Abstract
The Cudlipp Award, presented annually by British Journalism Review at the national Press Awards, has been won this year by the Daily Mail for its Charity Cold-calling campaign, which revealed unscrupulous tactics being used to raise money for many leading charities. The judges said this was an example of investigative journalism at its best, followed by a swift, hard-hitting and successful campaign to protect the public from aggressive and bullying fundraising tactics by charities. It was, they agreed, an imaginative, innovative project, splendidly executed.
Although this is a category where the standard of entries has remained high through the years, the judges agreed they could barely believe the overall quality of this year's large batch of entries. Every one of those short-listed deserved an award and the judges concurred that selecting a winner had never been as difficult.
The judges also agreed the selection of The Sunday Times' penetrating investigation into a shaming Athletics Doping Scandal as runner-up for the award. This entry was highly commended. The other shortlisted entries were: the Daily Mirror (Teddy's Story campaign), the London Evening Standard (The Estate We're In campaign), The Independent (Criminal Courts Charges campaign) and The Mail on Sunday (Guantanamo/Shaker Aamer campaign).
The award was open to entries of work published in 2015. It is named after the hugely influential late Mirror Group editorial director and chairman, Hugh Cudlipp.
