THE PRESS AWARDS WINNERS 2025


INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

Young Journalist of the Year

Sabrina Miller

Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday

“The wig is knotted and ill-fitting. The calf-length black skirt is rather frumpy – and the less said about what’s been stuffed down the front of the green polo shirt, the better.” The levity of the opening paragraph belies the poignancy of Sabrina Miller’s interviews with Ukrainian men desperately trying to dodge the draft in a countr...

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highly commended

Sarah Aziz

Freelance

finalist

Aadam Patel

Mail Sport

finalist

Daisy Graham-Brown

Mail on Sunday

finalist

Katie Tarrant

The Sunday Times

finalist

Meike Leonard

Mail on Sunday

finalist

Simar Bajaj

Freelance

Health Journalist of the Year

Rebecca Thomas

The Independent

They make grim reading, but someone has to tell the stories Rebecca Thomas tells. The headlines say it all: ‘Mental health patients ‘raped and sexually assaulted’ as NHS abuse scandal revealed’; ‘Nicholas’s story: ‘I’ve been locked up for 10 years because I’m autistic. Is a chance at life too much to ask?’’, and ‘Revealed: NHS regulato...

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highly commended

Shaun Lintern

The Sunday Times

finalist

Eleanor Hayward

The Times

finalist

Ethan Ennals

Mail on Sunday

finalist

Jennifer Rigby

Reuters

finalist

Laura Donnelly

The Telegraph

finalist

Sarah Neville

Financial Times

Photographer of the Year

James Glossop

The Times and The Sunday Times

James Glossop was among the first on the scene when riots broke out following the murder of three girls at a summer dance club in Southport. His shot of two grim-faced policemen, holding riot shields, helping an injured colleague past a flaming vehicle, was a defining image of the shocking events.In contrast is the unsettling shot of a...

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Phil Noble

Reuters

finalist

Richard Pohle

The Times and The Sunday Times

finalist

Simon Townsley

The Telegraph

finalist

Stefan Rousseau

The Press Association

News Reporter of the Year

Gabriel Pogrund

The Sunday Times

Gabriel Pogrund secured the scoops that sparked the first political crisis of Sir Keir Starmer’s administration – that he faced an investigation after failing to disclose that Labour peer and donor Lord Alli covered the cost of a personal shopper, clothes and alterations for his wife, and that Alli had a government pass. The stories do...

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highly commended

Robert Mendick

The Telegraph

finalist

Emine Sinmaz

The Guardian

finalist

Jacob Dirnhuber

MailOnline

finalist

Paul Morgan-Bentley

The Times

finalist

Sabah Choudhry

Sky News

finalist

Shanti Das

The Observer

Critic of the Year

Jay Rayner

The Observer Magazine

“Dappled pools of olive oil so virgin it has never even had an indecent thought,” and “roast potatoes … dark on account of having been shown a very good time by [the] raucous spice collection.” Rayner’s food writing is not just evocative, sensuous and witty, but is often shot through with bigger themes and fascinating personal tales – ...

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highly commended

Waldemar Januzczak

The Sunday Times

finalist

Camilla Long

The Sunday Times

finalist

Deborah Ross

Mail on Sunday

finalist

Giles Coren

The Times

finalist

Neil McCormick

The Telegraph

Broadsheet Interviewer of the Year

Decca Aitkenhead

The Sunday Times

Reading Decca Aitkenhead’s interviews, you feel as though you are in the room with her and her subject. She establishes an immediate rapport, even with the trickiest of interviewees, and her mix of empathy and challenge elicits secrets, indiscretions and heartbreaking admissions.In revealing cyclist Sir Chris Hoy’s terminal cancer diag...

