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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The Wincott Foundation’s chair Lionel Barber said: “The judges praised Eleanor’s intelligent reporting on economic crime, ranging from sanctioned Russian oligarchs and their London real estate to the trials and tribulations of the National Crime Agency.”
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Congratulations to Eleanor Myers at Politico on winning the Wincott Foundation’s Young Journalist of the Year!
Eleanor Myers accepts the award from the Wincott Foundation's chair Lionel Barber
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
...The film, five years in the making, offers insights into the role of venture capital, the state and the development of artificial intelligence.”
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The Wincott Foundation’s chair Lionel Barber said: “In a highly contested category, the judges voted for the long-form documentary about AlphaFold, the project for which AI entrepreneur-scientist Sir Demis Hassabis won the Nobel Prize...
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Congratulations to Greg Kohs and Gary Krieg at Darmouth Films on winning the Wincott Foundation’s Video Journalism of the Year award!
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The Wincott Foundation’s chair Lionel Barber said: “The veteran FT commentator excelled with wry humour and deep insights in the style of Harold Wincott. His topics - Gen X’s pension problem, inheritance planning and private medical insurance - were right on the money.”
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Congratulations to Jonathan Guthrie at the Financial Times on winning the Wincott Foundation’s Personal Finance Journalist of the Year Award!
Jonathan Guthrie accepts the award from the Wincott Foundation's chair Lionel Barber
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
...Jim’s start-up 'Londoncentric' shows there is space in the market for bold, inventive journalism.”
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The Wincott Foundation’s chair Lionel Barber said: “The judges unanimously applauded Jim's deep and original reporting of the seamier side of London’s business scene, summed up by the headline ‘The snail farmer, his mafia friends and a vendetta against the taxman’...
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Congratulations to Jim Waterson at Londoncentric on winning the Wincott Foundation’s Journalist of the Year Nations and Regions Award!
Jim Waterson accepts the award from the Wincott Foundation's chair Lionel Barber
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
... and using AI to show how companies have talked a big game on AI but results come short of the mark.”
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The Wincott Foundation’s chair Lionel Barber said the team were “worthy winners for their work on European rearmament using radar satellite data; their investigation into how much money the Trump White House has made from selling meme coins...
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Congratulations to Chris Cook, Laura Dubois, Oliver Hawkins and the multi-disciplinary computational journalism team at the Financial Times on winning the Wincott Foundation’s Data Journalism of the Year Award!
Laura Dubois and Chris Cook accept the award from the Wincott Foundation's chair Lionel Barber
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The Wincott Foundation’s chair Lionel Barber said of the show’s 12 December interview: “A gripping interview with Mustafa Suleyman, where Microsoft’s head of AI reveals his ambitions for super intelligence. Mishal’s skills were on full display as an interviewer at the top of her game.”
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Congratulations to Mishal Husain and the team at the Mishal Husain Show on winning the Wincott Foundation’s Audio Journalism of the Year Award!
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
...to the New York networker were closer than claimed, and they exposed the deep ties between Epstein and Jess Staley, former CEO of Barclays. A story on Lord Mandelson derived from the Epstein files led to his firing as UK ambassador in Washington. Great journalism with impact."
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The Wincott Foundation's chair Lionel Barber said: "In a highly contested category - more than 50 entries this year - Bloomberg’s reporting on the Epstein files ultimately carried the day. They won a ruling which opened up emails showing Prince Andrew’s ties...
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Congratulations to Bloomberg's Harry Wilson, Jonathan Browning and Jason Leopold on winning the Wincott Foundation's Journalism of the Year award for their reporting on the Epstein Files, announced at our annual Mansion House awards lunch yesterday.
Jonathan Browning and Harry Wilson accept the Journalism of the Year award from the Wincott Foundation's chair Lionel Barber
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
...to the New York networker were closer than claimed, and they exposed the deep ties between Epstein and Jess Staley, former CEO of Barclays. A story on Lord Mandelson derived from the Epstein files led to his firing as UK ambassador in Washington. Great journalism with impact."
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The Foundation's chair Lionel Barber said: "In a highly contested category - more than 50 entries this year - Bloomberg’s reporting on the Epstein files ultimately carried the day. They won a ruling which opened up emails showing Prince Andrew’s ties...
