Reporter of the Year: David Cohen, Evening Standard.

“His pieces mix an ability to capture the stuff of contemporary working life with an old-fashioned spirit of campaigning social journalism.”

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Commendation: Lucy Tobin, Evening Standard.

“Really stood out with her versatile, sharp writing and acute analysis.”

The judges this year were Rosemary Bennett, social affairs correspondent of The Times; Anthony Browne, director of policy at the Mayor of London’s Office; Richard Donkin, journalist and author of The Future Of Work; Baroness Kingsmill of Holland Park; David Lloyd, professor of journalism at City University and formerly of Channel 4; Martin Shankleman, BBC employment correspondent and Jeff Prestridge, personal finance editor from the Mail on Sunday, with Will Hutton as chair of the judges.