Original article by Indra Warnes republished from Open Democracy under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International licence. 

We’re up against industry giants at the British Journalism Awards for our work on the NHS, politics and civil rights

OpenDemocracy has been shortlisted for the most prestigious prize of its 22-year history: news provider of the year at the British Journalism Awards.

We are one of six news organisations to be shortlisted for the award, putting us up against industry giants Sky News, The Guardian, The Times, the Daily Mail, and the Financial Times.

The news follows a year in which openDemocracy broke scandal after scandal in the UK, revealing the hands of lobbyists, corporations and vested interests behind crucial decisions about the NHS, housing, the Covid inquiry and restrictions on protest.

Satbir Singh, the CEO of openDemocracy, said: “Being shortlisted for an award of this size is such a well-deserved boost for this brilliant team. And being up against five much larger newsrooms shows we really do punch above our weight.

“I’m extremely proud of how far we’ve come and look forward to our next chapter.”

Ramzy Alwakeel, the head of news, said: “I’m beyond proud of everyone. To come out of this year with our biggest-ever award nomination is a giant credit to this team’s brilliance and commitment.”

openDemocracy reporter Adam Bychawski has also been individually shortlisted in the health and life sciences category.

Adam was announced as a finalist for work that has caught ministers lying about new NHS centres, exposed a businessman getting rich off supplying unusable PPE, and highlighted how eating disorder patients have been failed by the government.

The winners will be announced on 14 December.

Original article by Indra Warnes republished from Open Democracy under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International licence. 

Well done OpenDemocracy, well deserved.