LONDON PRESS CLUB AWARDS 2009

The winners of the 2009 LPC Awards have been announced. The winners were presented with their awards at the Awards Lunch on 21st April, 2009, at Claridge's, where the guest speaker was Sir Christopher Meyer KCMG, who recently retired as chair of the Press Complaints Commission. The event was sponsored by British Gas.

Daily Newspaper of the Year

The Sun

Finalists:

Financial Times

The Times

Sunday Newspaper of the Year

The Mail on Sunday

Finalists:

News of The World

The Sunday Times

Scoop of the Year

Miles Goslett (The Mail on Sunday)

“Ross and Brand”

Finalists:

Martin Ivens (The Sunday Times) “Mandelson”

Veronica Lorraine & Brian Flynn (The Sun) “Starberks”

Business Journalist of the Year

Robert Peston (BBC)

Finalists:

Alex Brummer (Daily Mail)

Gillian Tett (Financial Times)

Broadcasting Journalist of the Year

Stuart Ramsay (Sky)

Finalists:

Martin Geissler (ITN)

Justin Webb (BBC)

Consumer Affairs Journalist of the Year

Martin Lewis (Freelance)

Finalists:

Louise Barnett (Daily Express)

Tony Hetherington (The Mail on Sunday)

 Edgar Wallace Award for fine writing: Sir Max Hastings