Awards

The Bureau and its reporters have been shortlisted for, nominated for, or won over 50 prestigious journalism awards since we launched in April 2010.

2020

Winner - Paul Foot award, Alexandra Heal for Nowhere to turn: Women say domestic abuse by police officers goes unpunished

Winner - Franco-German Journalism Prize, Madlen Davies, Ben Stockton, Ferdinand Moeck for #GrandTheftEurope

Winner - Women in Journalism Georgina Henry Award for digital innovation, Megan Lucero, Bureau Local Director

Winner - International, George Polk Awards, co-production with the Bureau submitted as part of portfolio by New York Times Visual Investigations Team One Bomb. 11 children killed. And the evidence that led to the US

Finalist - Investigation of the Year, Amnesty Media Awards, One Bomb. 11 children killed. And the evidence that led to the US

Finalist - Best Innovation, Amnesty Media Awards, the Bureau Local team for Locked Out

Finalist - Best of Digital Design, Society for News Design World's Best Awards

Shortlisted - Investigation, British Journalism Awards, Gareth Davies and Charles Boutaud for Council borrowed £1bn from taxpayers to bet on British sunshine

Shortlisted - Business, Finance and Economics, British Journalism Awards, Gareth Davies and Charles Boutaud for Local Power

Shortlisted - Innovation, British Journalism Awards, Impact and community organising team

Shortlisted - New Journalist of the Year, British Journalism Awards, Alexandra Heal

Shortlisted - Science, British Journalism Awards, Alexandra Heal and Andrew Wasley for Eating the Earth

Shortlisted - Best data-driven reporting, The Sigma Awards, Dying Homeless

Shortlisted - Innovation (small newsrooms) award, The Sigma Awards, Locked Out

Shortlisted - Open data award, The Sigma Awards, Sold From Under You

Longlisted - One World Media Coronavirus Reporting Award, Lack of oxygen leaves patients in Africa gasping for air

2019

Winner - Best Investigative Journalism, Royal Statistical Society Awards, Maeve McClenaghan and the Bureau Local team for Dying Homeless

Winner - Steve Connor Award for Investigative Journalism, Association of British Science Writers Awards: Madlen Davies, Ben Stockton, Rahul Meesaraganda and Global Superbugs team for A game of chicken: How Indian poultry farming is creating global superbugs

Winner - Innovation of the Year, Drum Online Media Awards: Bureau Local, Refuge Woman

Winner - Hatch's Unsung Heroes for Homelessness, Maeve McClenaghan

Winner - Insight Through Journalism Award, Expert Citizens, Maeve McClenaghan for Dying Homeless

Finalist - Gather Award in Engaged Journalism, Online Journalism Awards, The Bureau Local

Highly commended - Case study of the year, Medical Journalists' Association, Madlen Davies

Shortlisted - Business Journalist of the Year, Words by Women Awards, Madlen Davies

Shortlisted - News Reporter of the Year, Words by Women Awards, Maeve McClenaghan

Shortlisted - Campaign of the year, British Journalism Awards, Maeve McClenaghan and Charles Boutaud for Dying Homeless

Shortlisted - Business and Economics Journalism, British Journalism Awards, Gareth Davies

Shortlisted - New Journalist of the year, British Journalism Awards, Alexandra Heal

Shortlisted - New Voice of the Year: One World Media Awards, Madlen Davies

Shortlisted - Orwell Prize for Journalism, Maeve McClenaghan

Shortlisted - Investigation of the Year, Data Journalism Awards: Dying Homeless

Shortlisted - Open Data Award, Data Journalism Awards: Sold From Under You

Shortlisted - Best data journalism team portfolio (Small newsroom), Data Journalism Awards: Bureau Local

Shortlisted - News coverage, RTS Television Journalism Awards: Out In the Cold, C4 News collaboration with Bureau Local

Shortlisted - Investigation of the Year, Amnesty International Media Awards: Dying Homeless, Bureau Local

Shortlisted - Digital Journalist of the Year, London Press Club, Maeve McClenaghan

