The Guardian has received several nominations for the Society of Editors’ Media Freedom awards, including for national news media of the year.
The awards aim to commend “excellence in public interest and campaigning journalism” across platforms including national and regional print media, broadcast, digital and magazine journalism.
The Guardian columnists Marina Hyde and Nesrine Malik have each been nominated for the commentator of the year award, while David Conn and Anna Isaac have each been nominated for the journalist of the year national award. The Guardian’s political editor, Pippa Crerar, is nominated for political journalist of the year.
Alessio Mamo has been nominated for photo journalist of the year, while the Guardian’s investigations into the Confederation of British Industry and privatised water have each been nominated for investigation of the year in the national category.
Katie McQue, Samira Shackle and Hannah Summers have each been nominated for freelance journalist of the year award for their work in the Guardian.
Dawn Alford, the executive director of the Society of Editors and a co-chair of the judges, said: “Once again, the judges have been amazed by the exceptional standard of journalism that has been put forward for consideration for this year’s awards.
“With more than 450 entries, all are a testament to the outstanding calibre of public interest journalism that continues to be published and broadcast in the UK and beyond.”
The awards will be presented by the ITV News journalist Lucrezia Millarini at a ceremony on 8 November.
