Headlinemoney Awards 2017

AWARDS 2017

Household Money Journalist of the Year

Winner Paloma Kubiak, YourMoney.com

The preliminary scores for this category suggested that three of the five journalists on the shortlist in this category had every chance of fighting it out for top honours. During the face-to-face judging session itself, lovemoney. com’s Paloma Kubiak emerged as the winner thanks to a strong all-round submission featuring interesting subjects close to the heart of both judges and consumers. “For me the standout piece was the one on car insurance, it was brilliant and original and unearthed some really interesting findings,” one judge commented. “I liked the car insurance item as well, it was full of insights. What’s more, I like the way Paloma goes about doing research to back up her stories and this came to the fore in the piece on estate agents,” a second judge pointed out. “When someone is covering the subject of household money, what you want as a reader is a combination of interesting pointers and information you can trust so you can go about tackling your own financial affairs. Paloma definitely delivered on this front,” a third judge remarked.

The Shortlist • Tara Evans, The Sun Online • Anna Jordan, loveMONEY • Helen Knapman, Moneywise • Paloma Kubiak, YourMoney.com • Tricia Phillips, Daily Mirror

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