Shortlisted - Investigation of the Year, Drum Online Media Awards: Dying Homeless

Shortlisted - XCity Award for outstanding journalism by a City alumni, Madlen Davies

Longlisted - XCity Award for outstanding journalism by a City alumni, Megan Lucero

2018

Winner - Lovie Be Greater With Data: Bureau Local

Winner - Food and Farming category, British Journalism Awards for Specialist Media

Winner - Innovation Award, European Press Prize: Bureau Local

Shortlisted - Innovation of the Year, British Journalism Awards: Bureau Local, Refuge Woman

Shortlisted - Campaign of the Year, British Journalism Awards: Bureau Local, Dying Homeless

Shortlisted - L'Esprit de RSF, Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Awards: Bureau Local

Included on - Nesta/Observer 50 New Radicals list: Bureau Local

Shortlisted - Campaigning and Investigative Food Work Award, Guild of Food Writers

Nominated - Editorial Innovation of the Year, Drum Online Media Awards: Bureau Local

Shortlisted - Grand Prix, News Awards 2018: Bureau Local

2017

Winner - Innovation Prize, British Journalism Awards: Bureau Local

Gold Judges Award - MHP Communications Young Journalists Awards: 30 to Watch: Megan Lucero

Winner - Best Launch/Relaunch of the Year, Drum Online Media Awards: Bureau and production editor, Miriam Wells, with thanks to agency Fieldwork

Shortlisted - Data Journalism Awards 2017 - for two projects, a tool for crunching data and an expose of a secret Pentagon operation: Abigail Fielding-Smith and Crofton Black

Shortlisted - One World Media Radio Award: podcast producer, Maeve McClenaghan, with Reveal

2016

Shortlisted – Medical Journalists’ Association awards, Newcomer of the year: Victoria Parsons

Shortlisted – Global Editors Network Data Journalism Award for Contractors tracking terror targets at heart of drone war: Abigail Fielding-Smith and Crofton Black

2015

Shortlisted – British Journalism Awards, Business journalism category: Nick Mathiason

Shortlisted – British Journalism Awards, new journalist of the year category: Crofton Black

Shortlisted – Amnesty Media Awards, for Kent to Kabul: Maeve McClenaghan, Sue Clayton

Shortlisted – Amnesty Media Awards, Gaby Rado Award: Maeve McClenaghan

Shortlisted – Orwell prize: Nick Mathiason

2014

Winner – New journalist of the year at British Journalism Awards: Tom Warren

Winner - Bar Council Legal Reporting Award for Joint Enterprise: Rachel Stevenson, Melanie McFadyean and Maeve McClenaghan

Bronze Winner – Lovie Award, News category for Where the Drones Strike project

Shortlisted – Amnesty Media Awards, innovation category for Where the Drones Strike

Shortlisted – British Journalism Awards in political category for Party Political Funding investigation

2013

Winner - Martha Gellhorn Award for Covert Drone War: Jack Serle, Alice Ross and Chris Woods

Shortlisted – British Journalism Awards, young reporter of the year: Maeve McClenaghan

Official Honoree – Webby Awards, news category: Bureau website

2012

Winner – Amnesty Media Awards, digital category: Deaths in Police Custody

Winner – British Journalism Awards, young reporter of the year: Emma Slater

Shortlisted – British Journalism Awards, investigation of the year: Covert Drone War

Shortlisted – British Journalism Awards, business journalist of the year: Nick Mathiason

Shortlisted – British Journalism Awards, innovation of the year: The Bureau

Shortlisted – One World Media Awards, television award: Aid to Ethiopia investigation

Shortlisted – One World Media Awards, press award: Ghosts of Baghdad

Shortlisted – One World Media Awards, popular features award: Ghosts of Baghdad

2011

Winner – Amnesty Media Awards, digital category: IraqWarLogs

Winner – Thomson Reuters Reporting Europe Award: Structural Funds

Shortlisted – Foreign Press Association Media Awards: Covert War project

Shortlisted – Investigative Reporters and Editors Awards: Structural Funds

Header picture, of our Bureau Local team at the British Journalism Awards 2017