The purpose of the Wincott Foundation’s annual press awards is to recognise outstanding achievement in the field of economic, business and financial journalism. While the inspiration for the awards comes from the columns written by Harold Wincott in the 1950s and 1960s, the scheme is designed to cover a wide range of styles and formats, from analytical features on economic issues through to reporting on companies and industries. As far as individual journalists are concerned, reporters as well as commentators can qualify for the awards, and there is also a specific award for personal financial journalism – a category that may include investigative reporting as well as advice for investors and savers.
The criteria which the Foundation’s judges take into account are clarity, depth of understanding, objectivity and above all the ability to write about complex topics in a way that is intelligible to the lay person but also authoritative, so that experts in that topic as well as non-experts can learn from it.
Press and Online Awards for 2009
Broadcasting Awards for 2009
Awards 2009
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