Andrew Gregory (journalist)

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Andrew Gregory
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Gregory's work in The Guardian
Nationality British
Education University of Warwick (BA)
University of the Arts London (MA)
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • writer
  • producer
  • director
  • photographer
Years active2006–present
Employer The Guardian
Website andrewgregory.com

Andrew Gregory is a British journalist, writer, producer, director, and photographer, and the health editor of The Guardian . [1]

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He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including the Royal Statistical Society prize for investigative journalism, [2] three Press Awards, [3] [4] [5] a Press Gazette Award, [6] a Medical Journalists' Association Award, [7] and a Guild of Health Writers Award. [8]

In 2025, Gregory executive produced Of All the Things, [9] an animated short film about hoarding disorder. It was selected to screen at the 15th edition of the BAFTA-qualifying Aesthetica Film Festival and nominated for an RTS Award. [10] [11]

Career

Journalism

Gregory was appointed the health editor of The Guardian in 2021. [12] Previously, he was the health editor of The Sunday Times . [13]

In 2023, Gregory won the Royal Statistical Society prize for investigative journalism [2] and the Medical Journalists' Association's news award [7] for exposing how black and Asian people in England had to wait longer for a cancer diagnosis than white people. [14]

He has twice been named Health Journalist of the Year by the Society of Editors. [3] [4]

Film

In 2025, Gregory executive produced Of All the Things, [9] an animated short film about hoarding disorder. Next, he will produce an animated short film about alcohol addiction, Small Hours, [15] starring Robert Bathurst. [16]

Previously, Gregory served as an associate producer on Alitisal (2024), [17] a live action short film about immigrant mental health. [18] The film premiered at the 18th edition of the Oscar-qualifying Beirut Shorts International Film Festival [19] and won multiple awards. [20]

His other credits include Tredegar (2023), [21] 33 Hours (2022), [22] Long Covid (2021), [23] Freya (2021), [24] Deafblind Doctor (2019), [25] HIV Transplants (2016), [26] and Teddy's Story (2015). [27]

Affiliations

Filmography

YearTitleRoleRef.
2015Teddy's StoryWriter · producer · director [27]
Teddy's Story: The GrandmotherWriter · producer · director [31]
RoyWriter · producer [32]
2016HIV TransplantsWriter · producer [26]
HIV Transplants: The SurgeonsWriter · producer [33]
2019Deafblind DoctorWriter · producer [25]
2021FreyaWriter · producer [24]
Long CovidWriter · producer [23]
202233 HoursWriter · producer [22]
2023TredegarWriter · producer [21]
2024Parallel LivesCo-producer [34]
AlitisalAssociate producer [17]
2025WargamersAssociate producer [35]
The NomophobeAssociate producer [36]
Nowhere ManExecutive producer [37]
Of All the ThingsExecutive producer [9]
2026Small HoursProducer [15]

Awards and nominations

AssociationYearCategoryResultRef.
Asian Media Awards 2023Best InvestigationNominated [38]
British Media Awards 2016Editorial Campaign of the YearNominated [39]
Cudlipp Award 2015Cudlipp AwardNominated [40]
2016Cudlipp AwardNominated [41]
2019Cudlipp AwardNominated [42]
Guild of Health Writers Awards 2016Best National Newspaper WritingWon [8]
London Press Club Awards 2011Scoop of the YearNominated [43]
Medical Journalists' Association Awards 2013Consumer Staff JournalistNominated [44]
2015Staff JournalistNominated [45]
2016News Story of the YearNominated [46]
Science ExplainedNominated [46]
2017Case Study of the YearNominated [47]
News Story of the YearNominated [47]
2018News Story of the YearNominated [48]
2019News Story of the YearNominated [49]
2022Case Study of the YearNominated [50]
News Story of the YearNominated [50]
Science ExplainedNominated [50]
2023Feature of the YearNominated [7]
News Story of the YearWon [7]
2024Gordon McVie Award for Reporting Cancer ResearchNominated [51]
Podcast of the YearNominated [51]
2025Feature of the YearNominated [52]
Mental Health Story of the YearNominated [52]
Podcast of the YearNominated [52]
Science ExplainedNominated [52]
Online Media Awards 2016Online Editorial Campaign of the YearWon [53]
Press Awards 2010Young Journalist of the YearNominated [54]
2011Scoop of the YearNominated [55]
2015Science and Health Journalist of the YearWon [3]
2017Science and Health Journalist of the YearNominated [56]
2018Health Journalist of the YearWon [4]
Front Page of the YearNominated [57]
2019Chairman's AwardWon [5]
2021Health Journalist of the YearNominated [58]
2023Health Journalist of the YearNominated [59]
Press Gazette British Journalism Awards 2012Breaking NewsWon [6]
2013Science and Technology Journalist of the YearNominated [60]
2015Popular JournalismNominated [61]
2017Campaign of the YearNominated [62]
2019Health and Life Sciences JournalismNominated [63]
2020Science JournalismNominated [64]
2022Health and Life Sciences JournalismNominated [65]
Press Gazette Student Journalism Awards 2007News Writer of the YearNominated [66]
Online Journalist of the YearNominated [66]
Scoop of the YearNominated [66]
Pride of Trinity Mirror Awards 2014Scoop of the YearNominated [67]
Royal Statistical Society Statistical Excellence in Journalism Awards 2023Investigative JournalismWon [2]
Trinity Mirror Excellence Awards 2016Campaign of the YearWon [68]
Digital ExcellenceNominated [68]
Front Page of the YearNominated [68]
Scoop of the YearNominated [68]
Video of the YearWon [68]
Young Epilepsy Champions Awards 2015Speaking OutWon [69]

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