Bristol Myer Squibb have confirmed they will continue as principal sponsor of the Medical Journalists’ Association Awards in 2021. MJA Vice Chair, Jane Symons says: “We were all disappointed that 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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2020 has been anything but normal and sadly the highlight of our calendar, the MJA Awards Ceremony was a virtual event this year which you can watch on our website. Read more…
2020 has been anything but normal and sadly the highlight of our calendar, the MJA Awards Ceremony, will have to be a virtual event this year. Nevertheless, our awards have Read more…
If you weren’t able to watch the MJA Awards in real time, you can catch up with our virtual ceremony here. Congratulations to everyone who made the shortlists, to Read more…
The MJA has had to take the difficult decision to cancel the Awards Ceremony in 2020. Our discussions with the venue made it clear that even by October we would Read more…
OK, the bullet has been bitten. It looked increasingly unlikely that we would be able to go ahead with our MJA awards night in June. The lockdown will continue for 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
Entries have rolled in for the 2023 MJA Awards — our annual celebration of excellence in health and medical journalism — with more than £11,000 in prize money to be Read more…
The MJA awards 2023 are now open to entry until midnight on Wednesday May 31, 2023. (23:59 on May 31, but we’ll give you an extra minute) There are £750 Read more…
If you missed the 2022 Medical Journalists’ Awards, where the Mail on Sunday’s Barney Calman won Editor of the Year, you can catch up with our highlights package. Planning is Read more…
