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AWARDS 2017

Rising Star of the Year (Consumer)

Winner Paul Thomas, Money Mail

There was a close three-way scrap at the top of the leader board after the initial set of scores from the judges were processed in this category. Once they met face-to-face to discuss the contenders it didn’t take long for the panellists to name the Daily Mail’s Paul Thomas as the overall winner. “Paul clearly knows his patch extremely well. He writes with authority and his writing tone is perfect for his audience. The submissions included a courageous piece on life insurance which actually extracted a big result in favour of a reader,” one judge commented. “Paul has clearly made the transition really successfully from the B2B press and having a specialist knowledge about one particular product area like mortgages, to covering a far wider range of subjects and yet doing so in a seemingly effortless manner,” another judge suggested. “I liked the diversity of the submissions from a look at student buy-to- lets to a piece about the City regulator. They all had the hallmark of a journalist who was keen to dig away at the issues on behalf of his readers,” a third panellist added.

The Shortlist • Sara Benwell, Good Housekeeping • Marina Gerner, Money Observer • Olivia Rudgard, The Telegraph • Paul Thomas, Money Mail • Lauren Weymouth, loveMONEY

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