The Society recognises statistical excellence in journalism
through its awards each year. The awards are now in their fourth
year.
Awards are made to those who question, analyse and investigate
the issues that affect society through statistics.
The 2010 awards will recognise work published or broadcast in
the period 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009.
The categories are:
- for work published in print and/or online - both a winner and a runner-up are awarded
- for work broadcast on television or radio - a winner only is awarded
Entries must be received by 5pm on Friday, 26
February 2010.
Entries must be accompanied by a completed entry form and
should meet the conditions of entry. These may be downloaded from
the links on the right.
Enquiries to:
Andrew Garratt (RSS Theme Manager for External
Relations)
Tel: 020 7614 3920 Email: a.garratt@rss.org.uk
Summary of previous winners
Details of winners' entries from the links on the
right
2009 awards
Broadcast - Mark Easton, BBC News
Print and online (winner) - Alice Tarleton, Channel 4
News
Print and online (runner-up) - Nic Fleming, writing for The
Economist
Commended - Helen Joyce, The Economist
2008 awards
Broadcast - The World Tonight, BBC Radio 4
Print and online (winner) - Chris Giles, Financial Times
Print and online (joint runner-up) - Peter Aldhous, New
Scientist
Print and online (joint runner-up) - Martin Wolf, Financial
Times
2007 awards (single category for broadcast and
print)
Winner - Ben Goldacre, The Guardian
Second place - Matthew Parris, The Times
Third place - Paul Wallace, The Economist
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