Paul Foot Award

The Paul Foot Award is an annual award run by Private Eye, for investigative or campaigning journalism, in memory of journalist Paul Foot, who died in 2004.

The award was originally set up in 2005 by The Guardian and Private Eye, for material published in print or online during the previous year. The award was discontinued in 2015,[1] but revived by Private Eye in 2017.[2]

The winner of the prize is awarded £8,000 and runners-up receive £1,500 per entry.[3] Prior to 2024, £5,000 was given to the winner and £1,000 to each of five runners-up.[4]

  1. ^ Greenslade, Roy (13 November 2015). "Paul Foot investigative journalism award discontinued after 10 years". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  2. ^ "The Private Eye Paul Foot Award 2017", Private Eye, issue 1436, 27 January 2017, page 5
    - "The Paul Foot Award 2017", Private Eye website. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  3. ^ "The Private Eye Paul Foot Award 2024 for Investigative and Campaigning Journalism". MidasPR. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  4. ^ The Paul Foot Award for campaigning journalism (archive). Retrieved 23 February 2015.