The British Journalism Awards took place earlier this week, with The Guardian’s Pippa Crerar amongst the biggest winners. The Political Editor of The Guardian picked up three awards on the night, including the Journalist of the Year, Politics Journalism and Women in Journalism’s Woman of the Year prizes. Crerar was instrumental in breaking the news about illegal Downing Street parties during Covid.
Press Gazette Editor-in-Chief and Chairman of the Judges, Dominic Ponsford, said the winner and entrants across all categories provide “proof that journalism matters, that it does make a difference”.
“It has been a year when hundreds of colleagues have placed themselves in the firing line of Vladimir Putin’s missiles to report on the plight of the people of Ukraine,” he added. “And in which publications and broadcaster of every political persuasion and none held the executive branch of UK Government to account so effectively that a prime minister was forced to resign.”
There were significant wins for journalists and brands across UK media, including the BBC, Financial Times, Guardian and Daily Mail all receiving three awards each. The Independent, Sunday Times, Mirror and Channel 4 Dispatches all went home with two. You can view the full list of winners on the Press Gazette website here.
[Main image: ASV Photography Ltd for Press Gazette – Pippa Crerar collecting the Journalist of the Year award at the British Journalism Awards 2022.]