British Press Awards: Past winners

29 November 2007

Newspaper of the Year

• 2007 The Observer
• 2006 The Guardian
• 2005 News of The World
• 2004 The Independent
• 2003 Daily Mail
• 2002 Daily Mirror
• 2001 Daily Mail
• 2000 The Sunday Telegraph

Reporter of the Year

• 2007 Sheila McNulty, Financial Times
• 2006 Oliver Harvey, The Sun
• 2005 Trevor Kavanagh, The Sun
• 2004 John Kay, The Sun
• 2003 Steve Dennis, The Daily Mirror
• 2002 Fiona Barton, The Mail on Sunday
• 2001 John Kay, The Sun
• 2000 Nick Davies, The Guardian

Business Journalist of the Year

• 2007 Liam Halligan, The Sunday Telegraph
• 2006 Hamish McRae, The Independent
• 2005 Ian Griffiths, The Guardian
• 2004 Neil Buckley, Financial Times
• 2002 Tim Burt, Financial Times
• 2001 Michael Harrison, The Independent
• 2000 Hugo Dixon, Financial Times

Financial Journalist of the Year

• 2005 Ian King, The Sun
• 2004 Simon Watkins, The Mail on Sunday
• 2002 Neil Collins, The Daily Telegraph
• 2001 John Willman, Financial Times
• 2000 Ben Laurance, The Observer

Young Journalist of the Year

• 2007 Ed Caesar, The Independent
• 2006 Lucy Bannerman, The Herald
• 2005 Ryan Sabey, News of the World
• 2004 Elizabeth Day, The Sunday Telegraph
• 2003 Johann Hari, The Independent
• 2002 Sathnam Sanghera, Financial Times
• 2001 Emma Brockes, The Guardian
• 2000 Nick Paton Walsh, The Observer

Photographer of the Year

• 2007 Andrew Stenning, The Daily Mirror
• 2006 Edmond Terakopian, Freelance
• 2005 Roger Allen, The Daily Mirror
• 2004 Terry Richards, The Sun
• 2003 John Giles, Press Association
• 2002 Cavan Pawson, Evening Standard
• 2001 Jeremy Selwyn, Evening Standard
• 2000 Ian Torrance, Daily Record/freelance

Sports Photographer of the Year

• 2007 Tom Jenkins, The Guardian
• 2006 Tom Jenkins, The Guardian
• 2005 Mark Pain, The Mail on Sunday
• 2004 Tom Jenkins, The Guardian
• 2003 Marc Aspland, The Times
• 2002 Dave Shopland, The Mail on Sunday
• 2001 Bradley Ormesher, Daily Mirror
• 2000 Richard Pelham, The Sun

Foreign Reporter of the Year

• 2007 Christina Lamb, The Sunday Times
• 2006 Hala Jaber, The Sunday Times
• 2005 Hala Jaber, The Sunday Times
• 2004 James Meek, The Guardian
• 2003 Mark Franchetti, The Sunday Times
• 2002 Christina Lamb, The Sunday Telegraph
• 2001 Marie Colvin, The Sunday Times
• 2000 Jon Swain, The Sunday Times

Columnist of the Year

• 2007 Polly Toynbee, The Guardian
• 2006 Lucy Kellaway, Financial Times
• 2005 Peter Hitchens, The Mail on Sunday
• 2004 Boris Johnson, The Daily Telegraph
• 2003 Robert Harris, The Daily Telegraph
• 2002 Zoë Heller, The Daily Telegraph
• 2001 Lynda Lee-Potter, Daily Mail
• 2000 Brian Reade, The Daily Mirror

Feature Writer of the Year

• 2007 Michael Tierney, The Herald
• 2006 Bryan Appleyard, The Sunday Times
• 2005 A A Gill, The Sunday Times
• 2004 Carol Midgley, The Times
• 2003 Michael Tierney, The Herald
• 2002 Emma Brockes, The Guardian
• 2001 Tim Rayment, The Sunday Times
• 2000 Ann Treneman, The Times

Critic of the Year

• 2007 Craig Brown, The Mail on Sunday
• 2006 Jay Rayner, The Observer
• 2005 Sukhdev Sandhu, The Daily Telegraph
• 2004 Brian Sewell, Evening Standard
• 2003 Waldemar Januszczak, The Sunday Times
• 2002 Nigel Andrews, Financial Times
• 2001 Craig Brown, The Mail on Sunday
• 2000 Richard Dorment, The Daily Telegraph

