Winners and finalists of the 23rd Workworld Media Awards were honoured at a ceremony at The Work Foundation on 19 January with the keynote address given by Greg Dyke, former BBC director general and chair of the British Film Institute.
The prestigious WorkWorld awards recognise outstanding written and broadcast journalism covering the fields of work, management, business and economics. This year they were sponsored by EDF Energy.
A prominent panel of judges reviewed entries for eight categories: Reporter of the year; Feature journalist award; Columnist of the year; Broadcast programme award; Broadcast news reporter of the year; Journalist to watch; Online journalist award and the Lifetime achievement award.
The judges were
Rosemary Bennett, social affairs correspondent of The Times
Anthony Browne, director of policy at the Mayor of London’s Office Richard Donkin, journalist and author of The Future Of Work
Baroness Denise Kingsmill of Holland Park
David Lloyd, professor of journalism at City University and formerly of Channel 4
Martin Shankleman, BBC employment correspondent
Jeff Prestridge, personal finance editor from the Mail on Sunday
Will Hutton was chair of the judges.