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Inside Housing beats national papers to land top journalism prizes
Inside Housing was last night crowned News Provider of the Year at the British Journalism Awards, beating a host of national newspapers.
We won the prize for our coverage of fire safety issues before and after the tragic Grenfell Tower fire in June, ahead of publications including The Guardian, the Financial Times, The Sunday Times, the Daily Mail and The Telegraph.
Our news editor Pete Apps was also crowned Specialist Journalist of the Year at last night’s ceremony in London. Deputy news editor Sophie Barnes was shortlisted in the same category.
Our Never Again fire safety campaign, launched in the aftermath of the Grenfell disaster, impressed the judges.
They were also wowed by Mr Apps’ prescient report warning of the dangers of insulation panels back in April.
Our entries also included the Grenfell Paper Trail, an investigation looking back at seven years of council documents which revealed missed opportunities to prevent the disaster, and work by Ms Barnes to record fire risk assessment information.
The prizes round off a few weeks of awards success for Inside Housing.
Last month we won two British Society of Magazine Editors awards and then followed that up by landing seven prizes at the International Building Press Journalism Awards.
A selection of our award-winning journalism
Revealed: external panels probable cause of huge tower block fire spread We reported back in April, months before Grenfell, that insulation panels were a safety risk
Never Again: Our campaign calls for fire safety measures to prevent another Grenfell
The benefit cap tightrope The first in-depth analysis of the impact of the lower benefit cap
Sprinklers: now a necessity? Nathaniel Barker looks at a key question following Grenfell
The Reel deal We launched a film competition to mark the anniversary of Cathy Come Home
Fire safety issues uncovered in tower blocks Sophie Barnes investigates information from fire risk assessments to uncover dangers in tower blocks
Feeling the strain: assaults on frontline staff Our exclusive research reveals the extent of assaults on housing employees
