The SJA can today name the shortlists in our sports-writing categories after another bumper record of entries for the 2017 British Sports Journalism Awards.
Winners and highly commended entries will be revealed at the 41st staging of the British Sports Journalism Awards sponsored by the National Lottery at the Westminster Bridge Park Plaza on Monday February 26.
We are delighted to have new partners for the rugby union and football writers of the year. UEFA will support the Football Journalist category via their campaign Together#WePlayStrong, which is aimed at transforming perceptions of women’s football and encouraging girls to take up and continue playing the game.
European Professional Club Rugby will back Rugby Union Journalist of the Year. Stephen Jones of the Times and Sunday Times has won this award twice in the three years it has been running.
The John Bromley Sports Writer of the Year will be announced by SJA President Patrick Collins, at a ceremony hosted by Jim Rosenthal. Paul Hayward of the Daily Telegraph was the recipient last year, the fourth time in 21 years.
This coveted award is decided on a vote by senior figures in the world of sports media, including sports editors from national and regional newspapers. A panel of experts also chooses the Sports Newspaper of the Year, won for the last four years by the Daily Mail.
The 2016 awards were memorable because they featured five first-time winners of their respective categories, four from national dailies.
Matt Dickinson of The Times was Sports Columnist, Sean Ingle of the Guardian and Observer was Specialist Correspondent, Daniel Taylor of the Guardian/Observer won Sports Scoop of the Year and the Telegraph’s Oliver Brown was Sports Feature Writer. Taylor also won the Football Journalist award for the second year in succession.
Past winners of the British Sports Journalism Awards
Tickets for the event, at the Westminster Bridge Park Plaza hotel, are available here.
THE SHORTLIST
Cricket Journalist
Michael Atherton – The Times
Scyld Berry – The Telegraph
Lawrence Booth – Daily Mail / The Mail on Sunday
Peter Hayter – The Cricket Paper
Nick Hoult – The Telegraph
Paul Newman – Daily Mail
UEFA Together #WePlayStrong Football Journalist of the Year
Jason Burt – The Telegraph
James Ducker – The Telegraph
Matt Hughes – The Times
Oliver Kay – The Times
Rory Smith – The New York Times
Daniel Taylor – The Guardian and Observer
Investigative Sports Reporter
David Conn – The Guardian and Observer
Rob Draper & Nick Harris – The Mail on Sunday
Danielle Rossingh – CNN
The Telegraph Investigations Team – The Telegraph
Jeremy Wilson – The Telegraph
Martyn Ziegler – The Times
Regional Journalist
Neil Allen – Portsmouth News
Jon Colman – Cumbrian Newspapers
Mark Douglas – The Journal
Danny Hall – Sheffield Star
Simon Walter – Daily Echo
Chris Wathan – Media Wales
European Professional Club Rugby Journalist of the Year
Mick Cleary – The Telegraph
Brendan Gallagher – The Rugby Paper
Stephen Jones – The Sunday Times
Alex Lowe – The Times
Gavin Mairs – The Telegraph
Kate Rowan – The Telegraph
Daniel Schofield – The Telegraph
Owen Slot – The Times
Special Sports Edition
Boxing News – 100 Greatest British Boxers
Daily Mirror – Cheltenham Festival
Rugby World – Inside The Lions
The Independent – The Premier League at 25
The Sun – London 2017 World Athletics Championships Guide
The Telegraph – The Ashes
Specialist Correspondent
Matt Christie – Boxing News
Gareth A Davies – The Telegraph
Sean Ingle – The Guardian and Observer
Vikki Orvice – The Sun
Jeff Powell – Daily Mail
David Yates – Daily Mirror
Sports Columnist
Matt Dickinson – The Times
Matthew Engel – Freelance
Paul Hayward – Telegraph
Oliver Holt – Mail on Sunday
Brian Reade – Daily Mirror
Martin Samuel – Daily Mail
Sports Feature Writer
Murad Ahmed – The Financial Times
James Gheerbrant – The Times
Oliver Holt – The Mail on Sunday
Donald McRae – The Guardian and Observer
Alyson Rudd – The Times
Rory Smith – The New York Times
Sports News Reporter
Elizabeth Ammon – The Times
Ian Herbert – Daily Mail / The Independent
Martha Kelner – The Guardian and Observer
Matt Law – The Telegraph
Matt Lawton – Daily Mail
Mike Rowbottom – insidethegames.biz
Ben Rumsby – the Telegraph
Sports Scoop
Martha Kelner & Sean Ingle – The Guardian and Observer – Chris Froome failed drugs test
Matt Lawton – Daily Mail – Ranieri sacked
Warren Manger – Daily Mirror – Dementia: Rich game refuses to help struggling ex stars
Vikki Orvice – The Sun – Farah’s leaving coach and coming home
Daniel Taylor – The Guardian and Observer – Eni Aluko accuses England manager Mark Sampson of ‘racist’ Ebola remark
Telegraph Investigations Team – Gatlin embroiled in new athletics doping scandal
Sports Website
Daily Mail
ESPN
Sport 500
The Telegraph
The Guardian
Training Ground Guru
Young Sports Writer – the Ian Wooldridge Trophy
Adam Crafton – Daily Mail / The Mail on Sunday
Ben Fisher – The Guardian and Observer
Amy Lofthouse – BBC Sports News
Hugo Lowell – The i Newspaper
Liam Morgan – insidethegames.biz
Tom Roddy – Newsweek
Amitai Winehouse – Daily Mail / Mailonline
The SJA charity partner for the British Sports and British Sports Journalism Awards is Alzheimer’s Society. Unite now – text UNITE to 70677 to donate £3 a month or visit alzheimers.org.uk/donatetoday