovah’s Witnesses have let down victims of child sexual abuse. Over the course of five episodes, it follows reporters in the Telegraph’s investigations team as they set about verifying a tip-off that comes i...
Supplement of the year
Saturday Magazine
The Guardian
When the Guardian announced that many of its long-standing Saturday print supplements were to close and be replaced by one single magazine, there was a collective gasp. The brief was to create a new weekly magazine that appealed both to loyal print readers and to a new audience - and so the new Guardian SATURDAY magazine launched in Se...
Front page of the year - Broadsheet
Front Page of the Year - Tabloid
Hancock's Affair With Aide
The Sun
The Sun’s world exclusive on Matt Hancock’s affair with his aide and in turn breaching his own social distancing rules led to a national public outcry and, within 72 hours the resignation of the health secretary. The front page that went everywhere that year - from top of BBC, ITV and ITN News bulletins to online stories. The story h...
Campaign of the year
Smart Motorways Death Traps
Daily Mail
The Mail’s intrepid smart motorways campaign was impossible to ignore. It led to a Government U-turn – pausing the rollout of a further 120 miles of the ‘death trap’ roads.The campaign was spearheaded by a six-month investigation by Susie Coen, a series of damning front pages and a video that exposed holes in officials’ claims about th...
Excellence in diversity award
Sunday Mirror
At the Sunday Mirror, Diversity & Inclusion isn’t a buzz phrase, it’s a core value. We project the voices of people from marginalised communities, and strive to create a truly inclusive newsroom and a diverse future talent stream. LGBTQ+Over the past year we have been campaigning for justice for LGBTQ+ servicemen and women who were dis...
Newspaper of the year - Daily
WINNER: The Guardian News and Media
The Guardian
During this period, the Guardian rocked governments, sparked inquiries, shaped public understanding of the biggest crises of our times and effected real change, with increased support from readers showing the extent to which they have responded to our mission.Three huge investigations demonstrated our global impact and reach.The Pegasu...
Newspaper of the Year - Sunday
WINNER: The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times, which celebrated its 200th anniversary in October, is more vigorous, inventive and authoritative than ever as it continues to train its sights on targets unaccustomed to scrutiny.Every week it breaks stories that lead the news agenda; provides unrivalled coverage of politics; in-depth analysis of complex issues and fo...