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This afternoon, the Wincott Foundation was pleased to give Bloomberg's Harry Wilson, @jonnybrowning.bsky.social and Jason Leopold our Journalism of the Year award for their reporting on the Epstein Files. They were announced as winners at the our annual Mansion House awards lunch.
Jonathan Browning and Harry Wilson accept the Journalism of the Year award from the Wincott Foundation's chairman Lionel Barber, former editor of the Financial Times.
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Just ONE week left to enter this year’s Wincott Awards - the premier awards for financial and business journalism – don’t miss out! Deadline is March. All details of how to apply here bit.ly/3Oo5Rky
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Wincott Awards 2025 – how to apply and what the judges are looking for - Wincott
The purpose of the Wincott Foundation’s annual awards is to recognise outstanding achievement in the field of business, economic and financial journalism. Judges will put a premium on deep, original r...
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Jane Martinson @janemartinson.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Just two weeks to go to apply to the Oscars of financial, economic and business journalism - the Wincotts. The deadline for entries is 2 March 2026 for work completed in 2025. Details in this link: wincott.co.uk/wincott-awar...
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Wincott Awards 2025 – how to apply and what the judges are looking for - Wincott
The purpose of the Wincott Foundation’s annual awards is to recognise outstanding achievement in the field of business, economic and financial journalism. Judges will put a premium on deep, original r...
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Just two weeks left to enter this year’s Wincott Awards - the premier awards for financial and business journalism – don’t miss out! Deadline is March. All details of how to apply here: wincott.co.uk/wincott-awar...
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Wincott Awards 2025 – how to apply and what the judges are looking for - Wincott
The purpose of the Wincott Foundation’s annual awards is to recognise outstanding achievement in the field of business, economic and financial journalism. Judges will put a premium on deep, original r...
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
There’s just one month to go for your entries to the Wincott Awards. Our annual awards recognise the very best financial, economic and business journalism. Awards are for work completed in 2025. Don’t miss out. Info on how to apply here: wincott.co.uk/wincott-awar...
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Wincott Awards 2025 – how to apply and what the judges are looking for - Wincott
The purpose of the Wincott Foundation’s annual awards is to recognise outstanding achievement in the field of business, economic and financial journalism. Judges will put a premium on deep, original r...
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
We are pleased to announce that the Wincott awards 2025 are now open for submissions. Our annual awards recognise the very best financial, economic and business journalism. Awards are for work completed in 2025. For instructions on how to apply, see the link below: wincott.co.uk/wincott-awar...
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Matthieu Favas @mattfavas.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Thrilled to say that I have been named Journalist of the Year by the @wincottfound.bsky.social, for my coverage of Iran's sanction-busting, Russia's new economic friends and China's secret commodity stockpiles. Huge thanks to my colleagues and editors wincott.co.uk/matthieu-fav...
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Matthieu Favas of The Economist wins Journalist of the Year … Bloomberg’s Damian Shepherd named Young Journalist … Claer Barrett of FT “outstanding’ in personal finance … Campaigning journalism of Gre...
Matthieu Favas of The Economist was named Wincott Journalist of the Year 2024 for his “superb reporting on some of the most opaque subjects,…
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Data Journalist of the Year @sondreus.bsky.social at @economist.com took the prize thanks to the clarity of his data interpretation on a wide range of stories.
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Video Journalists of the Year @frasernelson.bsky.social and the @channel4news.bsky.social team behind documentary "Britain's Benefit Scandal" Fraser and the Channel 4 team stood out with a forensic look at "worklessness", one of the biggest problems facing the UK economy
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Audio Journalist of the Year @grahamruddick.bsky.social from @businessleader.bsky.social The judges found Graham's one-on-one interview with Simon Arora, the head of retailer B&M captured the highs and lows of being an entrepreneur.
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Regions and Nations Journalist of the Year @gregwrightyp.bsky.social of the @yorkshirepost.co.uk Greg won with his campaigning journalism addressing the Vaccine Damage Payment scheme, loan charges related to suicides, and the Sheffield Cavity wall claims firm, SSB
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Personal Finance Journalist of the Year Claer Barrett of the @financialtimes.com For more than a decade Claer has been an outstanding commentator on personal finance. This year's contributions were full of useful tips written in accessible but serious prose. A model for her peers!
