The Foreign Reporter of the Year award is one of the honours given annually by
The Press Awards
The Press Awards, formerly the British Press Awards, is an annual ceremony that celebrates the best of British journalism.
History
Established in 1962 by ''The People'' and '' World's Press News'', the first award ceremony for the then-named '' ...
in the UK.
History
Over the years, the categories have increased from 3 in 1962, to 31 in 2014.
There have been many different awards in the area of international and foreign reporting, with some years having more than one; the first category was ''International Reporter of the Year'' in the 1966 awards, the current is ''Foreign Reporter of the Year''.
The 2007 awards saw the introduction of an ''International Journalist of the Year'' category; unlike the earlier ''International Reporter of the Year'' category from 1966-1989, this category honours journalists from countries outside the UK.
Foreign Reporter of the Year
''Foreign Reporter of the Year'', previously ''Foreign Journalist of the Year (in memory of
David Holden
David Holden (1924–1977) was a writer, journalist, and broadcaster, best known as the Chief Foreign Correspondent for ''The Sunday Times'', specialising in Middle-Eastern affairs, where he had been since 1965. He was murdered in execution sty ...
)'' and ''David Holden International Reporter of the Year''.
International Journalist of the Year
Unlike the other categories, this category is for non-UK journalists.
Foreign Stringer of the Year
''Foreign Stringer of the Year'', previously ''Foreign Stringer of the Year (in memory of
David Blundy
David Michael Blundy (21 March 1945 – 17 November 1989), was a British journalist and war correspondent killed by a sniper at the age 44 in El Salvador. Blundy, 44, was the Washington reporter for the London '' Sunday Correspondent'' newspape ...
)'', and ''David Blundy Award''
International Reporter of the Year
References
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External links
British Press Awards
British journalism awards