2018 BSME Talent Awards

The British Society of Magazine Editors’ Talent Awards were announced on Monday, 4 June at Lalit London.

2018 BSME AWARDS WINNERS + SHORTLIST

BEST PRINT WRITER
JOINT WINNERS: Sophie Barnes, Inside Housing, Ocean Media Group &
Catriona Innes, Cosmopolitan, Hearst Magazines UK
Jennifer Savin, Cosmopolitan, Hearst Magazines UK
Kate Green, Country Life, Time Inc. UK
Jonathan Heaf, GQ, Condé Nast Britain
Michael Brooks, New Scientist, New Scientist Ltd
Emanuele Midolo, Property Week, Metropolis
Guy Hobbs, Which Travel?, Which? Ltd

BEST DIGITAL WRITER
WINNER: Jessica Hamzelou, New Scientist, New Scientist Ltd
Jessica Mairs, Dezeen, Dezeen Limited
Stuart McGurk, GQ, Condé Nast Britain
Angus Harrison, VICE, VICE UK
Lisa Galliers, Which?, Which? Ltd
Matt Burgess, Wired.co.uk, Condé Nast Britain
Rowland Manthorpe, Wired.co.uk, Condé Nast Britain


BEST FEATURE IDEA - PRINT
WINNER: Jennifer Savin, Cosmopolitan, Hearst Magazines UK
Alastair Campbell & Jonathan Heaf, GQ, Condé Nast Britain
Laura Atkinson, Sunday Times Style, News UK
Natalie Hitchins, Matt Knight, Paul Lester, Francesca Lo Castro, Victoria Pearson, Ben Stockton & Jack Turner, Which?, Which? Ltd
Faye Lipson, Which? Money, Which? Ltd
Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Wired, Condé Nast Britain
Roisin Dervish-O’Kane, Women’s Health, Hearst Magazines UK


BEST CONTENT IDEA - DIGITAL
WINNER: Oobah Butler, VICE, VICE UK
Grace Lewis, Nagarjuna Thallam & Claire Vandenberghe, C+D, UBM
Catriona Harvey-Jenner, Cosmopolitan.com/UK, Hearst Magazines UK
Conrad Quilty-Harper, GQ.co.uk, Condé Nast Britain
Andrea Moro & Tracy Ramsden, Marie Claire, Time Inc. UK
Andrew Laughlin, Which.co.uk, Which? Ltd


BEST PICTURE EDITOR / RESEARCHER
WINNER: Matt Richardson, Cedar Communications
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Charlie Hall, Mosaicscience.com, Wellcome Trust
Nicole Holcroft-Emmess, Cosmopolitan, Hearst Magazines UK
Hannah Ridley, Harper’s Bazaar, Hearst Magazines UK
Andy Greenacre, Telegraph Magazine, Telegraph Media Group
Kate Hockenhull, The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, News UK


BEST SCOOP
WINNER: Matt Burgess, Wired.co.uk, Condé Nast Britain
Jack Simpson, Construction News, Metropolis
David Hatcher, EG, RBI
Luke Barratt, Inside Housing, Ocean Media Group
Carolyn Wickware, Pulse, Cogora
Trevor Baker, Which? Travel, Which? Ltd

BEST DESIGNER
WINNER: Lauren Atkinson-Smith, National Geographic Traveller (UK), APL Media
Victoria Horn, Cosmopolitan, Hearst Magazines UK
Isabella Fernandes, easyJet Traveller, Ink
Katie Wilkinson, Modus, Sunday
Ryan Wills, New Scientist, New Scientist Ltd
Katerina Varnavides, Waitrose Food, John Brown Media
Nathalie Gimson, Women’s Health, Hearst Magazines UK


BEST STYLIST
WINNER: Lynne McKenna, Fabulous, News UK
Tracey Lea Sayer, Thesun.co.uk/fabulous, News UK
Paula Moore, Woman, Time Inc. UK


BEST SUBBING / PRODUCTION TEAM
WINNER: Lucy Brown & Jon Squire, Inside Housing, Ocean Media Group
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Joanna Bregosz, Angus Dawson, Charlotte Gorbold,
Louise Keable, Claire Kielczewska, Anna Kierstan, Hannah McEwen, Melinda Powers, Paul Ryan, Jack Tomlin, Melanie Train & Alastair Warman, Which?, Which? Ltd
Maria Hodson, BBC Countryfile, Immediate Media Co
Claire Frost, Charlotte Goodwin, Stacey Halls, Michelle Higgins & Kirsty Spence, Fabulous, News UK

