2023-24 AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT SELL-OUT AWARDS LUNCH BY MARYAM KARA, TRAINEE JOURNALIST

Awards ranged from Journalist of the Year for the Standard’s court correspondent Tristan Kirk to Newspaper of the Year for The Sun, while The Times won Sunday newspaper of the Year.

Chair of the judges Nick Ferrari, who presented the awards alongside Press Club chairman Doug Wills and BBC London's Riz Lateef, said: “Given the seismic events both at home and abroad over the past 12 months, it was fair to hope for a good crop of entries for the awards - but it turned out to be exceptional. We had a record number of [them]."

The Press Club Awards lunch was held at Stationers’ Hall near St Paul’s where speakers commemorated journalists across the globe who have reported on major stories amid conflicts and war. Reverend Canon Dr. Alison Joyce held a "moment of silence” to thank them for the things "we take for granted”.

It followed the Edgar Wallace Award given posthumously to the late Independent reporter Kim Sangupta, who covered most of the main battlefronts over a career that spanned decades. A further ten awards were then presented for a host of categories including Political Journalist of the Year for Tim Shipman, of the Sunday Times and The Times – his columns are "an essential read for those who want to know what is going on behind the scenes in politics", said the judges. He was presented with £1,500 by Lord Salisbury who sponsored the award