Innovation of the year- sponsored by News UK
🏆Winner- University of Sheffield
🎖️Highly Commended- Ulster University
🎖️Commended- University of Sunderland
Equality, diversity and inclusion awards individual– sponsored by Financial Times
🏆Winner- Shaheena Uddin, Muslim Journalists Connect
🎖️Highly Commended- Hayley Clarke, BBC News
🎖️Commended- Lydia Wilson, BBC South
🎖️Commended- Grace Wheeler, BBC Sports
Equality, diversity and inclusion awards organisation– sponsored by Financial Times
🏆Winner- University of Sheffield
🎖️Highly Commended- City of Liverpool College
🎖️Commended- News UK
Student news- sponsored by the i
🏆Winner- Ruby Watson, University of Sheffield
‘I’m child-free for important reason – but trolls tell me I won’t know true love’
“We’re probably Sheffield’s best kept secret”: charities to help disadvantaged families
‘I thought I was going through the menopause… then I was told to plan my funeral’
🎖️Highly Commended- George Palmer-Soady, Nottingham Trent University
Mum ‘heartbroken’ after ADHD medication shortage leaves daughter in withdrawals for months
Cuts to arts in Nottingham are ‘terrible’, say Brit Award-nominated rappers
🎖️Commended- Emma Dodd, Darlington College
Home for my son and his dying wife
School too small to keep teachers
Trainee news- sponsored by the i
🏆Winner- Yzabelle Bostyn, The Olive Press
🎖️Highly Commended- Max Kendix, The Times
Reform UK candidate to resign over BNP support
Neil Gray’s backroom deal with NHS unions ‘risks patient safety’
XL bullies rehomed in Scotland as ban looms south of the border
🎖️Commended- Isabelle Parkin, Express & Star
‘Unacceptable’: Environment Agency reveals 4,000 litres of chemicals were spilled in Walsall canal
‘A lightning strike set our house on fire and destroyed treasured things that can never be replaced’
‘I never thought anyone from Wolverhampton would be as famous as him’ – Liam Payne’s former teacher
Student sports- sponsored by Sky Sports News
🏆Winner- Evie Ashton, St Mary’s University
James Guy: Olympic swimmer on his late ADHD diagnosis and health anxiety
Amelia Short: My transgender story and how my inclusive local cricket club helped me
🎖️Highly Commended- David Olaseinde, News Associates London
How Social Media Redefined the Sunday Football League Landscape
The Football Black List spearheads representation in the beautiful game
The ultimate dream…but at what cost?
🎖️Commended- Oscar Pick, St Mary’s University
Tris Dixon: Boxing’s drug problem reaches crisis point with inconsistent testing and no world body
The sweet science of keeping boxers safe
Trainee sports- sponsored by Sky Sports News
🏆Winner- Ben Fleming, Metro
Black Arsenal’s beautiful history from Paul Davis and Ian Wright Bukayo Saka
From Morrisons to Royal Troon: Former delivery driver Joe Dean’s wild journey to the Open
Injury woes and advice from KJT: Zak Skinner eyes Paralympics redemption after Tokyo heartbreak
🎖️Highly Commended- Reuben Threllfall, talkSPORT
Student top scoop
🏆Winner- Lucy Wilde, News Associates London
Team GB swimmers to receive typhoid jabs for Olympics due to dirty River Seine
🎖️Highly Commended- Conor Wilson, News Associates London
Labour’s early prison release plan branded ‘smoke and mirrors’ as police boss sounds alarm
🎖️Commended- Charles Pring, Glasgow Clyde College
Glasgow Subway trains failed operator’s own reliability testing
🎖️Commended- Nicole Haynes, News Associates London
Inside the UK’s top performing arts schools
🎖️Commended- Eduardo Tansley, St Mary’s University
‘Compete with the big dogs’: new era beckons for the Dominican Republic
Trainee top scoop
🏆Winner- Shing Hei Yip, The Chaser News
China ‘pressured’ UK publisher to edit Taiwan reference in GCSE textbook
🎖️Highly Commended- Jonathan Addai, BBC News
Seani B & Jonathan Addai Kartel
🎖️Commended- Tom Burgess, The Northern Echo
Homeless are being sent to North East
Commended- Isabella Ward, Bloomberg News
‘Lord of the Rings’ Director Piles $10 Million Into Dodo De-Extinction Startup
Student feature- sponsored by Mark Allen Group
🏆Winner- Richard James Sladden, News Associates London
Innovation and improvisation are fueling Ukraine’s emergence as a defense tech hub
🎖️Highly Commended- George Nash, News Associates London
🎖️Commended- Jessica Benjamin, University of Portsmouth
Trainee feature- sponsored by Mark Allen Group
