The Guardian won three awards, including an honour for its Uber Files investigation, at the British Journalism Awards.
Leaked confidential files revealed how Uber flouted laws, duped police and exploited violence against drivers during its aggressive global expansion. It also uncovered how Uber tried to shore up support by discreetly courting prime ministers, presidents, billionaires, oligarchs and media barons.
The investigation, carried out in collaboration with the BBC’s Panorama programme, won the prize for technology journalism. The judges said at the awards on Thursday: “This was a great scoop which exposed corporate misbehaviour at one of the world’s biggest technology companies.”
The Guardian’s Harry Davies, Simon Goodley, Felicity Lawrence, Lisa O’Carroll, Rob Davies, Paul Lewis, John Collingridge, Johana Bhuiyan, Rowena Mason, Jennifer Rankin, Sam Cutler, Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Jon Henley, Andrew Roth, Pamela Duncan, Dan Milmo, Mike Safi, David Pegg all worked on the story.
It was also successful in the category for social affairs, diversity and inclusion journalism following an exclusive piece on allegations of sexual misconduct against the DJ Tim Westwood.
Three women accused him of “opportunistic and predatory sexual behaviour”, while four others alleged they were groped by him at various events. The story was published in collaboration with BBC News, with the Guardian journalists Alexandra Topping and Aamna Mohdin commended for their work.
The judges said: “This was brave journalism which involved journalists shining a light on their own employer. It involved painstaking work which gave a voice to victims.”
The Guardian also received the top prize for photojournalism, with Ed Ram recognised for his photography and reporting of worshippers at the Trapezna church in Kyiv, Ukraine, in April. Working with Isobel Koshiw, Ram covered worshippers crowding in for an all-night service in observance of wartime curfews in the Ukrainian capital.
The judges said Ram’s images “stood out for the compassion and artistry which he brought to covering the impact of war”.
The Guardian’s political editor, Pippa Crerar, was one of the big winners of the night, taking home the woman of the year prize, as well as winning the journalist of the year and politics journalism categories for her previous work at the Daily Mirror.
