The founders of the BJR in 1989 were delighted to secure the occasional and friendly counsel of Geoffrey Bindman, who had founded a law firm in 1974 that aimed to “protect the rights and reputations of local Londoners” and act for progressive organisations and...
Bill Hagerty, the chairman emeritus of the British Journalism Review, died on Boxing Day, aged 86, after a short illness. The editor of the magazine for a decade until 2012, when he took the role of chairing the editorial board which he held until 2019, Bill...
Integrity. Authority. Empathy. The three attributes in the journalism of the late Sir Charles Wheeler identified by this year’s winner of the much-prized award that bears his name and that this magazine is proud to sponsor. And what Steve Rosenberg, our acclaimed new...
A capacity audience at the London Press Club Awards at Stationers’ Hall, London, applauded Sue Mitchell, of the BBC Investigations Unit, winner of The Cudlipp Prize, the prestigious award sponsored by the BJR. The judging panel chaired by the journalist, academic and...
She was a small woman but – wow! – she packed a punch. Even in what was laughingly termed “retirement”, when she found time to be an indefatigable member of the editorial board of this magazine, she brought enough energy and enthusiasm to everything she did to shame...
The Today programme presenter Mishal Husain (left in picture) has won the 2024 Charles Wheeler award for Outstanding Contribution to Broadcast Journalism. In front of a packed house at the Regent Street Cinema, London, Husain praised the influence of the late Charles...
Courageous public interest journalism that saw an investigative reporter obtain a job in one of Britain’s most violent jails has been named winner of this year’s Cudlipp Award, sponsored by the British Journalism Review. Paul Morgan-Bentley (right) led the report into...
The 2023 Cudlipp Award, sponsored by the British Journalism Review in memory of former Fleet Street editor Lord (Hugh) Cudlipp, has been won by Sky News in collaboration with Tortoise Media for their investigation into the extra-parliamentary earnings of MPs. The...
Christiane Amanpour, chief international anchor for CNN, is the 2023 winner of the Charles Wheeler Award, presented by the British Journalism Review for an outstanding contribution to broadcast journalism, in memory of the celebrated BBC reporter and presenter....
Former Fleet Street editor, BJR Chairman emeritus Bill Hagerty, named Journalist Laureate 2023.