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highly commended

Charlotte Edwardes

The Guardian

finalist

Eva Wiseman

The Observer Magazine

finalist

Josh Glancy

The Sunday Times

finalist

Simon Hattenstone

The Guardian

finalist

Tim Adams

The Observer

Science and Technology Journalist of the Year

Madhumita Murgia

Financial Times

Murgia makes complex AI issues accessible through very human stories – as her investigation into the use of predictive algorithms to determine who receives organ transplants exemplifies. Combining expert analysis with compassion and sensitivity, she delves into the life of cystic fibrosis sufferer Sarah Meredith, who is being denied a ...

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Ben Spencer

The Sunday Times

finalist

Kaya Burgess

The Times

finalist

Madeleine Cuff

New Scientist

finalist

Robin McKie

The Observer

finalist

Tom Whipple

The Times

Showbiz Reporter of the Year

Clemmie Moodie

The Sun

Clemmie Moodie broke a string of showbusiness exclusives, from the departure of ‘Strictly’ professional Giovanni Pernice amid bullying allegations, to the BBC’s sacking of golden boy Jermaine Jenas after inappropriate texts, to the planned departure of Gary Lineker as ‘Match of the Day’ host. Three of her stories led the BBC 10 o’clock...

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highly commended

Jonathan Dean

The Times and The Sunday Times

finalist

Alison Boshoff

Daily Mail

finalist

Ellie Henman

The Sun

finalist

Katie Hind

Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday

finalist

Lucy Osborne and Stephanie Kirchgaessner

The Guardian

Foreign Reporter of the Year

Arkady Ostrovsky

The Economist's 1843 Magazine

Arkady Ostrovsky’s deep inside knowledge of Russia, its history, culture, literature and psychology, combined with his ability to cultivate sources on both sides of the border, makes not just for a rich insight into Russia and its people, but creates human stories so vivid and gripping that, were they played out on the big screen, woul...

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highly commended

Maggie Michael

Reuters

finalist

Catherine Philp

The Times

finalist

Christina Lamb

The Sunday Times

finalist

Shaun Walker

The Guardian

finalist

Wendell Steavenson

The Economist's 1843 Magazine

Political Journalist of the Year

Gabriel Pogrund

The Sunday Times

Political hypocrisy is the gift that keeps on giving, and Gabriel Pogrund has worked hard to ensure he is the recipient. His revelations about Labour donor Lord Alli’s access-all-areas pass to Downing Street and Keir Starmer’s failure to declare clothes the millionaire had bought for Lady Starmer, were quickly followed by other disclos...

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highly commended

Billy Kenber

The Times

finalist

Caroline Wheeler

The Sunday Times

finalist

Glen Owen

Mail on Sunday

finalist

Pippa Crerar

The Guardian

finalist

Steven Swinford

The Times

finalist

Tim Shipman

The Sunday Times

Environment Journalist of the Year

Laura Hughes

Financial Times

Laura Hughes’s investigation into the thousands of old metal mines across the UK that continue to leech poisonous lead into waterways and soil before being consumed by animals and seeping into the food chain, is replete with shocking facts. For example, even low exposure to lead can endanger humans (increasing the risk of miscarriage, ...

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Damien Carrington

The Guardian

finalist

Helena Horton

The Guardian

finalist

Karl Mathiesen

POLITICO

finalist

Lucie Heath

The i Paper

finalist

Simon Evans

Carbon Brief

finalist

Steph Spyro

Daily Express

Travel Journalist of the Year

Ruaridh Nicoll

Freelance

Ruaridh Nicoll’s delight in finding far-flung places populated with interesting and endangered species (including humans) shines through his writing. The Cocos Islands, for example, “are home to an army of land crabs, an endangered population of lugubrious geckos and 593 idiosyncratic people” who fight over fresh salad delivered by the...

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highly commended

David Pilling

Financial Times

finalist

Chris Leadbeater

The Telegraph

finalist

Duncan Craig

Freelance

finalist

Greg Dickinson

The Telegraph

finalist

Kevin Rushby

The Guardian

finalist

Sarah Turner

Freelance

finalist

Simon Usborne

Financial Times

Data Journalist of the Year

George Greenwood

The Times

George Greenwood’s data-driven reporting had a major impact last year, leading to police investigations expected to recover millions of pounds from the proceeds of crime, and changes in government policy to prevent food companies undermining health measures. He also won major transparency victories in the courts.Using a copy of Dubai’s...

