List of British Press Awards Scoops of the Year
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The Scoop of the Year award is one of the honours given annually by the British Press Awards.
| Year | Newspaper | Scoop | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | The Sunday Times | Police: We found porn on deputy PM’s computers as part of the 2017 Westminster sexual misconduct allegations.[1] | Won by Tom Harper, Jon Ungoed-Thomas and Richard Kerbaj.[1] |
| 2011 | News of the World | Pakistan cricket spot-fixing controversy[2] | Associated award: reporter Mazher Mahmood won "News Reporter of the Year"[3] Nominees: David Laws expenses scandal, The Daily Telegraph; Vince Cable undercover sting, comments, The Daily Telegraph; WikiLeaks revelations (Afghan War files, United States diplomatic cables leak), The Guardian; phone hacking scandal, The Guardian; FIFA World Cup corruption scandal, The Sunday Times; Wayne Rooney vice allegations, Sunday Mirror; "secret life of Jon Venables", Daily Mirror.[4] |
| 2010 | The Daily Telegraph | United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal | Associated awards: The Daily Telegraph was named the "National Newspaper of the Year" for its coverage of the scandal, with William Lewis winning "Journalist of the Year" for his role.[5] |
| 2009 | The Mail on Sunday | Russell Brand Show prank telephone calls row | Reporter: Miles Goslett[6] |
| 2008 | The Sun | 190th Fighter Squadron, Blues and Royals friendly fire incident | Associated awards: "Reporter of the Year", for reporter Tom Newton Dunn[7] |
| 2007 | Daily Mirror | John Prescott affair with his diary secretary | Reporter: Stephen Moyes[8] |
| 2006 | Daily Mirror | "Cocaine Kate" (Kate Moss) | Reporter: Stephen Moyes[8] |
| 2005 | News of the World | "Beckham's secret affair" | Story: David Beckham affair with Rebecca Loos |
| 2004 | Daily Mirror | 'Intruder at the Palace' | Associated award: reporter Ryan Parry awarded the "Hugh Cudlipp award" for outstanding tabloid journalism[9][10] |
| 2003 | Daily Mirror | 'Sven and Ulrika' | Story: Sven-Göran Eriksson affair with Ulrika Jonsson[11] |
| 2002 | The Sun | 'Baby traders' | Reporter: Briony Warden. Story: "how Alan and Judith Kilshaw adopted twins over the internet" |
| 2001 | The Independent on Sunday | 'GM crops' | Reporter: Geoffrey Lean. Story: "ministers had secretly sanctioned trials of GM crops".[12] |
| 2000 | News of the World | "Archer quits" | Story: withdrawal of Jeffrey Archer from the London mayoral election of 2000 over allegations of perjury in a 1987 libel trial |
References
- ^ a b "Financial Times crowned Newspaper of the Year at National Press Awards for 2017 – Society of Editors". Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ^ pressawards.org, Scoop of the Year Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 24 July 2011
- ^ guardian.co.uk, 6 April 2011, Guardian, Times and NoW win big at Press Awards
- ^ British Press Awards, Scoop of the Year Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 30 July 2011
- ^ Press Gazette, Roll of Honour Archived 2011-06-16 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 24 July 2011
- ^ "British Press Awards 2009: The full list of winners".
- ^ Press Gazette, 8 April 2008, British Press Awards: Sun wins four gongs Archived 2012-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Press Gazette, 20 April 2007, How being Mr Nice Guy led to the scoop of the year
- ^ Press Gazette, 19 March 2004, Hello boss? We won!'
- ^ guardian.co.uk, 13 May 2005, Mirror's royal scoop reporter off to New York
- ^ Vivek Chaudhary, The Guardian, 20 April 2002, Sven 'playing away' with Ulrika
- ^ The Independent, 25 March 2001, We're top for scoops - and the best paper on green issues