Awards

The Financial Times (FT) is one of the world's leading business news and information organisations. Discover the many prestigious awards won by our publications, journalists and applications. For details of earlier awards, contact kristina.eriksson@ft.com.

FT wins at Headline Money Awards

Financial Times publications have picked up several awards at the 2013 Headline Money Awards, which celebrate outstanding achievement in financial journalism. The awards recognise excellence in money journalism across all aspects of the media – including print, broadcast and the online coverage of financial matters.
Accolades include:

  • Winner: Katie Morley, Investors Chronicle. Pensions Journalist of the Year (Consumer)
  • Winner: ft.com/personal-finance. Best Use of Social Media (Consumer).
  • Highly Commended: Katie Morley, Investors Chronicle. Rising Star of the Year (Consumer)
  • Highly Commended: Tanya Powley, FT Money. Mortgage Journalist of the Year (Consumer)
  • Highly Commended: Investorschronicle.co.uk/comment/chronic-investor-blog. Financial Blog of the Year.
  • Highly Commended: Money Management. Financial B2B Title of the Year.

How To Spend It voted National Colour Supplement of the Year at 2013 Newspaper Awards

How To Spend It, the FT’s luxury lifestyle magazine, has been named National Colour Supplement of the Year at the Newspaper Awards for the 13th time.

How to Spend It was uniformly described as ‘outstanding in every respect’ and acknowledged as the ultimate, high-end glossy.

The Financial Times received a high commendation in the National Newspaper of the Year category, while FT Weekend was commended for Weekend Newspaper of the Year.

St Clements Press, which prints the FT in London, was commended as Newspaper Printer of the Year. The Newspaper Awards celebrate success in news media production.

Andrew Jack received media award from the European Organisation for Rare Diseases

Andrew Jack received the 2013 Media Award of the European Organisation for Rare Diseases (EURORDIS). The award was given in recognition of Andrew’s contribution to better understanding rare diseases and the issues of those living with rare diseases. EURODIS awards are voted for by the organisation’s Board of Directors, based on nominations received from EURODIS’ European member base.

FT wins three Society of American Business Editors and Writers Best in Business journalism awards

NEW YORK: 25 February 2013: The Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) awarded the Financial Times with three prizes in its annual Best in Business contest announced today. The competition, which recognises the year’s finest business news coverage and commentary, attracted more than 1,100 entries from leading news organisations, making 2012 the most competitive year in the history of the contest.

Martin Dickson, US Managing Editor of the FT, commented: “It is an honor to be recognized by our peers, especially during such a storied year in business, finance and economic journalism. These wins are testament to the FT’s mission of providing our readers with the highest quality journalism in whichever format they choose. We are extremely proud of this achievement.”

The Financial Times was recognised in the following categories:

- “Innovation” – The Libor Scandal, http://on.ft.com/Ys8WvO and http://on.ft.com/V1fR0M

- “Explanatory” – If Greece Goes…, FT series:

- “Columnist” – John Gapper

Further information about SABEW’s Best in Business Contest, including a full list of winners, can be found here.

Investors Chronicle honoured with a CFA award

Investors Chronicle has been awarded ‘Article of the year’ at the CFA Society – the UK’s annual journalism awards – for its feature “The Ideal Portfolio”.

The article, written by John Ficenec, Dominic Picarda and former IC editor Jonathan Eley – explains the importance of asset allocation as a source of investment returns.

The award was voted for by CFA charterholders.

Five Financial Times Group journalists named in MHP 30 to Watch 2013

Five young journalists from the Financial Times Group were named in MHP Communication’s 30 to Watch 2013. The awards aim to recognise the contribution of young journalists to the UK media industry whose work is making a real impact in their sector or area of expertise.

The FT winners were:

  • Robert Cookson, Financial Times
  • John Kenchington, Investment Adviser
  • David Keohane, FT Alphaville
  • Hannah Kuchler, Financial Times
  • Michael Stothard, Financial Times