The Wincott Awards 2008

The Harold Wincott Press Awards took place last week, with Dan Roberts of the The Telegraph taking home the award for the Senior Financial Journalist category, and David Proseer of The Independent was awarded the Personal Financial Journalist award.

The FT picked up a couple of awards, with Saskia Scholtes winning the Young Financial Journalist award and Alphaville winning the Online Award in its inaugral year.

Robert Peston's reporting of the Northern Rock crisis won him the Business News/current Affaris Programme award.

The Wincott Awards were instituted in 1970 in memory of Harold Wincott, the leading financial commentator of his generationto perpetuate his commitment to encouraging wider public understanding of economic, financial and business life.

The full list of winners is below:


Senior Financial Journalist
Dan Roberts (The Sunday Telegraph)

Personal Financial Journalist
David Prosser (The Independent)

Young Financial Journalist
Saskia Scholtes (The Financial Times)

Online Award
Alphaville (The Financial Times)

Special Award
“West Eye View” (ITV West)

Television Programme
“Can Gerry Robinson Fix The NHS?” (BBC Factual Open University)

Business News/Current Affairs Programme
Robert Peston for Reporting on Northern Rock (BBC TV)

Radio Programme
“Mortgage Mayhem” (File on Four BBC Radio Current Affairs)