2024 HEADLINEMONEY AWARDS SHORTLISTS

We’re delighted to reveal the shortlists for the 2024 Headlinemoney Awards!

A huge congratulations to everyone named. Just making it onto a Headlinemoney Awards shortlist is an achievement, and the competition has been fierce, so well done to all involved.

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Journalism Awards | Specialist Awards | Story of the Year Awards | Overall Performance Awards | PR & Communication Awards

Journalism Awards

B2B Journalist of the Year

  • Harry Curtis, Insurance Post
  • Jen Frost, Insurance Business
  • Martin George, Local Government Chronicle
  • Simoney Kyriakou, FT Adviser
  • Zachariah Sharif, for work at Citywire Wealth Manager

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B2B Title of the Year

  • Citywire New Model Adviser
  • FT Adviser
  • Insurance Post
  • Portfolio Adviser
  • Sifted

Broadcast Journalist of the Year (including all multimedia)

  • Iona Bain, BBC Morning Live, File on 4
  • Claer Barrett, Financial Times
  • Felicity Hannah, BBC
  • Caroline Hug, Citywire Wealth Manager
  • Andy Webb, Be Clever With Your Cash

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Commentator of the Year

  • Claer Barrett, Financial Times
  • Hannah Duncan, AltFi
  • Stephanie Hawthorne, FT Adviser
  • Holly Mead, The Times and The Sunday Times
  • Johanna Noble, The Times and The Sunday Times
  • Moira O'Neill, Financial Times Money and Opinion

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Consumer Champion of the Year

  • Helen Crane, This is Money/MailOnline
  • Sally Hamilton, Money Mail, The Daily Mail
  • Katie Morley, The Daily Telegraph
  • Laura Purkess, The Sun
  • Lily Russell-Jones, The Times and The Sunday Times
  • Anna Tims, The Guardian

Consumer Money Journalist of the Year

  • Sam Barker, This is Money
  • Chiara Cavaglieri, Which? Money
  • Adele Cooke, the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday
  • James Fitzgerald, for work at The Daily Telegraph
  • Ruby Hinchliffe, The Telegraph
  • George Nixon, The Times and The Sunday Times

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Consumer Money Title of the Year

  • This is Money
  • Money Mail, Daily Mail
  • Money Box - BBC Radio 4
  • Which? Money
  • MoneySavingExpert.com

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Fintech Journalist of the Year

  • Hannah Duncan, Freelance
  • Helen Kirrane, This is Money
  • Moira O'Neill, Financial Times
  • Lily Russell-Jones, The Times and The Sunday Times
  • Toby Walne, Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday

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Freelance Journalist of the Year

  • Katie Binns
  • Ruth Emery
  • Rebecca Goodman
  • Moira O'Neill
  • Marc Shoffman
  • Hannah Smith

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Local/Regional Journalist of the Year

  • Chris Burn, The Yorkshire Post
  • Brian Donnelly, The Herald
  • Alistair Houghton, BusinessLive at Reach
  • Emma Newlands, The Scotsman
  • Peter Ranscombe, (Scottish Field)
  • Greg Wright, The Yorkshire Post

Rising Star of the Year (B2B)

  • Tom Dunstan, FT Adviser
  • Alicja Hagopian, Citywire New Model Adviser
  • Riddhi Kanetkar, Business Insider
  • Frances Stebbing, Insurance Post
  • Momodou Musa Touray, Money Marketing
  • Joseph Wilkins, FT Adviser

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Rising Star of the Year (Consumer)

  • Noah Eastwood, The Daily Telegraph
  • Molly Greeves, MoneySavingExpert.com
  • Ruby Hinchliffe, The Telegraph
  • Matthew Jenkin, Which? Money
  • Helen Kirrane, This is Money
  • Lily Russell-Jones, The Times and The Sunday Times

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Savings Journalist of the Year