Front Page of the Year

• 2007 The Daily Mirror, My affair: by Prezza
• 2006 The Sun, Harry the Nazi
• 2005 The Sun, Hutton Report leaked
• 2004 News of the World, Huntley in his cell
• 2003 Daily Mail, Cherie, a crook and the proof No.10 lied
• 2002 The Guardian, A declaration of war
• 2001 The Sun, “I’m only here for De Beers”
• 2000 The Sun, Eclipse

Sports Reporter of the Year

• 2005 Jeff Powell, Daily Mail
• 2004 Neil Custis, The Sun
• 2003 David Lacey, The Guardian
• 2002 Paul Smith, Sunday Mirror
• 2001 John Goodbody, The Times
• 2000 Matt Dickinson, The Times

Sports Writer of the Year

• 2005 Oliver Holt, The Daily Mirror
• 2004 David Walsh, The Sunday Times
• 2003 Paul Hayward, The Daily Telegraph
• 2002 Paul Hayward, The Daily Telegraph
• 2001 David Walsh, The Sunday Times

Sports Journalist of the Year

• 2007 Ian Ridley, The Mail on Sunday
• 2006 Oliver Holt, The Daily Mirror

Team of the Year

• 2007 The Sunday Times, Cash for Honours
• 2006 The Daily Mirror, London bombings
• 2005 The Sunday Telegraph, Illegal abortions
• 2004 The Daily Telegraph, War in Iraq
• 2003 The Daily Mirror, Soham
• 2002 The Daily Mirror, War on the World: September 11
• 2000 The Sunday Times, Kosovo
• 2001 The Daily Mirror, Railtrack

Interviewer of the Year

• 2007 Jan Moir, The Daily Telegraph
• 2006 Rachel Cooke, The Observer
• 2005 Robert Chalmers, The Independent
• 2004 Robert Crampton, The Times
• 2003 Sean O’Hagan, The Observer
• 2002 Lynn Barber, The Observer
• 2001 Allison Pearson, The Daily Telegraph
• 2000 Nigel Farndale, The Sunday Telegraph

Supplement of the Year

• 2007 Guides to…, The Guardian
• 2006 Food Monthly, The Observer
• 2005 Herald Magazine, The Herald
• 2004 How to spend it, Financial Times
• 2003 Culture, The Sunday Times
• 2002 Weekend, Daily Mail
• 2001 Observer Sport Monthly, The Observer
• 2000 M Magazine, The Daily Mirror

Scoop of the Year

• 2007 Stephen Moyes, The Daily Mirror, John Prescott’s Affair
• 2006 Stephen Moyes, The Daily Mirror, Cocaine Kate
• 2005 News of the World, Beckham’s secret affair
• 2004 Ryan Parry, The Daily Mirror, Intruder at the Palace
• 2003 3am, The Daily Mirror, Sven and Ulrika
• 2002 Briony Warden, The Sun, Baby traders
• 2001 Geoffrey Lean, The Independent on Sunday, GM crops
• 2000 News of the World, Archer quits

Cartoonist of the Year

• 2007 Peter Brookes, The Times
• 2006 Gerald Scarfe, The Sunday Times
• 2005 Bill Caldwell, The Sun
• 2004 Wally Fawkes (“Trog”), The Sunday Telegraph
• 2003 Steve Bell, The Guardian
• 2002 Peter Brookes, The Times
• 2001 Jonathan Pugh, The Times
• 2000 Matt Pritchett, The Daily Telegraph

Specialist Writer of the Year

• 2007 Sheila McNulty, The Sunday Times
• 2006 Michael Smith, The Sunday Times
• 2005 Julie Henry, The Sunday Telegraph
• 2004 David Leppard, The Sunday Times
• 2003 Jonathon Carr-Brown, The Sunday Times
• 2002 Richard Girling, The Sunday Times
• 2001 Michael McCarthy, The Independent
• 2000 Lorraine Fraser, The Mail on Sunday

Political Journalist of the Year

• 2007 Patrick Wintour, The Guardian
• 2006 Francis Elliott, The Independent on Sunday
• 2005 Simon Walters, The Mail on Sunday
• 2004 Matthew d’Ancona, The Sunday Telegraph
• 2003 Simon Walters, The Mail on Sunday

Showbusiness Writer of the Year

• 2007 Fiona Cummins, The Daily Mirror
• 2006 Victoria Newton, The Sun
• 2005 Debbie Manley, The People
• 2004 Rav Singh, News of the World
• 2003 Baz Bamigboye, Daily Mail