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highly commended

Ben Butcher

The Telegraph

finalist

Annie Gouk

The Mirror

finalist

Tom Calver

The Times and The Sunday Times

The Hugh Mcilvanney Award for Sports Journalist of the Year

Daniel Taylor

The Athletic

Daniel Taylor’s investigation into the suicide of Sheffield United women’s player Maddy Cusack was based on winning her family’s trust, sourcing a seven-page complaint by her father about how coach Jonathan Morgan treated her, and conversations with friends and team-mates that built a picture of her as a person and player. He ultimatel...

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highly commended

Ian Herbert

Mail Sport

finalist

David Walsh

The Sunday Times

finalist

Jeremy Wilson

The Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph

finalist

Martin Samuel

The Times and The Sunday Times

finalist

Oliver Brown

The Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph

finalist

Oliver Holt

Mail Sport

Broadsheet Columnist of the Year

Marina Hyde

The Guardian

Always perceptive, often hilarious and never afraid to call out injustice, Marina Hyde’s ability to make serious points while simultaneously provoking laughter, is second to none. During last year’s election campaign she cast her gimlet eye across the political spectrum as she filed daily comment pieces from around the country, culmina...

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highly commended

Kate Lister

The i Paper

finalist

Alan Rusbridger

The Independent

finalist

Camilla Long

The Sunday Times

finalist

Daniel Finkelstein

The Times

finalist

Kenan Malik

The Observer

finalist

Melanie Reid

The Times

finalist

Nesrine Malik

The Guardian

finalist

Sonia Sodha

The Observer

Specialist Journalist of the Year

Samantha Booth

Schools Week

As part of Samantha Booth’s ongoing investigation into the broken Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) sector, she used FOI requests to reveal that while parents often have to fight in court to get support from cash-strapped councils for their children, private companies – several of them private equity firms, some registe...

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highly commended

David Woode

The Times

finalist

Danielle Sheridan

The Telegraph

finalist

Jerome Starkey

The Sun

finalist

Lucy Osborne and Stephanie Kirchgaessner

The Guardian

finalist

Patrick Strudwick

The i Paper

finalist

Tom Wilson

Financial TImes

finalist

Tristan Kirk

Evening Standard

Sports Photographer of the Year

Marc Aspland

The Times and The Sunday Times

Marc Aspland captures the fulfilment of a dream with his shot of British sprinter Keely Hodgkinson, trademark blonde ponytail flying, crossing the finish line to win gold in front of a packed stadium at the Paris Olympics.By contrast, a photo of the Cambridge University men’s boat crew during bitterly cold early-morning training on the...

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highly commended

Mike Egerton

PA Media

finalist

Andy Hooper

Mail Sport

finalist

Kevin Quigley

Mail Sport

finalist

Tom Jenkins

The Guardian

Cartoonist of the Year

Morten Morland

The Times and The Sunday Times

Uncle Sam lies on the psychiatrist’s couch, red-eyed and angry at the state of his nation, oblivious to the fact that his therapist has jumped out of the high window of the consulting room, smashing the glass on their way. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves hang a picture of Munch’s The Scream, the icon of human a...

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highly commended

Matt Pritchett

The Telegraph

finalist

Ben Jennings

The Guardian

finalist

Dave Brown

The Independent

finalist

Jonathan Pugh

Daily Mail

finalist

Peter Brookes

The Times

finalist

Stephen Collins

The Guardian

Tabloid Columnist of the Year

Bryony Gordon

Daily Mail

“My name is Bryony, and I’m an alcoholic.” What a way to launch a new column – aptly named ‘Sharing the things that make me feel bad about myself, so you’ll feel better.’ Gordon is also “a reformed drug addict, a recovering bulimic with a history of binge eating chorizo, a life-long depressive who frequently takes her iron and hair str...

