To celebrate International Women’s Month, the BSME and Rosewood London are hosting a thought-provoking discussion about women in journalism featuring Andrea Thompson, chair of the BSME and editor-in-chief of Marie Claire in conversation with journalist and broadcaster Emma Barnett

We kicked off 2025 in style last night at the Mandarin Oriental Mayfair to welcome Andrea Thompson as the new chair of the British Society of Magazine Editors, and thank Gideon Spanier for his brilliant leadership as our outgoing chair.

The British Society of Magazine Editors (BSME) has announced the appointment of Andrea Thompson, editor-in-chief at Marie Claire, as its 2025 chair, succeeding Gideon Spanier, UK editor-in-chief atCampaign.

In the week after Meta announced it was firing 40,000 factcheckers and with trusted reporting seemingly under attack, BSME members came together to discuss how to bridge the divide between journalism and advertising. 

Please visit BSME Awards 2024 for photos and videos about the event.

The Bankside Hotel was buzzing on Tuesday night as seven titans of the UK magazine industry gathered to discuss the art, craft and business of making killer covers. The BSME’s The Cover is Now! event is one of the most hotly anticipated in its annual calendar.

2024 is the year of elections but how is the role of trusted journalism changing in an increasingly polarised world where social media is dominant and misinformation is rife?

Winning a BSME Award can be a highlight of your journalistic career, but it requires skill to craft a winning entry that will impress the most demanding of judges - your editorial peers.

Britain’s rising editorial stars were crowned last night at the BSME Talent Awards 2024. The annual ceremony for up-and-coming talent in the magazine and digital publishing industry was held by the British Society of Magazine Editors at 100 Wardour Street, London.

Subscriptions are growing in importance for magazine brands because they generate predictable, recurring revenue that can be reinvested in trusted journalism.

Few editors have made more impact than Edward Enninful during his unmatched career - from i-D and W Magazine, to most recently being editor-in-chief of British Vogue. He is a “visionary” and “trailblazer” who has “led a transformative era”, as the judges of the BSME Awards put it when they gave him the Mark Boxer award for his outstanding contribution to magazine journalism last year.

The Post Office scandal has been described as one of the worst miscarriages in British legal history and magazine journalism played a key role in revealing it.

The British Society of Magazine Editors (BSME) has announced the appointment of Gideon Spanier, UK editor-in-chief at Campaign, as its 2024 chair, succeeding Deborah Joseph, European editorial director at GLAMOUR UK.

The mass adoption of generative AI consumer products such as ChatGPT and Midjourney, could have a significant impact on a wide range of industries, including the magazine sector.

Britain’s best editors, art directors and columnists were crowned last night at the prestigious BSME Awards 2023. The Oscars of the magazine world was held by the British Society of Magazine Editors in the beautiful Ballroom at Rosewood London.

The past two years has seen more discussion about diversity and inclusion than ever before, but just how much progress has been made in making our industry more representative of the country we live in when it comes to race.

When just 0.5% of the UK population identify as trans, why are some in the media so disproportionately obsessed with trans lives, rights… and which bathroom they use? At a time when everybody seems to be voicing an opinion, how often do magazine editors get to engage with trans people and hear about their lived experiences?

The BSME hosted a special lunch this week with publishing legend Dame Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of American Vogue and perhaps the most famous magazine editor of our times.

What an incredible night - where should we even start? A massive congratulations to all shortlisted, highly commended and our winners! We are so honoured to celebrate the best of the best in our industry and to champion editorial excellence and innovation across digital and print in the UK.

Thank you to everyone who joined us and the TikTok UK team at the London Kaleidoscope office.

Hosted by James Stafford, General Manager, operations & marketing for TikTok UKI & Nordics, we found out about the For You feed, how to unearth trends, discover creators and created our first TikTok video using the unique TikTok editing tools and features.

It was an inspiring and thought-provoking discussion about the challenges women face in the workplace. Thank you to Andrea Thompson, Busola Evans, Eleanor Mills and Terri White who joined us to ensure the media remains an inclusive place where women’s voices are heard.

What a fabulous evening at The View from The Shard for the BSME’s first event of 2023. Thank you to all who joined us. It was lovely to see so many of you up in the clouds, towering over London. You can see a reel of the evening on our socials

The British Society of Magazine Editors names GLAMOUR's Deborah Joseph as 2023 chair.

We are still on such a high after the BSME Awards event earlier this week. Thank you so much to everyone who joined us at the beautiful Pan Pacific Hotel, where we enjoyed a fabulous evening with Stephen Mangan and BSME chair Tim Pollard as they dished out 28 awards to our amazing winners.

The next BSME deep-dive is with a giant of the magazine editing world – our reigning Mark Boxer Award winner, Terri White.

BSME vice chair and editor of Pulse, Jamie Kaffash, spoke to Rachel Oldroyd, recent editor of The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Harry Rose, editor of Which? and Peter Apps, news editor at Inside Housing, about producing great investigative journalism, its essential role in society, avoiding the pitfalls and how it can benefit your magazines and brands.

We are still on such a high after the first IRL BSME Awards event in nearly three years. Thank you so much to everyone who joined us at the beautiful 100 Wardour Street, where we enjoyed Tim Pollard and Dr. Ranj's dulcet tones as they dished out 23 awards to our amazing winners.

From standing out in the endless scroll of social media to giving something special to a core subscriber base, designing a cover has never been more complex. So BSME committee member Hattie Brett quizzed some of the industry’s best creatives to ask what makes a great cover today.

The BSME hosted a masterclass with Farrah Storr, head of writer partnerships at Substack, the new community and newsletter service that’s proving popular with writers and creatives around the world.

We loved our return of IRL events at The Publishing Show last week, where BSME committee member Andrea Thompson chaired a lively panel on The Future of Diversity & Inclusion in the Media.