  • Chiara Cavaglieri, Which? Money
  • James Fitzgerald, for work at The Daily Telegraph
  • Matthew Jenkin, Which? Money
  • Helen Kirrane, This is Money
  • George Nixon, The Times and The Sunday Times

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Specialist Awards

General Insurance Journalist of the Year (B2B)

  • Harry Curtis, Insurance Post
  • Jen Frost, Insurance Business
  • Emma Ann Hughes, Insurance Post
  • Matt Scott, Insurance Times
  • Catrin Shi, Insurance Insider
  • Jonathan Swift, Insurance Post and Insurance Age

General Insurance Journalist of the Year (Consumer)

  • Sam Barker, This is Money
  • Sally Hamilton, Money Mail, The Daily Mail
  • Tom Haynes, Daily Telegraph
  • George Nixon, The Times and The Sunday Times
  • Laura Purkess, The Sun
  • Dean Sobers, Which? Money

Investment Journalist of the Year (B2B)

  • Yuri Bender, Professional Wealth Management
  • Luke Clancy, Risk.net
  • Jeremy Gordon, Citywire Wealth Manager
  • Valeria Martinez, Investment Week
  • John Schaffer, Citywire Wealth Manager
  • David Thorpe, FT Adviser

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Investment Journalist of the Year (Consumer)

  • Valentina Cipriani, Investors' Chronicle
  • James Fitzgerald, for work at The Daily Telegraph
  • Moira O'Neill, Financial Times Money
  • Rachel Rickard Straus, Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday
  • Mike Sheen, This is Money, Mail Online
  • Jemma Slingo, Investors' Chronicle

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Mortgage & Property Journalist of the Year (B2B)

  • Rebekah Commane, Mortgage Strategy
  • Hannah Duncan, Bridging Loan Directory
  • Tom Dunstan, FT Adviser
  • Anna Sagar, Mortgage Solutions
  • Marc Shoffman, Freelance

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Mortgage & Property Journalist of the Year (Consumer)

  • Jessica Beard, Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday
  • Ruby Hinchliffe, The Telegraph
  • George Nixon, The Times and The Sunday Times
  • Alexa Phillips, for work at The Telegraph
  • Lily Russell-Jones, The Times and The Sunday Times
  • Kit Sproson, MoneySavingExpert.com

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Pensions Journalist of the Year (B2B)

  • Amy Austin, FT Adviser
  • Laura Blows, Pensions Age
  • Martin George, Local Government Chronicle
  • Stephanie Hawthorne, Freelance
  • Sonia Rach, FT Adviser
  • Sophie Smith, Pensions Age

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Pensions Journalist of the Year (Consumer)

  • Lauren Almeida, for work at The Telegraph
  • Jessica Beard, Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday
  • Holly Mead, The Times and The Sunday Times
  • Moira O'Neill, Financial Times Money
  • Laura Purkess, The Sun

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Protection Journalist of the Year

  • Jaskeet Briah, COVER Magazine
  • Sally Hamilton, Money Mail, The Daily Mail
  • Simoney Kyriakou, FT Adviser
  • Moira O'Neill, Financial Times Money
  • Graham Simons, Health & Protection
  • Momodou Musa Touray, Money Marketing

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Story of the Year Awards

B2B Story of the Year

  • Calls for judicial review into FCA as investment trust sector faces extinction, Lauren Hardy, Portfolio Adviser
  • Dead Happy puts murderer Harold Shipman in advert, Simoney Kyriakou, FT Adviser
  • Founder of VC firm DN Capital accused of sexual harassment by former employees — allegations he denies, Freya Pratty and Tim Smith, Sifted
  • GoStudent, the $3 billion edtech darling, scaled fast and partied hard. The result was a mess, Tasmin Lockwood and Riddhi Kanetkar, Business Insider
  • How pension funds could be costing councils millions, Martin George, Local Government Chronicle
  • Revealed: Capita demands £1m DB transfer money back from members, Zachariah Sharif, Citywire Wealth Manager

