Did your coverage of the investment sector in 2024 make an impact?

Entry guide: Investment Journalist of the Year

Jan 06, 2025

Did your coverage of the investment sector in 2024 make an impact?

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The trophy for Investment Journalist of the Year will be awarded to the financial journalist who best covered investment issues in 2024, with separate trophies for B2B and Consumer writers.

Entering is a great way to gain recognition for your individual accomplishments.

Judges will be looking for evidence that you were the top financial journalist covering investments in 2024.

Were your stories original and essential reading for your audience? Did you consistently break or highlight important issues within the sector? Did your specialist knowledge of investments enable you to provide fresh perspectives or offer useful 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 short supporting statement (maximum 300 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 the investments sector.
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 info 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	Consumer
2024 David Thorpe, FT Adviser 2023 Luke Clancy, Risk.net	2024 James Fitzgerald, for work at The Daily Telegraph 2023 Lauren Almeida, Telegraph Media Group
2022 Jessica Tasman-Jones, for work at Portfolio Adviser	2022 Adam Williams, Telegraph Media Group
2021 Loukia Gyftopoulou, Wealth Manager	2021 Rachel Rickard Straus, The Mail on Sunday
2020 Daniel Grote, New Model Adviser	2020 Adam Williams Telegraph Media Group

Hall of Fame - All journalist winners

David Thorpe, FT Adviser, and James Fitzgerald, former journalist at The Daily Telegraph, collect their trophies from Beth Saint, Global Head of Marketing and Communications at Schroders, and Awards host Rachel Parris.

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!

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