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Bevins Prize
The Bevins Prize is a British award recognising outstanding investigative journalism Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, such as serious crimes, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing. An investigative journalist may spend months or years res .... Established in 2008, it is named after the journalist Anthony Bevins (1942 - 2001) and awarded by the Bevins Trust. Also known as the "Rat up a Drainpipe Award", the Prize's trophy is modelled on a drain pipe. Winners * 2008: Deborah Haynes * 2009: Paul Lewis * 2010: Clare Sambrook References {{reflist British journalism awards Awards established in 2008 2008 establishments in the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Investigative Journalism
Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, such as serious crimes, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing. An investigative journalist may spend months or years researching and preparing a report. Practitioners sometimes use the terms "watchdog reporting" or "accountability reporting." Most investigative journalism has traditionally been conducted by newspapers, wire services, and freelance journalists. With the decline in income through advertising, many traditional news services have struggled to fund investigative journalism, due to it being very time-consuming and expensive. Journalistic investigations are increasingly carried out by news organizations working together, even internationally (as in the case of the Panama Papers and Paradise Papers), or by organizations such as ProPublica, which have not operated previously as news publishers and which rely on the support of the public and benefact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Bevins
Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from the ''Antonii'', a ''gens'' ( Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, a son of Heracles. Anthony is an English name that is in use in many countries. It has been among the top 100 most popular male baby names in the United States since the late 19th century and has been among the top 100 male baby names between 1998 and 2018 in many countries including Canada, Australia, England, Ireland and Scotland. Equivalents include ''Antonio'' in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Maltese; ''Αντώνιος'' in Greek; ''António'' or ''Antônio'' in Portuguese; ''Antoni'' in Catalan, Polish, and Slovene; ''Anton'' in Dutch, Galician, German, Icelandic, Romanian, Russian, and Scandinavian languages; ''Antoine'' in French; '' Antal'' in Hungarian; and ''Antun'' or '' Ante'' in Croatian. The usual abbreviated form is Ton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, the paper's main news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Haynes
Deborah Haynes (born October 1976) is a British journalist, security and defence editor at Sky News. She was previously known for her work as defence editor for ''The Times'' as well as documenting the dangers Iraqi interpreters faced since British troops withdrew from Iraq. Biography Haynes grew up in Surrey, attending Collingwood College, Surrey. She had her first experience of journalism during a work experience week where she was placed with ''Aldershot News''. Haynes then graduated from the University of Cardiff in 1999 with a degree in law and Japanese. In 1999, she began working as a producer for the British bureau of the Japanese television channel TV Tokyo. Then she worked for Agence France-Presse and Reuters. At the end of May 2018, it was announced that Haynes was to leave ''The Times'' to join Sky News as their Foreign Affairs editor. She replaced Sam Kiley who left Sky News that January to join CNN. Haynes speaks Japanese and French. Awards In 2008, Haynes won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Lewis (journalist)
Paul Lewis (born 1981) is head of investigations at ''The Guardian''. He was previously the newspaper's Washington Correspondent, San Francisco Bureau Chief and Associate Editor and has won 12 awards, mostly for investigative reporting. He is the co-author of Undercover; The True Story of Britain's Secret Police. His eight-part series 'Anywhere But Washington' explored what America's most overlooked peoples and places revealed about a nation divided in 2016. He was President of Cambridge University Student Union in 2002-2003. Lewis joined ''The Guardian'' as a trainee in 2005, and was Stern Fellow at ''The Washington Post'' in 2007. Early in his career, he became known for his award-winning investigation of the death of Ian Tomlinson at the 2009 G20 summit protests in London. In August 2010 Lewis became head of ''The Guardian'' "multimedia special projects team" which aims to find "new angles on breaking news stories, including using multimedia and crowdsourcing". Lewis was n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clare Sambrook
Clare Sambrook is an English-Irish freelance journalist and author. Sambrook is best known for her work concerning the ''End Child Detention Now'' campaign which won her the Paul Foot Award and the Bevins Prize. Education and career In high school, Sambrook won the Vellacott History Prize from the University of Cambridge. She later studied at Cambridge. After university Sambrook began working for the '' John Lewis Gazette'' before working for the Haymarket Group. She later began working at the newspaper, ''The Daily Telegraph'' before leaving to become a freelance journalist so that she could concentrate on investigations. Canongate published Sambrook's first novel, ''Hide and Seek'' in the UK in 2005. The book is written from the point of view of a 9-year-old boy called Harry who had to deal with the aftermath of the abduction of his 5-year-old brother, Daniel. In 2010, Sambrook won the Paul Foot Award and the Bevins Prize for her articles which exposed government policies c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Journalism Awards
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awards Established In 2008
An award, sometimes called a distinction, is something given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration. An award may be described by three aspects: 1) who is given 2) what 3) by whom, all varying according to purpose. The recipient is often to a single person, such as a student or athlete, or a representative of a group of people, be it an organisation, a sports team or a whole country. The award item may be a decoration, that is an insignia suitable for wearing, such as a medal, badge, or rosette (award). It can also be a token object such as certificate, diploma, championship belt, trophy A trophy is a tangible, durable reminder of a specific achievement, and serves as a recognition or evidence of merit. Trophies are often awarded for sporting events, from youth sports to professional level athletics. In many sports medals (or, in ..., or Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