BEST ART TEAM
WINNER: Andrew Diprose & Mary Lees, Wired, Condé Nast Britain
Emily Anderson, Steve Ayres, Heather Clark, Emma Earnshaw & Lucy Ford, Country Life,
Time Inc. UK
Amy Blacker, Amy Galvin, Joanna Goodby & Leanne Robson, Harper’s Bazaar, Hearst Magazines UK
James Davies, Danielle Jenkins, Camilla Josephs & Kara Wright, Harrods Magazine, Harrods Ltd
Sam Walker & Katie Wilkinson, Modus, Sunday
Daniel Almeroth, Lauren Atkinson-Smith & Philip Lay, National Geographic Traveller (UK),
APL Media
Kathryn Brazier, Adam Goff, Joe Hetzel, Dave Johnston, Kirstin Kidd, Craig Mackie, David
Stock, Prue Waller & Ryan Wills, New Scientist, New Scientist Ltd


BEST SECTION EDITOR / TEAM
WINNER: Valeria Fiore, Melissa Jacobs, Sofia Lind, Alex Matthews King & Carolyn Wickware, Pulse News Team, Cogora
Morgan Jeffery, DigitalSpy.com TV Editor, Hearst Magazines UK
Emily Cope & Claie Wilson, Fabulous Features Team, News UK
Helena Lee & Hannah Ridley, Harper’s Bazaar Art Supplement, Hearst Magazines UK
Michael Barnett, Mindi Chahal, Thomas Hobbs, Erin Lyons, Leonie Roderick, Charlotte Rogers,
Lucy Tesseras & Sarah Vizard, Marketing Week Features Team, Centaur Media
Richard Webb, New Scientist Features Editor, New Scientist Ltd
Alex Allen, Katie Bowman, Liz Edwards, Alicia Miller, Nick Redman & Lucy Thackray, The
Sunday Times Travel Magazine Features Team, News UK
Yvette Fletcher, Natalie Hitchins, Olivia Howes & Joanna Pearl, Which? Health Team,
Which? Ltd
 

BEST INNOVATION
WINNER: Olivia Mull, Dezeen, Dezeen Limited
Shoshana Goldberg, Amy Grier, Lottie Lumsden & Farrah Storr, Cosmopolitan, Hearst Magazines UK
Martin Hilditch, Inside Housing, Ocean Media Group
Rosie Benson, Lucy Pavia, Tracy Ramsden, Lydia Regis, Andrea Thompson & Kate Thompson, Marie Claire, Time Inc. UK
Matthew Jackson, Natalie Jackson, Maria Pieri & Pat Riddell, National Geographic Traveller (UK), APL Media
Anna Sbuttoni, Sunday Times Style, News UK

BEST CAMPAIGN
WINNER: Thomas Bell, Kishan Chauhan, Daniella Delaney Mendes, Francesca Lo Castro & Ben Slater, Which?, Which? Ltd
Lucy Alderson & The Editorial Team, Construction News, EMAP
Amy Grier & Farrah Storr, Cosmopolitan, Hearst Magazines UK
Lucy Dunhill, Craig Mackie, Chloe Thompson & Andrew Wilkinson, New Scientist,
New Scientist Ltd
Fleur Britten, Sunday Times Style, News UK


BEST EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
WINNER: Jake Wilson, Match of the Day, Immediate Media Co
Daniel Graham, BBC Countryfile, Immediate Media Co
Megan Shersby, BBC Wildlife, Immediate Media Co
Elizabeth Kennedy, Harrods Magazine, Harrods Ltd
Melissa Lawford, High Life, Cedar Communications

BEST DEPUTY
WINNER: Laurence Mozafari, DigitalSpy.com, Hearst Magazines UK
Gemma Charles, Campaign, Haymarket Media Group
Hannah Hudson, Cedar Communications
Lydia Slater, Harper’s Bazaar, Hearst Magazines UK
Glen Mutel, National Geographic Traveller (UK), APL Media
Jaimie Kaffash, Pulse, Cogora
Jenny Ross, Which? Money, Which? Ltd

THE 2018 FIONA MACPHERSON NEW EDITOR
WINNER: James Waldron, C+D, UBM
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Claire Hodgson, Cosmopolitan.com/UK, Hearst Magazines UK
Tom Rowley, Healthy For Men, The River Group
Patrick Galbraith, Shooting Times & Country, Time Inc. UK
Beth Kennedy, The Pharmacist, Cogora
Rory Boland, Which? Travel, Which? Ltd

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Many thanks to the following for supporting the 2018 BSME Talent Awards:

  • Thanks also to the following for our fantastic raffle prizes which raised money for Alzheimer's Society:

  • A pair of tickets for BluesFest at the 02 on 26th October when performers include Robert Plant and  Van Morrison 

  • A Briggs & Riley Sympatico Bronze suitcase exclusive to Harrods and guaranteed for life

  • A Byonik facial - as relaxing as a facial but with medical grade results

  • An amazing Philosophy hamper worth over £280

  • A Sweaty Betty All Sport Backpack

  • A cut and blow dry at one of Taylor Taylor’s London Salons

David Cotter