INNOVATION OF THE YEAR – sponsored by i
🏆 Lisa Bradley, University of Sheffield – Winner
🏅 Polly Rippon, University of Sheffield – Highly commended
🎖️Mark Bradley and Michelle Rawlins, University of Sheffield – Commended
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AWARD – sponsored by the Financial Times
🏆Emaan Warraich, BBC – Winner
🏆 Liverpool John Moores University journalism department – Organisation winner
🏅 Zeenia Naqvee, Cardiff University – Highly commended
STUDENT NEWS JOURNALISM – sponsored by Iliffe Media
🏆 Daniel Wood, Bournemouth University – Winner
- Akers Way: Harry Parker’s parents open up on last day with son
- Dorset and Wiltshire firefighter speaks out on sexual harassment
- Swindon hanging baskets business ‘leaves customers out of pocket’
🏅 Tempany Grace, NCTJ distance learner – Highly commended
- Missing Dumbarton man presumed legally dead as daughter shares heartbreak
- Heartbroken Clydebank family’s fight for permanent headstone for son
- Dumbarton abuser’s son speaks out on two decades of violence
🏅 Max Kendix, News Associates London – Highly commended
- Inside the Spanish holiday spot beloved by Russia’s elite
- NHS spends £1m a week on failed legal battles with the bereaved
- Students go to court for refunds on lockdown degrees
🏅 Martin Read, NCTJ distance learner – Highly commended
- MPs condemn ‘acute harm’ caused to prisoners by IPP sentences
- Indeterminate prison sentences – when 18 months can last 18 years
- Cost of living crisis: stealing the basics to survive
TRAINEE NEWS JOURNALISM – sponsored by Iliffe Media
🏆 Dolly Carter, East Anglian Daily Times – Winner
- Missing children reports in Suffolk on the increase
- Mums still not getting gas and air at Ipswich Hospital
- Suffolk spaniel Maisie found alive five days on from fireworks scare
🏅Kia-Elise Green, iNews – Highly commended
- CAMHS crisis: ‘My children have waited 5 years for mental health care – I fear they’re not safe’
- ‘The 12-year-old girl I fostered was a recruiter for a county lines gang’
- ‘I was groomed when I was 15 – and I felt like a criminal for it’
🎖️Jamel Smith, PA Media – Commended
- Couple who fled Ukraine went back because of ‘terrible’ UK rental options
- Sinead O’Connor was a blessed soul, says Imam
- Uxbridge Tory candidate fears it will be ‘challenging’ to win by-election
STUDENT SPORTS JOURNALISM – sponsored by Sky Sports News
🏆 Leon Imber, University of Brighton – Winner
- ‘I’m tired of being afraid’ – Zander Murray, Lloyd Wilson & Dan Jervis on the joy of coming out
- Why swim the world’s most dangerous seas? For mental health – let Andy Donaldson explain
- Meet Matt Robinson, the pro soccer player making big moves in the rap game as ‘Kamakaze’
🏅 Adwaidh Rajan, St Mary’s University – Highly commended
- ‘I like being different’: Amina Hanif on playing football with the hijab
- It’s time we won another Asian Cup: Iraq striker Ali Al-Hamadi
- A lot needs to change for Syria to be on the right path: Ammar Ramadan
🎖️Elise Hamersley, News Associates London – Commended
- Ellie Wakeling – the woman playing elite men’s ice hockey in England
- Ellie Kildunne: World Cup final loss created a fire in my belly
- Bouncing back from cancer: Christiana Balogun’s story
TRAINEE SPORTS JOURNALISM – sponsored by Sky Sports News
🏆 Alec McQuarrie, freelance – Winner
🏅 Ben Parsons, bunkered magazine, DC Thomson – Highly commended
- Dame Laura Kenny opens up on miscarriage trauma and sets sights on Paris 2024 Olympics
- Final Qualifying a timely reminder of what really matters in golf
🎖️Uma Gurav, talkSPORT – Commended
STUDENT TOP SCOOP – sponsored by Sky News
🏆 Bethan Wild, Cardiff University – Winner
🏅 Lily Shanagher, City of Portsmouth College – Highly commended
🎖️Oliver Murphy, News Associates London – Commended
TRAINEE TOP SCOOP – sponsored by Sky News
🏆 Sabrina Miller, The Mail on Sunday and Daily Mail – Winner
🏅 Ruth Cassidy, KentOnline – Highly commended
🎖️Harry Baker, Live Science – Commended
STUDENT FEATURE OF THE YEAR – sponsored by Mark Allen Group
🏆 Connie Bowker, News Associates London – Winner
- Disability and Dating – Navigating the world of love and relationships in a society that denies your sexuality
- Community land trusts are the next social housing revolution: ‘It’s about empowering people’
🎖️Harry Robinson, The University of Sheffield – Commended
TRAINEE FEATURE OF THE YEAR – sponsored by Mark Allen Group
🏆 Rory Bennett, MyLondon – Winner
- The West London estate where families live in ‘inhumane’ shipping containers and drug dealers beat up mums for complaining
- The West London shipping container towers where mums with babies live in cockroach infested homes next to drug dealers
🏅 Bethan Finighan, Kennedy News and Media – Highly commended
- The psychedelic cervix – Could childbirth evoke pleasure instead of pain?
