The 2024 MJA Awards, the Oscars of health and medical journalism, are now open to entry — and this year we have a new award on Climate Change and Health, Read more…
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The annual MJA Awards recognise and reward outstanding examples of health and medical journalism. Each year we review awards categories to ensure they reflect both the diversity of our membership and the media in which we work.
These include awards for news and features for general, specialist and broadcast outlets, as well as prizes for newcomers, freelancers and podcasters. We also highlight specific subjects with awards for Mental Health Story of the Year, Science Explained and the David Delvin prize for sex and sexual health journalism.
Exceptional contribution
Occasionally we recognise an exceptional contribution to communicating health and medicine with a lifetime achievement award. These awards are decided by vote of our Executive Committee (EC), although any MJA member can put forward proposed candidates to the EC. Previous recipients include Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter, Dr Oliver Gillie, Dr Jonathan Miller and Claire Rayner.
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The MJA Awards are recognised as the Oscars of health and medical journalism and planning is already underway for the 2024 awards. A huge amount of time and money goes Read more…
This year, the international Covering Climate Change Awards include a category for health — and the deadline to enter is 11:59pm US Eastern time on March 12 (4:59am UK time). Read more…
MJA Chair Shaun Lintern has been shortlisted for Health Journalist of the Year in this year’s British Press Awards for his “definitive story” on Lucy Letby, the neonatal nurse convicted Read more…
There was a standing ovation as Emily Morgan was posthumously named Editor of the Year at the 2023 MJA Awards. Emily, an immensely talented broadcaster, died of lung cancer earlier Read more…
Congratulations to all the winners and those highly commended in the MJA Awards 2023. The winners were announced at the MJA Awards Ceremony tonight (September 13, 2023) at the Barber-Surgeons’ Read more…
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Lifetime Achievement Award:
Roll of honour
Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter for transforming the public’s understanding of risk and assisting journalists in communicating risk to their audiences with accuracy and clarity
Dr Oliver Gillie for his lifelong commitment to the advancement of communication in science and medicine and in particular in the area of Vitamin D.
Claire Rayner (OBE), the nurse, journalist, broadcaster, agony aunt and health campaigner whose last words were: “Tell David Cameron that if he screws up my beloved NHS I’ll come back and bloody haunt him.”
Professor Jonathan Miller, the doctor, celebrated writer, broadcaster, and theatre and opera director.
Ronnie Bedford (OBE) a founder member of the MJA and legendary science reporter for the Daily Mirror who once famously asked NASA officials ‘Will the astronauts be carrying cyanide kits to the moon?’
Dr Michael O’Donnell, a physician, journalist, author, broadcaster and GMC ‘rebel’ and reformer, who presented television programmes including Is Your Brain Really Necessary and edited the ground-breaking magazine World Medicine.
Dr David Delvin, an award-winning physician, journalist, author and broadcaster who has written 27 books and appeared on more than 800 radio and TV programmes.
Latest awards news
Bookings for the Awards have now closed. If you are a finalist/judge/sponsor and have yet to book please get in touch on and we will be able to assist Read more…
We are delighted to announce that AstraZeneca UK are the principal sponsors of this year’s Medical Journalists’ Association Awards. In keeping with the MJA’s motto — independent and bloody minded Read more…
We’re delighted to announce that the 2024 MJA Awards will be compered by the award-winning journalist and psychologist Dr Sian Williams. Sian spent almost 40 years as a reporter, producer Read more…
