The British Sports Journalism Awards is an annual ceremony organised by the

Sports Journalists' Association The Sports Journalists' Association (SJA) is an association for British sports journalists. It represents the British sports media on the British Olympic Association's press advisory committee and acts as a consultant to organizers of major events ...

that recognise the best of sports journalism in Britain in the previous calendar year. The awards are widely considered the

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of the industry, and attract entries from all major domestic and international media outlets.

History

The first edition of the awards was held in 1976 with the Sports Writer of the Year given to celebrated journalists

Ian Wooldridge Ian Edmund Wooldridge, OBE (14 January 1932 – 4 March 2007) was a British sports journalist. He was with the ''Daily Mail'' for nearly 50 years. Biography Born in New Milton, Hampshire, Wooldridge left Brockenhurst Grammar School with two sc ...

and

Hugh McIlvanney Hugh McIlvanney (2 February 1934 – 24 January 2019) was a Scottish sports journalist who had long stints with the British Sunday newspapers ''The Observer'' (30 years until 1993) and then 23 years with ''The Sunday Times'' (1993–2016). Aft ...

. More categories across broadcast and print have been added over the years. The ceremony is held at a gala dinner in London every February. Principal categories that have held constant since the awards' inception include the John Bromley Sportswriter of the Year, Sports Photographer of the Year, Sports Newspaper of the Year, and the Doug Gardner Award for outstanding contributions to the SJA.

Repeat Recipients

Notable repeat recipients of the British Sports Journalism Awards include

of ''The'' ''Sunday Times'' and Martin Samuel of ''The'' ''Daily Mail'' who have both won Sports Writer of the Year six times.

Eamonn McCabe Eamonn McCabe (28 July 1948 – 2 October 2022) was a British photographer. He began as a sports photographer and later worked in editorial portrait photography. Many of his portraits are held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, ...

was Sports Photographer four times, while Matt Lawton was Sports News Reporter of the Year four times.

Paul Hayward Paul Cecil Hayward (11 January 1954 – 9 May 1992) was a professional rugby league footballer who played for the Newtown Jets between 1973 and 1978. Sporting career Paul Hayward played 73 first grade games for the Newtown Jets during his 6 ...

has been named Sports Writer of the Year three times in four years.

Michael Atherton Michael Andrew Atherton (born 23 March 1968) is a broadcaster, journalist and a former England international first-class cricketer. A right-handed opening batsman for Lancashire and England, and occasional leg-break bowler, he achieved the ca ...

of ''

The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper '' The Sunday Times'' ( ...

'' has won all four editions of Cricket Journalist, while Daniel Taylor of ''

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 ...

'' has won three editions of Football Journalist of the Year. Sean Ingle, also of ''

'', has won Specialist Correspondent on two occasions.

References

External links

British Sports Journalism Awards on Twitter
{{British Sports Journalism Awards British journalism awards Sports journalism 1976 establishments in the United Kingdom Awards established in 1976

History

Categories

Repeat Recipients

References

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