Awards

2023

Winner – Feature of the Year, Medical Journalists' Association awards: Rosa Furneaux and Laura Margottini (The drug was meant to save children’s lives. Instead, they’re dying)

Winner - ESG story of the year, Headlinemoney Awards: Josephine Moulds, Marcus Leroux , Meenakshi Kapoor (Mines, pipelines and oil rigs: what HSBC’s ‘sustainable finance’ really pays for)

Winner - Best print feature, One World Media Awards for print: Rosa Furneaux, Laura Margottini (The drug was meant to save children’s lives. Instead, they’re dying)

2022

Winner - Best investigation into Modern Slavery: Emiliano Mellino, Pete Pattisson and Rudra Pangeni (Migrant fruit pickers charged thousands in illegal fees to work on UK farms)

Winner - Best Investigative Podcast, The Publishers Podcast Awards: Smoke Screen (Matthew Chapman, Tom Wright, Victoria Hollingsworth, Malcolm Rees)

Winner - Newcomer of the Year, Association of British Science Writers Awards: Rosa Furneaux

Winner - The Gaby Rado Award for New Journalist, Amnesty International UK Media Awards: Rosa Furneaux (How Covax failed on its promise to vaccinate the world)

Winner – Gold Award for health, MHP Mischief 30 to Watch Young Journalist Awards: Rosa Furneaux

Winner – Information Award for research that helps protect the public, French National Committee for Tobacco Control: Laura Margottini and Matthew Chapman (Philip Morris misleading the public about nicotine in heated tobacco)

Winner – Criminal Justice Alliance Award for Outstanding Journalism: Sarah Haque, Alexandra Heal and Meirion Jones (reporting into police-perpetrated domestic violenc)

2021

Winner - Science Story of the Year, Foreign Press Association Awards: Madlen Davies, Rosa Furneaux, Iván Ruiz, Jill Langlois, Chrissie Giles, Ben du Preez (‘Held to ransom’: Pfizer demands governments gamble with state assets to secure vaccine deal)

Winner - Steve Connor Award for Investigative Journalism, Association of British Science Writers Awards: Chrissie Giles, Madlen Davies, Rosa Furneaux, Ben Stockton and Ben Du Preez (Stretched, secret supply chains hold Covid-19 patients’ lives in the balance)

Winner - Blueprint for Free Speech Whistleblowing Award: Francois van der Westhuizen and Pieter Snyders (for their work with TBIJ Smoke Screen team)

Special mention - British Science Journalist of the Year, Association of British Science Writers Awards: Chrissie Giles

Finalist - Newcomer of the year, Medical Journalists’ Association Awards: Rosa Furneaux (The baby brands turning Indonesian Instagram into free formula ads)

Finalist - Feature of the Year (general audience), Medical Journalists’ Association Awards: Madlen Davies (Lack of oxygen leaves patients in Africa gasping for air)

Finalist - Feature of the Year (general audience), Medical Journalists’ Association Awards: Chrissie Giles, Madlen Davies, Rosa Furneaux and Ben du Preez (The next Covid crisis: a vaccine apartheid endangering us all)

Finalist - Editor of the Year, Medical Journalists’ Association Awards: Chrissie Giles

Shortlisted - Business, Finance and Economics Journalism, British Journalism Awards: Matthew Chapman, Chrissie Giles and Ferdinand Moeck (Tobacco giant JTI placing stealth adverts for its brands on Facebook and Instagram)

Shortlisted - Innovation of the Year, British Journalism Awards: Emiliano Mellino, Charles Boutaud, Gareth Davies and Eve Livingston in partnership with ITV News and the Mirror (Deliveroo riders can earn as little as £2 an hour during shifts, as boss stands to make £500m)

Shortlisted - New Journalist of the Year, British Journalism Awards: Rosa Furneaux

Shortlisted - Technology Journalism, British Journalism Awards: Jasper Jackson, Alexandra Heal, Sarah Haque and Rahul Meesaraganda (Misinformation market: The money-making tools Facebook hands to Covid cranks, Instagraft: Covid conspiracy theorists selling silver spray and $50 seawater and So much hot air: Twitter and Facebook let quack Covid cures spread unchecked in India)

Shortlisted - Energy and Environment Journalism, British Journalism Awards: Andrew Wasley, Alexandra Heal and Elisângela Mendonça (Cargill: the company feeding the world by helping destroy the planet, Loophole lets soya farmers tear down the Amazon and Reign of fire: blazes surge on ‘protected’ Amazon land under Bolsonaro)

Shortlisted - Anti-corruption Journalism, British Journalism Awards: Franz Wild, Isobel Koshiw, Jane Bradley, Andrew Higgins and Ben Stockton (The power of money: how autocrats use London to strike foes worldwide and Justice for sale: how London’s legal system courted the global super-elite)

Shortlisted - Campaign of the Year, British Journalism Awards: Alexandra Heal and Sarah Haque (Met officer alleged to have violently sexually abused two colleagues, Years of living in fear: police still failing partners of violent officers and 800 sexual misconduct allegations against police in three years)

2020

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

Winner - Franco-German Journalism Prize: Madlen Davies, Ben Stockton and Ferdinand Moeck (#GrandTheftEurope)

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

Winner - International, George Polk Awards: the Bureau and 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: Bureau Local (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 (Council borrowed £1bn from taxpayers to bet on British sunshine)

Shortlisted - Business, Finance and Economics, British Journalism Awards: Gareth Davies and Charles Boutaud (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 (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)

2019

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

Winner - Steve Connor Award for Investigative Journalism, Association of British Science Writers Awards: Madlen Davies, Ben Stockton and Rahul Meesaraganda (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 (Dying Homeless)

Finalist - Gather Award in Engaged Journalism, Online Journalism Awards: 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 (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

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: Abigail Fielding-Smith and Crofton Black (secret Pentagon operation)

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 image: Our Bureau Local team at the British Journalism Awards 2017