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AWARDS
2017
Sponsored by
The B2B Shortlist
The Consumer Shortlist
•
David Baxter,
Investment Adviser
•
Katherine Denham,
FTAdviser.com•
Taha Lokhandwala,
Investment Adviser
•
Valentina Romeo,
Money Marketing
•
Shunil Roy-Chaudhuri,
New Model Adviser
•
Mark Atherton,
The Times
•
Kyle Caldwell,
Money Observer
•
James Connington,
The Telegraph
•
Moira O’Neill,
Moneywise
•
Michael Trudeau,
Which? Money
Investment Journalist of the Year
Preliminary scores
suggested the B2B
section of this award
would be a close-
run thing and it was
only once the judges
met face-to-face
and following some
intensive discussions
that New Model
Adviser’s
Shunil
Roy-Chaudhuri
emerged triumphant.
“Sunil made proper
analytical use of data
both to provide back-
up to stories and also to challenge assertions,” one
of the judges commented. “Shunil’s submissions
were interesting and included different angles which
are so important when it comes to writing for a
professional audience. What’s more the overall
writing style comes across as really knowledgeable,”
a fellow judge added.
By contrast, the
preliminary scores
for the consumer
section of this award
already indicated
a wide degree of
agreement amongst
the judges. By the
time they had finished
their discussions they
were unanimous
that Which? Money’s
Michael Trudeau
was
the worthy winner.
“The three pieces
Michael submitted
were diversified, punchy and had plenty of impact,”
one judge suggested. “This is probably the most
impressive all-round set of submissions I’ve ever seen
in this category. Each piece offers excellent research
and the ‘IFAs misleading on credentials’ story was
as good a news piece as I’ve seen in this sector.
Michael’s a top all-rounder with great journalist
instincts, plus laudable patience,” another added.
Winners
Shunil Roy-Chaudhuri, New Model Adviser
(B2B)
&
Michael Trudeau, Which? Money
(Consumer)
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