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AWARDS
2017
Sponsored by
Rising Star of the Year
(Consumer)
Winner
Paul Thomas, Money Mail
There was a close three-way scrap at the top of
the leader board after the initial set of scores from
the judges were processed in this category. Once
they met face-to-face to discuss the contenders
it didn’t take long for the panellists to name the
Daily Mail’s
Paul Thomas
as the overall winner.
“Paul clearly knows his patch extremely well.
He writes with authority and his writing tone
is perfect for his audience. The submissions
included a courageous piece on life insurance
which actually extracted a big result in favour of a
reader,” one judge commented. “Paul has clearly
made the transition really successfully from the
B2B press and having a specialist knowledge
about one particular product area like mortgages,
to covering a far wider range of subjects and
yet doing so in a seemingly effortless manner,”
another judge suggested. “I liked the diversity of
the submissions from a look at student buy-to-
lets to a piece about the City regulator. They all
had the hallmark of a journalist who was keen to
dig away at the issues on behalf of his readers,” a
third panellist added.
The Shortlist
•
Sara Benwell,
Good Housekeeping
•
Marina Gerner,
Money Observer
•
Olivia Rudgard,
The Telegraph
•
Paul Thomas,
Money Mail
•
Lauren Weymouth,
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