Could you be the inaugural winner of our Diversity and Financial Inclusion Story of the Year Award?

Jan 28, 2025

Could you be the inaugural winner of our Diversity and Financial Inclusion Story of the Year Award?

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Entry guide: Diversity and Financial Inclusion Story of the Year

The trophy for Diversity and Financial Inclusion Story of the Year will be awarded to the financial journalist who provided the best coverage of diversity and financial inclusion issues impacting firms and/or consumers in 2024.

Judges will be looking for evidence of the best story covering issues relating to diversity or financial inclusion (broadcast, digital or print), from 2024.

Was your story a significant scoop? Did it expose/highlight a financial issue for those without adequate access to banking/credit, minority groups or women? Did your story have a wide impact? Did your specialist knowledge of the sector enable you to provide fresh perspectives or offer valuable guidance and analysis?

Entries will close at 11pm on Friday 7 February 2025 for the journalist categories. Please note, for the 2025 awards, entries will NOT be accepted after the entry deadline due to a limited judging time frame.

You'll need to submit:

A supporting statement (maximum 300 words) explaining why your submission should be considered for this award and why it deserves to win.
A upload of your story:
- The item you submit may, for example, be an exclusive news story, an in-depth piece of research, an advice-laden feature or an eye-catching interview.
- Your story may have appeared in print, digitally, as a podcast, or as a piece of audio-visual reportage.
- Your story can be a individual/team effort, but must be one piece only, that appeared in the calendar year 2024.
A headshot of the person/team responsible for the entry, 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 piece was published/broadcast and any useful background/context.
Evidence of journalistic achievement in terms of exclusivity, usefulness, influence and evidence of how the item ultimately made an impact on its readers/listeners/viewers.
Relevant info so judges can see the impact of your submission.

When looking at your submission, judges are likely to consider:

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

Shortlisting, judging & winners

Entries submitted by journalists across all categories will initially be shortlisted by a panel of judges and announced in April 2025.

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 16 July 2025, where the winners will be revealed at The Brewery in London, at the Headlinemoney Awards 2025.

Good luck and we look forward to receiving your entries!

Contacts

Event enquiries
Vicky Finch
vicky.finch@emap.com

Entry enquiries
Claire Beard
claire.desilva@headlinemoney.co.uk

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