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Young Journalist of the Year Damien Shepherd of @bloomberg.com for in-depth analysis of the housing challenge facing the UK's Labour government Damien's reporting ranged across the country and used FoIs to great effect
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Congratulations to the winners of this year's Wincott Awards for finance and business journalism! In no particular order, the winners of the awards are...
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
This year's Wincott Journalist of the Year - Matthieu Favas of @economist.com ! Congratulations Matthieu
Wincott Foundation chair Lionel Barber presents the Economist's Matthieu Favas with the Journalist of the Year award. Photo cred Anna Gordon
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Amy Borrett @amyborrett.ft.com · 08/04/2025
Delighted to be shortlisted for data journalist of the year by @wincottfound.bsky.social alongside a number of my amazing @data.ft.com colleagues wincott.co.uk/wincott-shor...
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Wincott shortlists -winners to be announced at Mansion House awards lunch on May 8 - Wincott
The Wincott Foundation received more than 150 entries for its 2024 awards with a host of podcasts, videos, data analysis and written submissions which…
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Patricia Clarke @handle.invalid · 08/04/2025
Very pleased to be nominated for Audio Journalist of the Year at the @wincottfound.bsky.social awards alongside @mattrussell3.bsky.social for our investigation "My AI Girlfriend" wincott.co.uk/wincott-shor...
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Wincott shortlists -winners to be announced at Mansion House awards lunch on May 8 - Wincott
The Wincott Foundation received more than 150 entries for its 2024 awards with a host of podcasts, videos, data analysis and written submissions which…
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
What happens next: Wincott judges review entries through March and April. Shortlisted entrants will be contacted directly. Winners announced at the awards lunch in May.
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Awards update: Entries have closed! Thank you to our 150+ entrants. Finance, economics and business reporting is in fine health!
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Deadline extended! Wincott Awards entries are now open until *5 March* That's an extra five days to send in your stories for consideration.
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
7⃣ Most importantly - encourage your colleagues, peers and friends to enter! We accept nominations on behalf of others. So if you saw great finance, business or economics reporting in 2024, send it to be considered!
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
4⃣ You can enter multiple awards (and the same piece can go into several categories) 5⃣ Print and online entries may consist of up to three examples of work, as may video or audio news programmes 6⃣ Work in other formats is limited to one example per entry
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
3⃣ There are seven categories: Journalist of the year Young Journalist Audio Data Visual Nations and regions Personal finance
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Need a reminder of the Awards entry rules? 1⃣ Open to journalism on finance, economics and business stories from 2024 2⃣ Submit using our Google form, here: wincott.co.uk/wincott-foun...
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Wincott Foundation’s Awards 2024: how to apply and what the judges are looking for - Wincott
The purpose of the Wincott Foundation’s annual awards is to recognise outstanding achievement in the field of business, economic and financial journalism. Wincott’s judges…
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Get ahead of the final week rush... send in your entries to the Wincott Awards now! 📬
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
All the details on how to enter the awards here: wincott.co.uk/the-2024-win...
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The 2024 Wincott Awards for financial and business journalism are now open for entries – the deadline is 28 February 2025 - Wincott
Yes, it’s that time of year again … time to submit your entries to the annual Wincott business and financial journalism awards, writes Lionel…
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The countdown is on! You've only 🔟 days left to enter the Wincott Awards. Don't delay: send us your best reporting on business, finance and economics news in 2024!
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Thanks Phil - Wincott's previous journalist of the year 🏆 Send in your finance, econ and business journalism stories by 28 February to be in the running for a Wincott Award this year.
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Read what the Wincott judges are looking for and the 7️⃣ award categories: wincott.co.uk
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Wincott - Financial Awards
Financial Awards
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wincottfound.bsky.social @wincottfound.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Less than a month to go! Submit your entries for the Wincott Awards by 28 February 2025 📬 If you reported on a business, economics or finance story in 2024, send it in for consideration by our panel of judges
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