- I can’t burp: meet the Manchester doctor who could cure me
🎖️Charlotte Alt, The Times – Commended
STUDENT PODCAST OF THE YEAR – sponsored by Politico
🏆 Michael Johnston, St Mary’s University – Winner
🏅 Francisco Santos, Shing Hei (Reagan) Yip, Nottingham Trent University – Highly commended
🎖️Jonny Bentley, University of Salford – Commended
TRAINEE PODCAST OF THE YEAR – sponsored by Politico
🏆 Jacob Evans, BBC – Winner
🏅 George Crafer, BBC – Highly commended
🎖️Carla Rosch, BBC – Commended
STUDENT DATA JOURNALISM – sponsored by Market Research Society/British Polling Council
🏆 Max Kendix, News Associates London – Winner
🏅 Eleanor Gunn, News Associates London – Highly commended
🎖️Petra Matijevic, NCTJ distance learner – Commended
TRAINEE DATA JOURNALISM – sponsored by Market Research Society/British Polling Council
🏆 Eamon Farhat, Bloomberg – Winner
🏅 Hayley Clarke, BBC News – Highly commended
🎖️Jack Fifield, The Oldham Times – Commended
STUDENT PROJECT OF THE YEAR – sponsored by The BMJ
🏆 Asher Gibson, News Associates London – Winner
🏅 Megan Sarah Payton, University of Kent – Highly commended
🎖️Kaleigh Pritchard, University of Gloucestershire – Commended
COMMUNITY NEWS PROJECT AWARD – sponsored by Meta
🏆 Eszter Tárnai, Glasgow Times – Winner
- Glasgow residents ‘disgusted’ by plans to start charging for parking
- Glasgow dad hits out after ‘only’ playpark in the area locked
🏅 Paul McAuley, Liverpool Echo – Highly commended
- Furry got ‘instantly hooked’ on lifestyle that allows him ‘to truly be himself’
- Liverpool queens reveal ‘sinister side’ of drag they experience daily
🎖️Maxine Denton, Cornwall Live – Commended
- Woman in Cornwall on the highs and lows of van life
- Cornwall Pride members feel there is still ‘a long way to go’ for LGBTQ+ acceptance
🎖️Jack Fifield, The Oldham Times – Commended
- Oldham woman ‘dead inside’ as husband stuck in Gaza
- Inside the hidden Oldham food banks run by schools
🎖️Mirek Gosney, Newbury Weekly News/ Newbury Today – Commended
APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR – sponsored by Yahoo
🏆 Amrit Singh Mann, Sky News (training centre: PA Media Academy) – Winner
🏅 Ella Hambly, BBC (training centre: University of Kent) – Highly commended
🎖️Karimah Bangura, Channel 5 News (training centre: PA Media Academy) – Commended
🎖️Eamon Farhat, Bloomberg (training centre: PA Media Academy) – Commended
🎖️Ayisha Gharu, Haymarket (training centre: PA Media Academy) – Commended
🎖️Albert Tait, Newsquest (training centre: Darlington College) – Commended
STUDENT OF THE YEAR – sponsored by The News Movement
🏆 Eve Bennett, News Associates London – Winner
🏅 Harriet Muckle, University of Salford – Highly commended
🎖️Alexandra Bánfi, Cardiff University – Commended
🎖️Bethan Finighan, News Associates Manchester – Commended
🎖️Noah Keate, News Associates London – Commended
🎖️Molly Pavord, News Associates London – Commended
TRAINEE OF THE YEAR – sponsored by Alder Media
🏆 Megan Howe, Shropshire Star – Winner
🏅 William Payne, TTG Media – Highly commended
🎖️Victoria Finan, Yorkshire Post – Commended
🎖️Jacob Panons, Eastbourne Herald – Commended
CHAIRMAN’S AWARD
🏆 Paul Wiltshire, course leader, University of Gloucestershire – Winner