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Andrew Neil

Daily Mail, MailPlus and MailOnline

finalist

Darren Lewis

The Mirror

finalist

Jenni Murray

Daily Mail

finalist

Tom Utley

Daily Mail, MailPlus and MailOnline

Business and Finance Journalist of the Year

Danny Fortson

The Sunday Times

It’s hard to avoid the epithet ‘Shakespearean’ when reading about the dramatic final years of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s life. The Bard in this case is Danny Forston, the west coast correspondent for the Sunday Times, whose sustained and in-depth coverage of what was arguably the biggest business story of 2024 afforded him unprec...

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highly commended

Harry Wallop

Freelance

finalist

Duncan Robinson

The Economist

finalist

Ed Conway

Sky News

finalist

Szu Ping Chan

The Telegraph

finalist

The Guardian and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

The Guardian

finalist

Tom Burgis

The Guardian

Broadsheet Feature Writer of the Year

Henry Mance

Financial Times

Henry Mance tackles subjects as diverse as the funding crisis in English opera, the environmental impact of cruise ships, the dire state of the UK’s criminal justice system, AI scepticism – and life behind the scenes at new broadcasting pretender GB News, which, in Mance’s telling, has more of Drop the Dead Donkey than All the Presiden...

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highly commended

Jenny Kleeman

The Guardian

finalist

David Pilling

Financial Times

finalist

Decca Aitkenhead

The Sunday Times

finalist

Fiona Hamilton

The Times

finalist

Hannah Barnes

The New Statesman

finalist

Sean O'Neill

The Times

finalist

Sophie Elmhirst

The Economist's 1843 Magazine and The Guardian

finalist

Zoë Beaty

The Independent

Tabloid Feature Writer of the Year

Ian Birrell

Freelance

From the fentanyl epidemic devastating Canada’s youth, to Denmark’s secret campaign of forced sterilisation of women in Greenland (‘genocide’, according to a Greenland MP), to the all-too-human problems dogging Ukraine’s efforts to repel Russia’s advances, Ian Birrell tells original, important and shocking tales that expose or throw ne...

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Ian Birrell

Freelance

From the fentanyl epidemic devastating Canada’s youth, to Denmark’s secret campaign of forced sterilisation of women in Greenland (‘genocide’, according to a Greenland MP), to the all-too-human problems dogging Ukraine’s efforts to repel Russia’s advances, Ian Birrell tells original, important and shocking tales that expose or throw ne...

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highly commended

Matt Roper

The Mirror

finalist

Christopher Stevens

Daily Mail

finalist

David Jones

Daily Mail, MailPlus and MailOnline

finalist

Richard Pendlebury

Daily Mail, MailPlus and MailOnline

finalist

Robert Hardman

Daily Mail, MailPlus and MailOnline

finalist

Tom Rawstorne

Daily Mail

Tabloid Interviewer of the Year

Katie Hind

Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday

Katie Hind, the mistress of top showbusiness tell-alls, secured the interview that everyone wanted – an exclusive sit-down with Strictly professional Giovanni Pernice after he was accused of bullying his dance partner, actress Amanda Abbington. Pernice revealed the toll the scandal, which threatened to topple both his own career and th...

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Beth Hale

Daily Mail

finalist

Charlotte Daly

Mail Sport

finalist

Dan Warburton

The Mirror

finalist

Frances Hardy

Daily Mail

finalist

Isaan Khan

Daily Mail

finalist

Rebecca Hardy

Daily Mail

finalist

Tom Bryant

The Mirror

TEAM AWARDS

Investigation of the Year

Spying, Hacking and Intimidation: Israel’s Nine-Year ‘War’ on the ICC Exposed

The Guardian

The activities of the Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, are a closely-guarded secret. But a Guardian investigation revealed a covert operation by the Mossad to sabotage an International Criminal Court war crimes investigation, which threatened to embroil senior Israeli military and political leaders.The culmination of month...

