The Guardian has been awarded three Press Awards at this year’s ceremony.
The awards celebrate the achievements of the press industry and are organised by the Society of Editors.
The Guardian and The Observer’s chief football writer, Daniel Taylor won both the news reporter and sports journalist of the year awards for his series of stories about child sexual abuse in football.
The judges described Taylor’s work over the year as “agenda-setting, sensitive and unequivocally in the public interest”. They added: “While his interview with Andy Woodward was an outstanding piece of reporting, his follow-ups and the aftermath of the revelations have been just as important. Quite simply, his work dominated the news agenda both in print, on television and online and one suspects that the repercussions will be felt for years to come”.
Guardian feature writer, Amelia Gentleman won the specialist journalist of the year award for her powerful reporting about the child refugees in Calais failed by Britain, migrant crisis, and features for which she obtained unprecedented access to prisons such as Wandsworth – Britain’s most overcrowded jail.
The Guardian’s G2 section was highly commended in the supplement of the year category and freelancer George Monbiot was highly commended in the environment journalist of the year category.
The full list of winners can be found here.