Campaign of the Year

  • Stop the Social Media Scammers, Money Mail, Daily Mail
  • Locked out by the LISA, MoneySavingExpert.com
  • Calls for judicial review into FCA as investment trust sector faces extinction, Portfolio Adviser
  • British Gas Breaking into homes of the vulnerable, The Times
  • State pension top-ups, This is Money

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ESG Story of the Year

  • Britain's greenest banks, Chiara Cavaglieri, Which? Money
  • Is now the time to divest your pension from fossil fuels?, Lily Russell-Jones and Ben Cooke, The Times and The Sunday Times
  • Pressure mounts on 'out of touch' asset managers over fossil fuel investments, Elliot Gulliver-Needham, Investment Week
  • 'The circle is collapsing': How a demolished house in Lancashire uncovered Home REIT's broken business model, Valeria Martinez, Investment Week
  • UK government convened asset managers to discuss defence industry and ESG, Dominic Webb, Responsible Investor
  • Uninsurable Planet, Richard Fenton-Smith, Felicity Hannah and Nick Holland and BBC Radio 4 File On 4

Personal Finance Story of the Year

  • 600,000 miss out on £350 income tax rebate because HMRC insists on using cheques, Callum Mason, i
  • Financial Services: Time to take account of Neurodiversity, Moira O'Neill, Financial Times Money
  • How a social media scams epidemic is claiming more victims than robbery, burglary, homicide and knife crime combined, Jessica Beard, Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday
  • Scam victim loses more than £6,000 after buying an £8 camera, Chiara Cavaglieri, Which? Money
  • Tens of thousands of Isa investors could face shock tax bills in shares row, James Fitzgerald, The Daily Telegraph
  • The trouble with St James's Place, Charlotte Gifford, The Telegraph

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Overall Performance Awards

Outstanding Achievement Award

The overall award made to the outstanding financial journalist of 2023.

This award will be announced on the night.

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Headlinemoney Journalist of the Year

Awarded to an individual whose work has had a significant, beneficial impact within the sphere of financial services media.

This award will be announced on the night.

PR & Communication Awards

PR Professional of the Year (in-house or agency)

  • Jo Gilham, OneFamily
  • Rachel Mason, PR Prose
  • James McCaffrey, TotallyMoney
  • Andy Pearce, Schroders
  • Blaise Tapp, People's Partnership
  • Rebecca Willey, Skipton Building Society






Press Team of the Year (in-house)

  • Aviva Investors
  • Hargreaves Lansdown
  • Moneyfacts
  • MoneySavingExpert
  • Nationwide Building Society
  • PensionBee
  • The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association

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Rising Star PR Professional of the Year

  • Jasmine Cutajar, St. James's Place
  • Tom Ellis, the lang cat
  • Nicola Gwyer, OneFamily
  • Alice Haine, Bestinvest by Evelyn Partners
  • James Hyde, Moneyfacts
  • Eva Rana, SEC Newgate
  • Ffion White, PensionBee






    • Thought Leadership Media Campaign

    • AJ Bell for One ISA - Simplifying ISAs for consumers and encouraging saving
    • AXA UK with Unity for Mind Health Study
    • Experian with Brands2Life for Support Hub
    • Quilter Cheviot for Our Expectations For Investment Trust Boards
    • Save the Student for National Student Money Survey 2023
    • Skipton Building Society for The Abandoned Billions
    • TSB for Backing consumers on fraud: Social media scams and fraud reimbursement


    Expert of the Year

    • Hortense Bioy, Morningstar
    • Danni Hewson, AJ Bell
    • Jason Hollands, Evelyn Partners and Bestinvest
    • David Hollingworth, L&C Mortgages
    • Myron Jobson, interactive investor
    • Rachel Springall, Moneyfacts
    • Steve Webb, LCP





    PR Agency of the Year

    • Lansons | Team Farner
    • MRM
    • Russell Communications
    • SEC Newgate
    • Teamspirit
    • the lang cat