The sports media industry marked its annual celebration and recognition of excellence with a gala evening for the 2024 SJA British Sports Journalism Awards, sponsored by Canon.
The Park Plaza Westminster Bridge welcomed hundreds of guests and congratulated the award winners in a major event hosted by Jim White and Reshmin Chowdhury.
For the sixth year in a row, the coveted John Bromley Trophy for SJA Sportswriter of the Year went to a first-time recipient. The winner was The Athletic’s David Ornstein, who also retained his Football News Reporter category award.
For the second time in four years, the Ed Lacey Trophy for Canon SJA Photographer of the Year was awarded to David Davies of PA Media, who also took the Canon Portfolio and Specialist Portfolio prizes.
In the Broadcast section, the Presenter of the Year category was won by Kelly Cates (BBC Radio 5 Live and Sky Sports), while the BBC’s rugby union correspondent Chris Jones claimed his first success, in the Commentator category.
The Broadcast Journalist award was won by Amanda Davies (CNN), again a first-time winner.
The Sunday Times was named Newspaper of the Year, while in the Digital Publisher category, The Telegraph took the top prize.
The Sports Content Organisation award was won by The Athletic.
- For full report on the writing categories, click HERE
- For full report on the photography categories, click HERE
- For full report on the broadcast categories, click HERE
- For full report on the next-gen awards, click HERE
- 2024 shortlists – Broadcast / Writing / Photography
COMPLETE LIST OF 2024 WINNERS
Sports Content Organisation
The Athletic
Doug Gardner Award for Services to Sports Journalism and the SJA
Jayne Pearce
WRITING AWARDS
SJA Sportswriter of the Year (John Bromley Trophy)
David Ornstein (The Athletic)
Newspaper
The Sunday Times
News Reporter
Winner: Matt Lawton (The Times & Sunday Times)
Silver: Heather Dewar (Scottish Daily Mail, freelance)
Bronze: Martyn Ziegler (The Times & Sunday Times)
Scoop
Winner: Man City launch unprecedented legal action against Premier League – Matt Lawton (The Times & Sunday Times)
Silver: England turn to Thomas Tuchel – Rob Dorsett (Sky Sports News); and, Thomas Tuchel agrees to become England manager – Jonathan Northcroft (The Times & Sunday Times)
Bronze: Bill Sweeney pay – Alex Lowe (The Times & Sunday Times)
Columnist
Winner: Barney Ronay (The Guardian)
Silver: Jonathan Liew (The Guardian)
Bronze: Oliver Holt (Mail Sport)
Football Journalist
Winner: Jonathan Northcroft (The Times & Sunday Times)
Silver: Ian Ladyman (Mail Sport); and, James Ducker (The Telegraph)
Bronze: Sam Wallace (The Telegraph)
Cricket Journalist
Winner: Nick Hoult (The Telegraph)
Silver: Mike Atherton (The Times & Sunday Times)
Bronze: Tim Wigmore (The Telegraph)
Rugby Journalist
Winner: Alex Lowe (The Times & Sunday Times)
Silver: Daniel Schofield (The Telegraph)
Bronze: Stephen Jones (The Times & Sunday Times)
Women’s Sport Journalist
Winner: Suzanne Wrack (The Guardian)
Silver: Charlotte Harpur (The Athletic); and, Katie Whyatt (The Athletic)
Bronze: Kathryn Batte (Telegraph/Mail)
Digital Sports Publisher
Winner: The Telegraph
Silver: The Times & Sunday Times
Bronze: The Athletic
Feature Writer
Winner: Donald McRae (The Guardian)
Silver: David Walsh (The Times & Sunday Times)
Bronze: Owen Slot (The Times & Sunday Times)
Football News Reporter
Winner: David Ornstein (The Athletic)
Silver: Matt Law (The Telegraph)
Bronze: Sami Mokbel (Mail Sport)
Regional Journalist
Winner: Joe Thomas (Liverpool Echo)
Silver: Jon Colman (Newsquest Cumbria)
Bronze: Neil Allen (Portsmouth News)
Content Agency
Winner: Whisper
Silver: Getty Images
Bronze: Sportsbeat
Data Journalist
Winner: Hamzah Khalique-Loonat (The Times & Sunday Times)
Silver: Mark Carey (The Athletic)
Bronze: Ali Tweedale (Opta Analyst)
Specialist Correspondent (The Mike Dickson Trophy)
Winner: Donald McRae (The Guardian)
Silver: Barney Ronay (The Guardian)
Bronze: Riath Al-Samarrai (Mail Sport)
Specialist Sports Publisher
Winner: Telegraph Women’s Sport
Silver: Opta Analyst
Bronze: The Cricketer
Popular Culture Commentator
Winner: Barney Ronay (The Guardian)
Silver: Caoimhe O’Neill (The Athletic)
Bronze: Jon Holmes (Freelance)
Sport for Change Journalism
Winner: Antoine Allen (ITV News)
Silver: David Lockwood (BBC Sport)
Bronze: Bespoke Content Team (Sky Sports News)
Sports Summariser