🏆Winner- Elysia Taylor-Hearn, The Daily Record
Alex McLeish on his sons’ illness: ‘The helplessness was palpable’
🎖️Highly Commended- Sharin Hussain, The Times
Hadiqa London: Inside the UK’s first lingerie boutique for Muslim women
Alienation and anger over Gaza on the streets of Tower Hamlets
🎖️Commended- Charlotte McDonald, BBC News
‘I got married on a Thursday and saved £3,000’
Pawnbroking loans soar: ‘I used my wedding ring to pay for food and bills’
Student videojouralism
🏆Winner- Na Ao, University of Sheffield
Sam’s Story – The Danger of Open Water
🎖️Highly Commended- Izabella Thornley, News Associates London
Experiencing loneliness for the first time as a young woman in London
🎖️Commended- Jay Blakeway, Glasgow Caledonian University
School children in Glasgow go on strike for Palestine
🎖️Commended- Tommy Lawrence, University of Lincoln
Racing for Horse Welfare – Documentary
Trainee videojournalism
🏆Winner- Mirek Gosney, Newbury Weekly News
🎖️Highly Commended- Lydia Wilson, BBC South
🎖️Commended- Simran Sohal, BBC News
First Sikh sacred music exams launched in UK
Student podcast- sponsored by The Telegraph
🏆Winner- Holly Nichols, News Associates London
🎖️Highly Commended- Joshua Brooks, University of Salford
🎖️Commended- Rosabel Crean, News Associates London
The magic of the piano at St Pancreas train station
Trainee podcast- sponsored by The Telegraph
🏆Winner- Dell Goonetillake, talkSPORT
🎖️Highly Commended- Josephine Watson, TechRadar
Is the Pixel 9 Pro Fold a Galaxy Z Fold 6 killer, iPhone 16 predictions, and Disney+ crackdown woes
🎖️Commended- Hayley Clarke, BBC News
Student data- sponsored by British Polling Council and Marketing Research Society (MRS)
🏆Winner- Charlotte Bend, News Associates London
Progress or political virtue signalling as Met fail to regain trust from London women?
🎖️Highly Commended- Lisa Valentine, News Associates Manchester
🎖️Commended- Joanna Burrell, University of Portsmouth
Local elections 2024: How has Hampshire followed and defied national trends?
🎖️Commended- Lucy Rowan, News Associates London
DBT: The lesser known talking therapy transforming and saving lives
Trainee data- sponsored by sponsored by British Polling Council and Marketing Research Society (MRS)]
🏆Winner- Isabella Ward, Bloomberg News
Rising UK Homelessness Keeps Housing in Front of Voters
🎖️Highly Commended- Imogen James, BBC News
Kent Tonight Special: Medway’s problem with shoplifting
🎖️Commended- Eleri Griffiths, BBC Wales News
Homeschooling: Merthyr girl says it helps her mental health
Student project of the year – sponsored by
🏆 Cynthia Ajayi, Liverpool John Moores University- Winner
🏅 Joshua Day, University of Salford- Highly commended
🎖️Adam Tones, University of Sunderland- Commended
Level 5 apprentice of the year – sponsored by
🏆Ezekiel Bertrand, Darlington College, Newsquest South London- Winner
🏅Niamh Robinson, PA Media Academy, The Telegraph- Highly commended
🎖️Phoebe Abruzzese, Darlington College, The Northern Echo- Commended
🎖️Annabelle Ariyanayagam, PA Media Academy, BBC World Service- Commended
🎖️Jasmine Dufraisse, PA Media Academy, BBC News- Commended
🎖️Harry Goodwin, PA Media Academy, The Sun- Commended
Level 7 apprentice of the year – sponsored by
🏆Sanjana Idnani, University of Kent, BBC Wales News- Winner
🏅 Hayley Clarke, University of Kent, BBC News- Highly commended
🎖️Tom Burgess, Darlington College, The Northern Echo- Commended
🎖️Daniel Hordon, Darlington College, The Northern Echo- Commended
🎖️Jacob Ridley, University of Sunderland, PC Gamer- Commended
🎖️Josephine Watson, University of Sunderland, TechRadar- Commended
🎖️Dell Goonetillake, PA Media Academy, talkSPORT- Commended
Student of the year – sponsored by
🏆Imogen Garfinkel, PA Media Academy- Winner
🏅 Joseph Gilbert, University of Sheffield- Highly commended
🎖️Benedict Coneybeare, News Associates London- Commended
🎖️Laura Howard, St Mary’s University- Commended
🏅 Holly Nichols, News Associates London- Commended
🎖️Becca Sproston, News Associates Manchester- Commended
🎖️Floris de Bruin, PA Media Academy- Commended
Trainee of the year – sponsored by
🏆Hayley Clarke, BBC News- Winner
🏅 Jacob Ridley, PC Gamer- Highly commended
🎖️Maia Davies, BBC News- Commended
🎖️Daniel Hordon, The Northern Echo- Commended
Chair’s award
🏆 Rebecca Moore of Gloucestershire, Senior director, bureau and technical operations, CNN
