Have you excelled as a new financial journalist?

The trophy for Rising Star of the Year will be awarded to the best new financial journalist covering the financial services market, with separate trophies for B2B and Consumer winners.
Entrants will need to have started their first financial journalism role in either B2B or consumer media after 1 Jan 2023.
Entering is a great way to highlight the positive start you have made as a financial journalist and celebrate your individual achievements.
Judges will be looking for evidence that you were the top new financial journalist (B2B or Consumer) in 2024.
Did you quickly establish yourself as a dependable source of skilled financial journalism? Were you able to successfully adapt to your beat and learn the ropes in record time? Did you seek out opportunities to make great industry contacts and enhance your knowledge of your sector? Did you develop an understanding of your audience and consistently highlight issues important to them? Did your fresh approach to your sector enable you to provide new 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 short supporting statement (maximum 300 words) explaining why you should be considered for this award and why your submission deserves to win.
- Three attachments of your work, features, articles, investigations, etc, showcasing your skill as a journalist.
- A headshot of yourself for use in relevant Awards collateral and on the night at the Headlinemoney Awards ceremony.
Past winners:
Hall of Fame - All journalist winners
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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