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highly commended

Ukrainian Children

Financial Times

finalist

Huw Edwards Behind the Cameras

The Sun

finalist

MP Uses Campaign Funds to Pay 'Bad People'

The Times

finalist

Murdered, Tortured or in Hiding From the Taliban: The Special Forces Abandoned by Britain

The Independent and Lighthouse Reports

finalist

Navy Probes Submarine Sex Pests Scandal

Daily Mail

finalist

Sellafield

The Guardian

Scoop of the Year

Huw Edwards Charged With Indecent Images

The Sun

With what judges called “the definitive jaw dropper” – the revelation that long-time BBC News anchorman Huw Edwards had been charged with making the worst type (Category A) of indecent images – The Sun smashed the Scoop of the Year ball out of the park.Following tenacious communication with the Metropolitan Police over the months since...

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AZ to be Sued Over 'Defective' Vaccine

The Telegraph

finalist

Netanyahu Turns his Fire on Labour

Daily Mail

finalist

Second Post Office IT Scandal

The i Paper

finalist

Sun Reveals Plans for a Smoking Ban

The Sun

finalist

Tommy Robinson on Holiday

MailOnline

finalist

Waheed Ali

The Sunday Times

News Website of the Year

The i Paper

The i Paper

The i Paper has created digital-first content that has increased its inews.co.uk subscriber base by nearly 70 per cent in a year – and you can see why. A visual redesign has created a lively fresh look: both the homepage and app are dominated by colourful digital-first illustrations that help inject a youthful energy, and the content i...

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Bloomberg UK

Bloomberg News

finalist

Financial Times

finalist

Sky News

finalist

The Guardian

finalist

The Times and The Sunday Times

News Podcast of the Year

Ukraine: The Latest

The Telegraph

In September 2024, David Knowles, the founder and presenter of the podcast Ukraine: The Latest, died suddenly at the age of 32 in Gibraltar. The fact that the UK counter-terrorism police looked into his death speaks volumes. Every weekday since the Russians invaded Ukraine, Knowles was on a mission to record accurately and eloquently t...

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highly commended

Cocaine Inc.

The Times and The Sunday Times

highly commended

The Trial

Daily Mail

finalist

Coffee House Shots

The Spectator

finalist

Here's Why

Bloomberg News

finalist

Hot Money Season 2: the New Narcos

Financial Times with Pushkin

finalist

The Story

The Times and The Sunday Times

finalist

The Weekend Intelligence

The Economist

Best Audience Engagement Initiative of the Year

Pension Power-up

Times Money Mentor

Pension Power-up/Times Money MentorPrompted by the insight that current educational methods and press campaigns were not cutting through, Times Money Mentor launched Pension Power-up (PPU) to help people supercharge their savings and reach those not engaged with their pensions at all.A battery ‘character’ in a Super-Mario-style world a...

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highly commended

Reclaim Your Brain Newsletter

The Guardian

finalist

Democracy 2024

Financial Times

finalist

First Edition Newsletter

The Guardian

finalist

Frontline

MailOnline

finalist

Times Live App

The Times and The Sunday Times

Broadsheet Front Page of the Year

Sunak Gambles on Snap Poll, Things Can Only Get Wetter

The Telegraph

The phrase ‘pathetic fallacy’ might have been coined to describe Rishi Sunak’s rain-drenched announcement outside Number 10 that he was calling an early General Election. The Daily Telegraph’s front page the following day, dominated by a photograph of a soggy, sad-looking Sunak, summed up the dilemma that had faced him: ‘Sunak gambles ...

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End This Bloody Disgrace

The Sunday Times

finalist

Everyone Failed Them

The i Paper

finalist

Midddle East Erupts

The Times

Tabloid Front Page of the Year

GUILTY

The Sun

The full-page photograph of a grim-faced Huw Edwards, outside court, wearing dark glasses, accompanied by the big one-word headline – GUILTY – packed a powerful punch. It wasn’t just the depiction of the disgrace and downfall of someone who was for so long a trusted national treasure that hit home, but also the ultimate vindication of ...

