Rising Star of the Year (Consumer)
“Wow. What fantastic dedication to finding the facts. 6 months of chasing and cataloguing hundreds of Freedom of Information requests, and then turning it into an exclusive, data-led story that keeps the reader engaged throughout deserves recognition. Alongside that her campaigning work has had real impact, forcing regulators to act.”
WINNER:
Molly Greeves, MoneySavingExpert.com
Everyone on the shortlist for this category had excellent credentials, so huge congratulations to Molly for emerging as our Rising Star of the Year (Consumer) this year. “She has mastered all the skills and techniques necessary to stand out as a financial journalist”, said one judge. Another saluted her determination: “Wow. What fantastic dedication to finding the facts. 6 months of chasing and cataloguing hundreds of Freedom of Information requests, and then turning it into an exclusive, data-led story that keeps the reader engaged throughout deserves recognition.” Others highlighted that her campaigning work has had real impact, forcing regulators to act.
Highly Commended:
Ellie Smitherman, The Sun
Such a high quality category deserved a Highly Commended award and that deservedly went to Ellie. The judges summed up her achievement: “Telling the story is one thing; applying it to the readers is another. She's clearly made use of box-outs, information, research, data, and broken it down for the reader to ask 'Am I affected? How might this affect me?'. Any journalist can write a story; it takes skill to write one for your own readership.”
Shortlist
Lucy Evans, The Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday
Molly Greeves, MoneySavingExpert.com
Madeleine Ross, The Daily Telegraph
Ellie Smitherman, The Sun
Pieter Snepvangers, The Telegraph