Winner: Geraint Hughes (Sky Sports News)
Silver: Matt Slater (The Athletic)
Bronze: Scott Murray (The Guardian)
Ones to Watch – Writing (The Ian Wooldridge Trophy)
Winner: Aadam Patel (Mail Sport)
Silver: Ben Fisher (The Guardian)
Bronze: Charlotte Daly (Mail Sport)
SJA Academy Award, in association with talkSPORT
Winner: Ervin Ang
Highly Commended: Alice Wright; Emma Seligman; Nadan Hadzic
PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
Canon SJA Sports Photographer of the Year (Ed Lacey Trophy)
David Davies (PA Media)
Canon Portfolio
Winner: David Davies (PA Media)
Silver: Lee Smith (Action Images Reuters)
Bronze: Chloe Knott (Freelance); and, Clive Mason (Getty Images)
Specialist Portfolio (Phil Sheldon Trophy)
Winner: David Davies (PA Media)
Silver: Alex Whitehead (SWpix)
Bronze: Lee Smith (Action Images Reuters); and, Morgan Harlow (Freelance)
Football Portfolio (Matthew Ashton Trophy)
Winner: Adrian Dennis (AFP)
Silver: Carl Recine (Getty Images)
Bronze: Daniel Mullan (Getty Images)
Olympic and Paralympic Portfolio
Winner: Clive Mason (Getty Images)
Silver: Ryan Browne (Shutterstock)
Bronze: Michael Steele (Getty Images)
Picture
Winner: Richard Heathcote (Getty Images)
Silver: Chloe Knott (Freelance); and, Clive Mason (Getty Images); and, David Davies (PA Media)
News Picture
Winner: Lee Smith (Action Images Reuters)
Silver: Richard Pelham (Getty Images)
Bronze: Tom Jenkins (The Guardian)
Canon Young Photographer
Winner: Alex Davidson (Getty Images)
Silver: Isaac Parkin (Manchester City)
Bronze: Megan Dent (Freelance)
BROADCAST AWARDS
Presenter
Winner: Kelly Cates (BBC Radio 5 Live / Sky Sports)
Silver: Clare Balding (BBC Sport)
Bronze: Orla Chennaoui (Eurosport / TNT Sports)
Broadcast Journalist
Winner: Amanda Davies (CNN)
Silver: Craig Slater (Sky Sports News)
Bronze: Dan Roan (BBC Sport)
Commentator
Winner: Chris Jones (BBC Radio 5 Live)
Silver: John Murray (BBC Radio 5 Live)
Bronze: Alistair Bruce-Ball (BBC Radio 5 Live)
Pundit
Winner: Roy Keane (Sky Sports / ITV Sport)
Silver: Nasser Hussain (Sky Sports)
Bronze: Ally McCoist (talkSPORT)
Audio Show
Winner: White & Jordan (talkSPORT)
Silver: Sportshour (BBC Sport for BBC World Service)
Bronze: Saturday 5 Live Sport (BBC Radio 5 Live)
Television Show
Winner: Deadline Day (Sky Sports News)
Silver: Match of the Day (BBC Sport)
Bronze: CNN World Sport (CNN)
Audio Documentary
Winner: Confessions of a Match Fixer (BBC Scotland)
Silver: The Story of the Guinea Stadium Disaster (The Athletic)
Bronze: The Quiet Place (BBC Radio 5 Live)
Television Documentary
Winner: Sven (Whisper & Up&Away Film Studios for Amazon)
Silver: There’s Only One Rob Burrow (BBC Breakfast)
Bronze: The Club That George Built (whynow Studios & TNT Sports)
Audio Live Event Coverage
Winner: Olympic Games Paris 2024 (talkSPORT)
Silver: Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois (Left Peg Media for BBC Radio 5 Live)
Bronze: Olympic Games Paris 2024 (BBC Radio 5 Live); and, UEFA Euro 2024 (BBC Radio 5 Live)
Television Live Event Coverage
Winner: Olympic Games Paris 2024 (BBC Sport)
Silver: Channel 4 Paralympics (Whisper)
Bronze: England Test Cricket (Sky Sports)
Podcast
Winner: The English Disease (Stak)
Silver: Sporting Giants (BBC Sport/BBC Sounds)
Bronze: The Sports Agents (Global)
Breaking News Coverage
Winner: Jurgen Klopp to leave Liverpool (The Telegraph)
Silver: Sky Sports News
Bronze: Copa America final chaos (The Athletic)
Content Creator
Winner: Miles Addy (The Content Club)
Silver: Sirayah-Shiraz Koraltan (Freelance)
Bronze: Jon Mackenzie (The Athletic)
Content Creator Exclusive
Winner: AFTV – Keir Starmer interview
Silver: Ben Heath Podcast – Premier League Footballer Opens Up About Cocaine Addiction
Bronze: The Overlap – Schweinsteiger On United & Mourinho
YouTube Channel
Winner: United View
Silver: AFTV
Bronze: The Overlap
YouTube Newcomer
Winner: Jordan Macauley (The Long Play)
Silver: UR RONALDO (Whisper, Dentsu and CR7)
Bronze: Mail Sport
YouTube Show
Winner: Stick to Football (The Overlap)
Silver: The Long Play
Bronze: The Athletic’s Week in Football
Ones to Watch – On Air
Winner: Charlotte Daly (Mail Sport)
Silver: Sioned Dafydd (Rondo Media (S4C))
Bronze: Jamie Ward (Matchroom Boxing)
Ones to Watch – Off Air
Winner: Harshini Mehta (Sky Sports News)
Silver: Alex Biddle (Mail Sport); and, Nathanael Hutchinson (BBC Sport)
Bronze: Nicky Anderson (Stak)