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Awards

Awards won

2025 - Scoop of the Year at the Regional Press Awards

2024 - Investigation of the Year (Regional) at the Media Freedom Awards 

2024 - Best Politics Newsletter at The Publisher Awards

2023 - Journalist of the Year at Regional Press Awards

2022 - Welsh Journalist of the Year at Wales Media Awards

2022 - Newspaper Reporter the Year at Wales Media Awards

2022 - Political Journalist of the Year at Wales Media Awards

2022 - Feature Writer of the Year at Wales Media Awards

2021 - Political Journalist of the Year at Wales Media Awards

2021 - Data Journalist of the Year at Regional Press Awards

2021 - Scoop of the Year at Regional Press Awards

2019 - Welsh Journalist of the Year at Wales Media Awards

2019 - Newspaper Journalist of the Year at Wales Media Awards

2018 - Online reporter of the Year at Wales Media Awards

2018 - Feature Writer of the Year at NCTJ Awards

2017 - Feature Writer of the Year at NCTJ Awards


Highly commended

2025 - Crime and Investigative Reporter of the Year at the Regional Press Awards

2024 - Regional Journalist of the Year at the Media Freedom Awards

2020 - Social Media Journalist of the Year at Regional Press Awards

2020 - Reporting Communities Award at Regional Press Awards

2019 - Reporting Communities Award at Regional Press Awards


Nominations

Nominations

2025 - News Writer of the Year at the Wales Media Awards

2025 - Political Journalist of the Year at the Wales Media Awards

2025 - Opinion Writer of the Year at the Regional Press Awards

2025 - Specialist of the Year at the Regional Press Awards

2021 - Political Writer of the year British Journalism Awards

2021 - Features Journalism British Journalism Awards

2020 - Feature Writer of the Year at Wales Media Awards

2019 - Feature Writer/Long Form Journalist of the Year at Regional Press Awards

2019 - Columnist of the Year at Regional Press Awards

2019 - Social Media Journalist of the Year at Regional Press Awards

2019 - Data Journalist of the Year at Regional Press Awards

2019 - Feature Writer of the Year at Wales Media Awards

2018 - Digital Journalist of the Year at Wales Media Awards


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