This list of British journalism awards is an index to articles about notable awards given to journalism in the United Kingdom.
Award | Sponsor | Awarded for | Period |
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Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards | World Leadership Forum | Writers and broadcasters working in the aerospace and aviation field [1] | 1996 to 2009 |
Amnesty International UK Media Awards | Amnesty International | Best human rights journalism in the UK. [2] [3] | Since 1992 |
Andrew Cross Award | Churches' Media Council | Best in journalistic reporting and analysis of religious news and current affairs in radio, television, in print media and online [4] | Until 2006 |
Bevins Prize | Bevins Trust | Outstanding investigative journalism [5] | Since 2008 |
British Sports Journalism Awards | Sports Journalists' Association | Best of sports journalism [6] [7] | Since 1976 |
Business Journalist of the Year Awards | World Leadership Forum | Journalists of all nationalities, and the entire spectrum of business and financial reporting [8] | 1999–2008 |
Nick Clarke Award | BBC | Celebrate and recognise the best broadcast interview of the year [9] | Since 2008 |
Foreign Reporter of the Year | The Press Awards | (various categories) [10] [11] | Since 1962 |
George Orwell Memorial Prize | Penguin Group | Articles or essays on current political, cultural or social issues [12] | 1976–1986 |
Guardian Student Media Award | The Guardian | Student journalism (various categories) [13] | Since 1978 |
Hatchet Job of the Year | The Omnivore (website) | Writer of the angriest, funniest, most trenchant book review of the past twelve months. [14] [15] | 2012–2014 |
Komla Dumor Award | BBC | Outstanding individual living and working in Africa, who combines strong journalism skills, on air flair, and an exceptional talent in telling African stories [16] [17] | Since 2015 |
Magazine Design and Journalism Awards | Press Gazette | Design and journalism across all magazine sectors – consumer, B2B and customer [18] | Since 1998 |
The Maggies, Magazine Cover Awards | iSUBSCRiBE | Covers that resonate most strongly with the general public, encapsulate the passion of the subject matter, capture the spirit of the previous year and provoke the most debate [19] | Since 2009 |
Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism | Martha Gellhorn Trust | Human story that penetrates the established version of events and illuminates an urgent issue buried by prevailing fashions of what makes news [20] | Since 1999 |
National Student Journalism Awards | National Union of Students (United Kingdom) | Student articles [21] [22] [23] | Since 1947 |
Orwell Prize | The Orwell Foundation, University College London | Political journalism [24] | Since 1994 |
Paul Foot Award | Private Eye | Investigative or campaigning journalism [25] [26] [27] | Since 2005 |
Rory Peck Awards | Rory Peck Trust | Freelance cameramen and camerawomen, news and current affairs [28] [29] | Since 1998 |
Scottish Press Awards | Scottish Newspaper Society | Talent in Scottish journalism [30] [31] | Since 1979 |
Shafta Awards (journalism) | The very worst in tabloid journalism [32] | Since 1987 | |
British Sports Journalism Awards | Sports Journalists' Association | Commemorating of all sports writers [33] | |
The Press Awards | Society of Editors | Best of British journalism [34] | Since 1962 |