Dan McCrum of the Financial Times has been named the British Journalism Awards Journalist of the Year for his investigation into German payments company Wirecard, which exposed a multi-billion euro fraud.

The Press Gazette awards, now in their ninth year, recognised the best public interest journalism for a UK audience in a virtual ceremony (register here to watch it on-demand) owing to Covid-19 restrictions.

The FT was named News Provider of the Year for a record third time. The BBC’s Emily Maitlis, The Guardian’s Marina Hyde and Matt Lawton of The Times were among the big winners in a year like no other for the industry.