Awards
2024
Shortlisted – British Journalism Awards, Social Affairs, Diversity & Inclusion Journalism: Sasha Baker, Valeria Rocca (The parents group at the centre of a rollback of trans rights)
Shortlisted – British Journalism Awards, Health & Life Sciences Journalism: Fin Johnston (Science for sale: Philip Morris’s web of payments to fund tobacco research)
Shortlisted – British Journalism Awards, Crime & Legal Affairs Journalism: Hannah Summers (Family Court Files)
Shortlisted – Energy & Environment Journalism: Josephine Moulds (for investigations into HSBC, Barclays and DRC auction)
Shortlisted – British Journalism Awards, New Journalist of the Year: Nimra Shahid
Shortlisted – British Journalism Awards, Sports Journalism: Simon Lock (Leaked documents reveal Abramovich is still connected to Vitesse)
Winner – The Press 30 Under 30 Awards: Simon Lock
Winner – European Journalism Centre's Climate Journalism Award, Emerging talent category: Nimra Shahid, Robert Soutar, Katia Pirnak (Santander arranged billion-dollar oil bond after making green pledge)
Winner – Anti-Slavery Day Awards, Best investigative news article dealing with Modern Slavery: Vicky Gayle, Emiliano Mellino, Hajar Meddah, Charles Boutaud (Visa system forces care workers to stay silent on rape and abuse)
Winner – Association of British Science Writers awards, Steve Connor Award for Investigative Science Journalism: Rosa Furneaux, Laura Margottini, Paul Eccles and Chrissie Giles, (The drug was meant to save children’s lives. Instead, they’re dying)
Winner – Covering Climate Now Journalism award (food and agriculture): Elisângela Mendonça, Andrew Wasley, Fábio Zuker, Grace Murray & Martin Stew (Collagen Craze Drives Deforestation and Rights Abuses)
Winner – AACR June L Biedler Prize for Cancer Journalism: Rosa Furneaux and Laura Margottini (The drug was meant to save children’s lives. Instead, they’re dying)
Finalist – Written feature, Amnesty Media Awards: Rosa Furneaux and Laura Margottini (The drug was meant to save children’s lives. Instead, they’re dying)
Longlisted – One World Media Awards, print award: Edwin Okoth, Matt Chapman and Emily Dugan (The Del Monte deaths: shocking claims of violence at pineapple plantation)
Runner-up – Wincott Young Journalist of the Year Award: Simon Lock
Runner-up – Scoop of the Year, British Sports Journalism awards: Simon Lock, Rob Davies and David Conn (Roman Abramovich bankrolled major Dutch club while Chelsea owner)
Winner – Banking/Finance, Best in Business Awards, large division (Cyprus Confidential consortium)
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