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Bring Them Home

The Sun

finalist

Donald Trump is Shot at Rally

Mail on Sunday

finalist

Little Boy in the Pudsey Pyjamas… Left to Starve to Death in Britain

The Sun

finalist

Stoking Race Riots From His Sunbed

Daily Mail

Supplement of the Year

The Times Magazine

The Times

Originality, expertise and balance are the watchwords when it comes to the way the Times Magazine handles big issues, many of them delivered through first-person articles – such as Mary-Kate Harrington recalling how she almost drank herself to death in her early twenties, or Kat Brown’s fresh perspective on adult ADHD. There are also t...

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Femail

Daily Mail

finalist

FT Magazine

Financial Times

finalist

Saturday Magazine

The Guardian

finalist

The Sunday Times Magazine

The Sunday Times

finalist

YOU

The Mail on Sunday

Campaign of the Year

M.E. Awareness and Reform

The Times

The Times had been reporting on ME (or chronic fatigue syndrome) for years, highlighting the stigma faced by people suffering from the misunderstood disease. But the death, in October 2021, of Maeve Boothby O’Neill, daughter of senior Times journalist Sean O’Neill, gave new impetus to the campaign. As the inquest into Maeve’s death app...

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highly commended

Killed Women Count

The Guardian

finalist

Bloody Disgrace

The Sunday Times

finalist

Formula For Change

Metro

finalist

Justice For Our Daughters

The Mirror

finalist

Save Britain's Rivers

The i Paper

finalist

Unpaid Carers

The Guardian

Excellence in Diversity Award

A Commitment To Diversity And Inclusion

Bloomberg News

Bloomberg’s insightful stories address a broad range of racial, gender, economic and other inequalities, and demonstrate how depressingly quickly the influence of the George Floyd murder protests and the #MeToo campaign has faded. A piece on how the City of London has “given up on inclusion” features a range of interviews with Black pr...

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finalist

Financial Times

finalist

If Year 9 were in Number 10

The Mirror

finalist

The Media Literacy Programme

The Telegraph

Best Commercial Partner

SWNS

SWNS (South West News Service) provides more content to commercial UK national newspapers and websites than any other independent news agency. The digital transformation project that it embarked on two years ago is reaping rewards: last year – its 50th year – it achieved a near 40 per cent increase in landing digital content with its c...

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ORGANISATIONS AWARD

Daily Newspaper of the Year

The Times

The Times had an action-packed year. Its commitment to world coverage was exemplified in its comprehensive coverage of the US election, helped by the launch of the US version of its website. Coverage of the UK general election was equally impressive: the editions published on the day after Rishi Sunak’s decision to call an election and...

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The Daily Mail

Daily Mail

finalist

The Daily Telegraph

The Telegraph

finalist

The Guardian

finalist

The i Paper

The i Paper

finalist

The Mirror

finalist

The Sun

Sunday Newspaper of the Year

The Sunday Times

‘End this bloody disgrace’ shouts the front-page headline, the call to action amplified by the red font in the last two words. The Sunday Times’s campaign to win compensation for victims of the infected blood scandal was led by political editor Caroline Wheeler, the culmination of a 23-year crusade. A few months later the first payment...

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Daily Express

finalist

iWeekend

The i Paper

finalist

The Mail on Sunday

Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday

finalist

The Observer

FINALIST: The Sunday Telegraph

The Telegraph

Outstanding Contribution

Outstanding Contribution Award

Arthur Edwards

The Sun

In 2025, Arthur Edwards marked an incredible 50 years on the staff at The Sun. Now aged 84, Arthur is still working full time, covering royal engagements for The Sun, at home and abroad as well as photographing features for the paper and online. Arthur is also in demand around the world as a highly-respected royal commentator giving in...

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FINALIST: To be announced at the awards ceremony