Thrilled to say that I have been named Journalist of the Year by the @wincottfound.bsky.social, for my coverage of Iran's sanction-busting, Russia's new economic friends and China's secret commodity stockpiles. Huge thanks to my colleagues and editors wincott.co.uk/matthieu-fav...

Data Journalist of the Year

@sondreus.bsky.social at @economist.com took the prize thanks to the clarity of his data interpretation on a wide range of stories.

Video Journalists of the Year

@frasernelson.bsky.social and the @channel4news.bsky.social team behind documentary "Britain's Benefit Scandal"

Fraser and the Channel 4 team stood out with a forensic look at "worklessness", one of the biggest problems facing the UK economy

Audio Journalist of the Year

@grahamruddick.bsky.social from @businessleader.bsky.social

The judges found Graham's one-on-one interview with Simon Arora, the head of retailer B&M captured the highs and lows of being an entrepreneur.

Regions and Nations Journalist of the Year

@gregwrightyp.bsky.social of the @yorkshirepost.co.uk

Greg won with his campaigning journalism addressing the Vaccine Damage Payment scheme, loan charges related to suicides, and the Sheffield Cavity wall claims firm, SSB

Personal Finance Journalist of the Year

Claer Barrett of the @financialtimes.com

For more than a decade Claer has been an outstanding commentator on personal finance. This year's contributions were full of useful tips written in accessible but serious prose. A model for her peers!

Young Journalist of the Year

Damien Shepherd of @bloomberg.com for in-depth analysis of the housing challenge facing the UK's Labour government

Damien's reporting ranged across the country and used FoIs to great effect

Congratulations to the winners of this year's Wincott Awards for finance and business journalism!

In no particular order, the winners of the awards are...

Wincott Foundation chair Lionel Barber presents the Economist's Matthieu Favas with the Journalist of the Year award. Photo cred Anna Gordon

This year's Wincott Journalist of the Year - Matthieu Favas of @economist.com ! Congratulations Matthieu

Delighted to be shortlisted for data journalist of the year by @wincottfound.bsky.social alongside a number of my amazing @data.ft.com colleagues

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Very pleased to be nominated for Audio Journalist of the Year at the @wincottfound.bsky.social awards alongside @mattrussell3.bsky.social for our investigation "My AI Girlfriend"
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What happens next:
Wincott judges review entries through March and April.

Shortlisted entrants will be contacted directly.

Winners announced at the awards lunch in May.

Awards update:

Entries have closed!

Thank you to our 150+ entrants.

Finance, economics and business reporting is in fine health!

Deadline extended!

Wincott Awards entries are now open until *5 March*

That's an extra five days to send in your stories for consideration.

7⃣ Most importantly - encourage your colleagues, peers and friends to enter! We accept nominations on behalf of others.

So if you saw great finance, business or economics reporting in 2024, send it to be considered!

4⃣ You can enter multiple awards (and the same piece can go into several categories)
5⃣ Print and online entries may consist of up to three examples of work, as may video or audio news programmes
6⃣ Work in other formats is limited to one example per entry

3⃣ There are seven categories:
Journalist of the year
Young Journalist
Audio
Data
Visual
Nations and regions
Personal finance

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Don't delay: send us your best reporting on business, finance and economics news in 2024!

Thanks Phil - Wincott's previous journalist of the year 🏆

Send in your finance, econ and business journalism stories by 28 February to be in the running for a Wincott Award this year.

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If you've reported on a story like these, or something else in finance, business or economics in 2024, entries are open for the Wincott awards until 28 Feb 2025!

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DECEMBER: Games Workshop crowned a year in which the company joined the FTSE 100 with further success, overcoming the UK planning system to win approval for a £9m factory development @nottinghampost.co.uk www.nottinghampost.com/news/busines...

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NOVEMBER: Stellantis announced the closure of its Luton factory, putting 1,100 jobs at risk and marking the final chapter in Luton’s 120 year car-making history www.lutontoday.co.uk/news/people/...

Yorkshire savings crisis - Gap widens between those who can and cannot save People in Yorkshire and the Humber are facing a savings crisis, according to new research by Yorkshire Building Society, which highlights the fragility of people’s finances across the region.

OCTOBER: As the Bank of England began to cut interest rates, @yorkshirepost.bsky.social covered news that one in five Yorkshire residents had less than £100 in savings www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/read-this/yo...

SEPTEMBER: Amazon ordered its workers back to the office five days a week, while Pret a Manger sales topped £1bn for the first time – perhaps not unrelatedly: www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Chevron Taking Its Headquarters To Texas Chevron announced Friday that will move its corporate headquarters from its longtime home in San Ramon, CA to Houston, Texas in the coming months.

AUGUST: After 145 years in California, Chevron announced a plan to move its HQ to Texas, with Forbes reporting on the reversal in relations between California state leaders and fossil fuel companies www.forbes.com/sites/davidb...