Rising Star of the Year (Consumer)

Lily Russell-Jones, The Times and The Sunday Times, collects her trophy from Kevin Brown, Savings Specialist at Scottish Friendly, and Awards host Rachel Parris.


WINNER:

Lily Russell-Jones, The Times and The Sunday Times

Rising Star of the Year (Consumer) winner Lily Russell-Jones from The Times and The Sunday Times earned high praise from the judging panel.

Impressed by her “driven and highly influential reporting, evidenced in political follow-ups", judges pointed to Lily’s “ability to write both hard-hitting news as well as human-led features”. They highlighted the number of comments on Lily's stories, observing she “absolutely understands her readership and what will get their attention”.

Shortlist

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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