The Guardian and the Observer have received 33 nominations at the National Press Awards, including multiple coverage of the Windrush and Cambridge Analytica scandals.
The Guardian has been shortlisted for news website of the year, while both outlets are nominated for daily and Sunday newspaper of the year respectively.
The Guardian’s coverage of the Windrush scandal – which exposed the wrongful deportation of long-term UK residents and eventually led to the resignation of the home secretary Amber Rudd – is recognised in several categories. The reporter behind the stories, Amelia Gentleman, is nominated for news reporter of the year and the Windrush story is also shortlisted in the investigation and campaign categories.
Carole Cadwalladr is shortlisted for technology journalist of the year for her work for the Observer on the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, which left Facebook dealing with a global political crisis. The story has also been nominated for scoop of the year and investigation of the year.
Other nominees include Marina Hyde for political commentator of the year, Robert Booth and Frances Ryan for specialist journalist of the year, and Simon Hattenstone, Miranda Sawyer and Sophie Heawood, all for interviewer of the year. Hannah Jane Parkinson is nominated for health journalist of the year while Daniel Taylor is nominated for sports journalist of the year.
Simon Goodley and Rob Davies are both nominated for business and finance journalist of the year.
Martin Chulov is nominated for foreign reporter of the year and Jess Cartner-Morley is on the shortlist for fashion journalist of the year. Guardian Weekend is shortlisted for magazine of the year and the Observer’s New Review is among the list of nominees for supplement of the year.
The Guardian’s Bias in Britain project, which looked at the hidden impact of everyday racism, is shortlisted for the first Reporting Diversity award. This new category was introduced in response to criticism that the awards failed to represent the diversity of the British media. Despite this, there are just a handful of non-white journalists among the 156 individuals shortlisted on Tuesday.
The awards, hosted by the Society of Editors, will be held on 2 April in London. The shortlist for the final category, the Georgina Henry Prize for Innovation, which is given in memory of the former deputy editor of the Guardian, will be announced at a later date.
Ian Murray, the chairman of the judges and executive director of the Society of Editors, said: “Once again the British press has proven that it is simply the best in the world by the sheer breadth and depth of the entries for these awards. The awards night itself… is rightly considered the time when the press shows off its talent to the world.”
The full list of nominees across the Guardian and the Observer:
Business and finance journalist of the year
Rob Davies
Simon GoodleyPolitical commentator of the year
Marina HydeForeign reporter of the year
Martin ChulovScience journalist of the year
Hannah Devlin
Robin McKieHealth journalist of the year
Hannah Jane ParkinsonFashion journalist of the year
Jess Cartner-MorleyTechnology journalist of the year
Carole CadwalladrEnvironment journalist of the year
Matthew Taylor
Robin McKieSpecialist journalist of the year
Frances Ryan
Robert BoothReporting diversity award
The Guardian’s Bias in Britain seriesSports journalist of the year
Daniel TaylorInterviewer of the year – broadsheet
Miranda Sawyer
Simon Hattenstone
Sophie HeawoodCritic of the year
Grace Dent
Miranda SawyerCartoonist of the year
Chris RiddellScoop of the year
Cambridge Analytica FilesInvestigation of the year
Windrush scandal
Cambridge Analytica filesNews reporter of the year
Amelia GentlemanSupplement of the year
The New Review, The ObserverMagazine of the year
Guardian WeekendFront page of the year
The Guardian, Lives of Grenfell Tower
The Observer, Revealed: 50m Facebook files takenCampaign of the year
Windrush scandalNews website of the year
The GuardianDaily newspaper of the year
The GuardianSunday newspaper of the year
The Observer
