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Pensions Journalist of the Year

Winners John Greenwood, Corporate Adviser (B2B) & Josephine Cumbo, Financial Times (Consumer)

Last year’s winner in the B2B section of this category, Corporate Adviser’s John Greenwood, made it back-to-back victories with a submission which was already ranked in first place by the time the judges sat down to scrutinise the entries face-to- face. “John always comes across as an authoritative journalist in a sphere of coverage

Initially, things were a little less clear-cut in the consumer section of this award as the judges had two of the five shortlisted journalists a little way ahead of the pack. After some in-depth discussion, Financial Times who emerged as this year’s winner. “Josephine is a worthy winner – she submitted three really it was Josephine Cumbo from the

where you’ve got to know your subject inside-out,” one judge commented. “Like any decent journalist, his submissions demonstrate he goes to several sources and then produces a balanced view. He produces detailed analysis of a certain subject and, frankly, I think he’s head and shoulders above the other entries this year,” a second panellist remarked.

strong entries including one which I simply hadn’t seen discussed anywhere else which homed in on particular issues surrounding the NHS, to one about cashing in final salary pensions,’ one judge commented. “Josephine is the FT’s pensions correspondent so her stories ought to be on point and indeed they were. There was a good sense of research and she was also able to tell me things I didn’t know already. That’s always a winning formula,” another judge suggested.

The B2B Shortlist

The Consumer Shortlist

• James Fernyhough, FTAdviser.com • Jack Gilbert, New Model Adviser • John Greenwood, Corporate Adviser • Stephanie Hawthorne, Freelance – for her work on Pensions World • Nick Reeve, Investment & Pensions Europe

• Sam Brodbeck, Daily & Sunday Telegraph • Josephine Cumbo, Financial Times • Ruth Emery, The Sunday Times • Rachel Lacey, How to Retire in Style/Moneywise • Ruth Lythe, Daily Mail

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