10 December 2019: The FT was named News Provider of the Year for the second year running at the 2019 Press Gazette British Journalism Awards on Tuesday evening.

The judges praised the FT for its “consistent high quality journalism across various platforms” and “enviable ability to secure jaw-dropping exclusives”. They described the FT as being “at the forefront of journalism innovation” and “proved it is possible to turn a profit whilst investing in quality.”

The FT also scooped two prizes for its technology and politics journalism, and Clare Dwyer Hogg was highly commended for her innovative short film on the impact of Brexit: A cry from the Irish border. 

Jim Pickard, Robert Shrimsley, Janine Gibson, Jonathan Ford, Chris Giles, Delphine Strauss and Sebastian Payne were honoured in the politics category for the The Corbyn Revolution, an FT Series on Labour’s agenda to transform Britain’s economy. 

The judges described the story as “probably the most detailed and revealing piece ever written about the economic consequences of Jeremy Corbyn becoming prime minister”. The “cool, calm and obsessively rigorous piece of journalism” was heralded for “making an important contribution to political discourse in these high octane times.”

Mehul Srivastava scooped the Technology Journalism prize for his story that WhatsApp had been used to inject Israeli spyware on to phones. The judges praised the “incredible investigation”, noting how it led to “immediate action from tech companies to make their networks more secure.” They described the piece as having “global impact” acknowledging that it “was conducted at some personal risk.” 

The British Journalism Awards, now in their eighth year, recognise exceptional journalism in the public interest. A panel of 60 judges from across the news industry judge entries on three criteria: revelation, journalistic rigour and public interest.

There were some 560 entries from every major news organisation in the UK this year.

Find the full list of winners here.