Headlinemoney Awards 2017

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AWARDS 2017
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The B2B Shortlist The Consumer Shortlist
• Ida Axling, Insurance Age
• Michèle Bacchus, Insurance Post
• Stephanie Denton, Insurance Post
• Rosie Quigley, Insurance Post
• Charlie Thomas, The Insurance Insider
• James Andrews, Mirror Online
• Victoria Bischoff, Money Mail
• Anna Jordan, loveMONEY
• Amelia Murray, The Telegraph
• Rebecca Rutt,
General Insurance Journalist of the Year
In the B2B section of
this category, a pair
of journalists from the
original five shortlisted
names emerged as
front-runners from
the online scoring
phase. Following
close deliberation by
the judges, Insurance
Insider’s Charlie
Thomas emerged
as the winner thanks
in part to her ability
to “demonstrate a
strong contact book,
tell great stories and produce genuinely interesting
articles,” according to one of the judges. “I loved
Charlie’s Dubai article. Throughout her submission
she did what any strong trade journalist ought to be
doing which is telling her readers about things they
wouldn’t necessarily have known about already,” a
fellow judge remarked.
By contrast, in the
consumer section of
this award and with
a strong quintet of
entries the judges
found it hard from
the outset to highlight
an obvious winner.
After much debate
Rebecca Rutt from
emerged victorious
for an entry which
they agreed was
consistently good
across the board. “This
was the strongest mix of work on show and also
made plenty of use of figures and graphs to bring
stories to life for the reader,” one judge commented.
Another concurred, adding “I really liked the Airbnb
story. Rebecca’s experience shines through on
items like this and also her writing has a really nice
tone to it which must play well with readers.”
Winners
Charlie Thomas, The Insurance Insider (B2B) &
Rebecca Rutt, (Consumer)
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