Winner of Media Freedom Awards 2024

Congratulations to the winners of the Media Freedom Awards 2024 held at the Underglobe in London. The high-profile awards, which set the benchmark for a celebration of UK public interest journalism, brought together more than 300 journalists from all sectors of the UK news media for a ceremony presented by ITV News’ Lucrezia Millarini and attended by the Minister for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth Stephanie Peacock MP. Excellence in campaigning and investigative journalism was honoured at the Society of Editors’ Media Freedom Awards 2024 on Tuesday 12 November 2024. The Society of Editors Media Freedom Awards Photo Journalist of the Year went to Simon Townsley for incredible images depicting the most extreme human stories.