Could you be our Protection Journalist of the Year?

Jan 27, 2023

Could you be our Protection Journalist of the Year?

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The trophy for Protection Journalist of the Year will be awarded to the financial journalist who best covered finance-related health and protection issues in 2022, with separate trophies for B2B and Consumer winners.

Entering is a great way to raise your profile and highlight your achievements.

Judges will be looking for evidence that you were the best financial journalist covering protection in 2022.

Was your work on finance-related health and protection essential to your readers? Did you consistently highlight issues important to them?

Did you provide new perspective and offer valuable guidance and analysis?

Health and protection doesn't have to be your be your main beat, as long as you have produced at least three strong features, articles, investigations, etc, on the topic in 2022.

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You'll need to submit:

A short supporting statement (maximum 250 words) explaining why you should be considered for this award and why your submission deserves to win.
Three examples of your work, features, articles, investigations, etc, showcasing your skill as a journalist and specialist knowledge of finance-related health and protection.
A headshot of yourself for use in relevant Awards collateral and on the night at the Headlinemoney Awards ceremony.

Judges refer extensively to supporting statements during their deliberations, so be sure to include:

A clear explanation of where your pieces were published and any useful background/context for each.
Relevant links so judges can see the impact of your stories/features/blogs, other editorial items of interest.
Any positive outcomes from your submissions, e.g. help for readers/consumers/industry, debate in Parliament, change in the law, a review into the way things are done, etc.
Evidence of your dedication, professionalism and reputation for efficiency.

When looking at your three examples of work, judges are likely to consider:

Is your copy well-written, accurate and useful for the audience concerned?
Are your submissions fresh and original? Do they explore new angles or provide new warnings?
Do they contain exclusive or hard-hitting investigative work? Or comprehensive/informative surveys?
Are your submissions campaigning and/or include a call-to-action?
Did you make accurate predictions/forecasts?
Did your submissions produce a positive result? For example, prompt a change in the law, a review into the way things are done, etc?
Where relevant, do they contain sensible tips for readers, further steps, etc?
Do your submissions make good use of aids such as tables, graphs, break-out boxes, case studies, etc?

Past winners:

B2B

2022 Ruby Hinchliffe, FTAdviser
2021 Simoney Kyriakou FTAdviser
2020 Adam Saville COVER

Consumer

2022 Helena Kelly, Money Mail, Daily Mail
2021 Harvey Jones Sunday Express
2020 Harvey Jones Daily Express

Hall of Fame - All journalist winners

FT Adviser's Ruby Hinchliffe collects her 2022
trophy from Adam Saville, Chief Editor at Vitality
and awards host Kerry Godliman

On behalf of Helena Kelly, Money Mail, Daily Mail,
Victoria Bischoff collects the 2022 trophy from
Millie Hyde-Smith Director of PR & Content,
Retail at Legal & General and awards host Kerry Godliman

Shortlisting, judging & winners

Entries submitted by journalists across all categories will initially be shortlisted by a panel of judges and announced in May 2023.

After shortlisting, the final and all-important judging phase to decide all the category winners will take place. Judging panels include over a hundred judges comprising senior financial journalists, editors and PRs drawn from around the UK’s financial media.

Widely acknowledged as the biggest night of the year for the UK’s money media, the industry will come together on Wednesday 12 July 2023, where the winners will be revealed at The Brewery in London, at the Headlinemoney Awards 2023.

Good luck and we look forward to receiving your entries!

Contacts

Event enquiries
Vicky Finch
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Entry enquiries
Claire Beard
claire.desilva@headlinemoney.co.uk

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