# List of British journalism awards

This list of British journalism awards is an index to articles about notable awards given to journalism in the United Kingdom.

## Awards

| Award | Sponsor | Awarded for | Period |
| Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards | World Leadership Forum | Writers and broadcasters working in the aerospace and aviation field | 1996 to 2009 |
| Amnesty International UK Media Awards | Amnesty International | Best human rights journalism in the UK. | Since 1992 |
| Andrew Cross Award | Churches' Media Council | Best in journalistic reporting and analysis of religious news and current affairs in radio, television, in print media and online | Until 2006 |
| Bevins Prize | Bevins Trust | Outstanding investigative journalism | Since 2008 |
| British Sports Journalism Awards | Sports Journalists' Association | Best of sports journalism | Since 1976 |
| Business Journalist of the Year Awards | World Leadership Forum | Journalists of all nationalities, and the entire spectrum of business and financial reporting | 1999–2008 |
| Nick Clarke Award | BBC | Celebrate and recognise the best broadcast interview of the year | Since 2008 |
| Foreign Reporter of the Year | The Press Awards | (various categories) | Since 1962 |
| George Orwell Memorial Prize | Penguin Group | Articles or essays on current political, cultural or social issues | 1976–1986 |
| Guardian Student Media Award | The Guardian | Student journalism (various categories) | Since 1978 |
| Hatchet Job of the Year | The Omnivore (website) | Writer of the angriest, funniest, most trenchant book review of the past twelve months. | 2012–2014 |
| Komla Dumor Award | BBC | Outstanding individual living and working in Africa, who combines strong journalism skills, on air flair, and an exceptional talent in telling African stories | Since 2015 |
| Magazine Design and Journalism Awards | Press Gazette | Design and journalism across all magazine sectors – consumer, B2B and customer | Since 1998 |
| The Maggies, Magazine Cover Awards | iSUBSCRiBE | Covers that resonate most strongly with the general public, encapsulate the passion of the subject matter, capture the spirit of the previous year and provoke the most debate | Since 2009 |
| Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism | Martha Gellhorn Trust | Human story that penetrates the established version of events and illuminates an urgent issue buried by prevailing fashions of what makes news | Since 1999 |
| National Student Journalism Awards | National Union of Students (United Kingdom) | Student articles | Since 1947 |
| Orwell Prize | The Orwell Foundation, University College London | Political journalism | Since 1994 |
| Paul Foot Award | Private Eye | Investigative or campaigning journalism | Since 2005 |
| Rory Peck Awards | Rory Peck Trust | Freelance cameramen and camerawomen, news and current affairs | Since 1998 |
| Scottish Press Awards | Scottish Newspaper Society | Talent in Scottish journalism | Since 1979 |
| Shafta Awards (journalism) | | The very worst in tabloid journalism | Since 1987 |
| British Sports Journalism Awards | Sports Journalists' Association | Commemorating of all sports writers | |
| The Press Awards | Society of Editors | Best of British journalism | Since 1962 |