The Press Awards, formerly the British Press Awards, is an annual ceremony that celebrates the best of

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History

Established in 1962 by ''

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'' and '' World's Press News'', the first award ceremony for the then-named ''Hannen Swaffer Awards'', named after journalist

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, was held in 1963. It was judged by a small panel of senior figures in journalism and awarded just three awards. Following an earlier consolidation of companies into the

International Publishing Corporation TI Media (formerly International Publishing Company, IPC Magazines Ltd, IPC Media and Time Inc. UK) was a consumer magazine and digital publisher in the United Kingdom, with a portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year. Most of its tit ...

, the 1966 awards were restyled the ''International Publishing Corporation Hannen Swaffer Awards'' and the number of awards issued had increased to ten. The 1975 awards saw the name change to the ''British Press Awards''. After having been run by the ''

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'' for over 20 years, in 2010 the awards were taken over by the

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. Although often still referred to as the ''British Press Awards'', after the take-over the name was changed for the 2010 awards to ''The Press Awards''. In the 2014 awards there were 31 categories, and the number of judges had increased dramatically from the awards first days. In 2012, following the takeover by the Society of Editors and the name change to ''The Press Awards'', the naming format of the awards changed. Previously, the awards were named for the year in which they were issued; subsequently they were named for the previous year (i.e. that which was under consideration), although they are often reported on using the old naming format. In 2022, The awards will be produced by

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on behalf of the News Media Association. With this, the website and entry information is moved to https://www.thepressawards.com/

Categories

The categories change from year to year, some previous categories have included:

2007

Newspaper of the Year, Reporter of the Year, Business Journalist of the Year, Financial Journalist of the Year, Young Journalist of the Year, Photographer of the Year, Sports Photographer of the Year, Foreign Reporter of the Year, Columnist of the Year, Feature Writer of the Year, Critic of the Year, Front Page of the Year, Sports Reporter of the Year, Sports Writer of the Year, Sports Journalist of the Year, Team of the Year, Interviewer of the Year, Supplement of the Year, Scoop of the Year, Cartoonist of the Year, Specialist Writer of the Year, Political Journalist of the Year and Showbusiness Writer of the Year.

2013

Business Finance and Economics Journalist of the Year, Breaking News Award, Campaign of the Year, Foreign Affairs Journalist of the Year, Investigation of the Year, New Journalist of the Year, Photojournalist of the Year, Politics Journalist of the Year, Journalism Innovation of the Year, Sports Journalist of the Year and Science and Technology Journalist of the Year.

2022 - Complete list of categories

Business and finance journalist of the year, Campaign of the year, Cartoonist of the year, Columnist of the year, Critic of the year, Environment journalist of the year, Excellence in diversity award, Feature writer of the year, Foreign reporter of the year, Front page of the year, Health journalist of the year, Interviewer of the year, Investigation of the year, News podcast of the year, News website of the year, Newspaper of the year, Photographer of the year, Political journalist of the year, Science and technology journalist of the year, Scoop of the year, Specialist journalist of the year, Supplement of the year, The Hugh McIlvanney Award for Sports journalist of the year, Travel journalist of the year and lastly; Young journalist of the year.

National Newspaper of the Year

*1993 – ''

The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally. It was f ...

'' *1994 – '' Daily Mail'' *1995 – ''Daily Mail'' *1996 – ''The Daily Telegraph'' *1997 – ''Daily Mail'' *1998 – ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

'' *1999 – ''

The Sunday Telegraph ''The Sunday Telegraph'' is a British broadsheet newspaper, founded in February 1961 and published by the Telegraph Media Group, a division of Press Holdings. It is the sister paper of ''The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', kn ...

'' *2000 – ''Daily Mail'' *2001 – ''

Daily Mirror The ''Daily Mirror'' is a British national daily tabloid. Founded in 1903, it is owned by parent company Reach plc. From 1985 to 1987, and from 1997 to 2002, the title on its masthead was simply ''The Mirror''. It had an average daily print c ...

'' *2002 – ''Daily Mail'' *2003 – ''

The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publish ...

'' *2004 – '' News of the World'' *2005 – ''The Guardian'' *2006 – ''

The Observer ''The Observer'' is a British newspaper published on Sundays. It is a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' and '' The Guardian Weekly'', whose parent company Guardian Media Group Limited acquired it in 1993. First published in 1791, it is the ...

'' *2007 – ''

Financial Times The ''Financial Times'' (''FT'') is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs. Based in London, England, the paper is owned by a Japanese holding company, Ni ...

'' *2008 – ''

The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper '' The Sunday Times'' (f ...

'' *2009 – ''The Daily Telegraph'' *2010 – ''The Guardian'' *2011 – ''Daily Mail'' *2012 – ''The Times'' *2013 – ''The Guardian'' *2014 – ''The Times'' *2015 – ''

The Mail on Sunday ''The Mail on Sunday'' is a British conservative newspaper, published in a tabloid format. It is the biggest-selling Sunday newspaper in the UK and was launched in 1982 by Lord Rothermere. Its sister paper, the ''Daily Mail'', was first pub ...

'' *2016 – ''Daily Mail'' *2017 – ''Financial Times'' *2018 – ''The Times'' *2019 – ''Daily Mail''

Foreign Reporter of the Year

References

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External links

British Press Awards
1962 establishments in the United Kingdom Awards established in 1962