Freelance journalist Sylvia Morris was named journalist of the year last night at the Headlinemoney.co.uk awards for personal finance journalists.
Last night’s event at the Park Lane Hilton is the biggest awards night in the world of personal finance journalism and the shortlists were compiled after journalists working in the field were asked to nominate each other.
Morris has worked as a freelance personal finance journalist for 25 years.
One of the judges said: ‘It’s about time that Sylvia’s excellent stories got the credit they deserve. She is the industry-recognised authority on savings, mixing hard-hitting exclusives with detailed analysis.
‘On top of this, her talents extend to leading the debate on women’s pensions and continuing the war on with-profits funds when other journalists have been happy to rest on their laurels. She is one of the best journalists around and thoroughly deserves to break the domination of PF editors who regularly win headlinemoney’s top awards”.
Full list of award winners:
PENSION WRITER OF THE YEAR
Consumer: David Budworth for his work on The Sunday Times
Trade: John Greenwood, Corporate Adviser
GENERAL INSURANCE WRITER OF THE YEAR
Consumer: Stephen Womack, Mail on Sunday
Trade: Lynn Rouse, Post Magazine
PROTECTION WRITER OF THE YEAR
Consumer: Emma Simon, The Telegraph Media Group
Trade: Lucy Quinton, Cover
INVESTMENT WRITER OF THE YEAR
Consumer: Paul Farrow, The Telegraph Media Group
Trade: Chris Salih, Money Marketing
MORTGAGE WRITER OF THE YEAR
Consumer: Myra Butterworth, The Telegraph Media Group
Trade: Tanya Powley, Money Marketing
SAVINGS WRITER OF THE YEAR
Steve Lodge, Financial Times
FINANCIAL WEBSITE OF THE YEAR
Consumer:The Telegraph Money online
Trade: Citywire
REGIONAL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Rosemary Gallagher, for her work at The Scotsman
CONSUMER CHAMPION OF THE YEAR
Tony Levene, The Guardian
FINANCIAL BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR
Martin Lewis
FREELANCE JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Melanie Wright
COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR (TRADE MEDIA)
Gavin Lumsden, New Model Adviser
COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR (CONSUMER MEDIA)
Tony Hazell, Daily Mail
RISING STAR OF THE YEAR (TRADE MEDIA)
John Fitzsimons, Mortgage Solutions
RISING STAR OF THE YEAR (CONSUMER MEDIA)
James Salmon, Daily Mail
TITLE OF THE YEAR (TRADE MEDIA)
New Model Adviser
TITLE OF THE YEAR (CONSUMER MEDIA)
Money Mail
JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR (TRADE MEDIA)
Paul McMillan, Money Marketing
JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR (CONSUMER MEDIA)
Gráinne Gilmore, The Times
HEADLINEMONEY JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sylvia Morris, Freelance
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