Guardian Sport has been named website of the year at the British Sports Journalists’ Association awards for the second year in a row, with the Guardian and Observer’s chief football writer, Daniel Taylor, winning the football journalist of the year prize.
“Taylor’s work is exceptional. It’s deep, it’s well-informed, and it’s easy to read,” said the judges, while Tom Clarke, the chairman of the judges of the writing awards, said: “It is a sign of the talent in the ever-changing nature of our business that we have new names on the podium. But the judges have also recognised the continuing excellence of the journalists who, year in, year out, delight us.”
The Guardian won the Laureus Sports Website award at the prestigious awards run by the SJA, which is the world’s largest national organisation for professional sports journalists.
A number of Guardian journalists were also highly commended for their work, with Owen Gibson named in the investigative sports reporter category, while our rugby union correspondent Robert Kitson was acknowledged for his writing.
The Guardian and Observer sport photographer Tom Jenkins was also highly commended for the best sports picture for his shot of Rafael Nadal during Wimbledon.
The Daily Telegraph’s Paul Hayward was named sports writer of the year for the third time and the Daily Mail was awarded newspaper of the year. Richard Conway, of BBC Sport, was named broadcast journalist of the year.
The Independent filmmakers Sam Collins and Jarrod Kimber were named ahead of their rivals in the best television documentary category for the feature-length Death of a Gentleman, which addressed the impact of T20 cricket on Test cricket.
