In the PR World we have a ‘difficult to define’ relationship with journalists – we hate it when they don’t publish our puff pieces and love them to bits when they do.
In any event journalism as an industry is under threat and it is behove upon us as PR Professionals to support and promote the journalism industry upon which we rely more than we will admit.
So, MYPR does a weekly feature on journalists along with giving journalists the OPTION to promote their work via a FREE FEATURED JOURNALIST SUBMISSION on MyPR of their latest article – we are not asking the journalist to just post a few sentences or paragraphs but also to give a personal narrative about their article and why they wrote it.
That submission form is at the bottom of this article or can be found HERE.
In addition to the above MyPR also has a dedicated section where journalists can request the help of an expert.
These articles about journalists popped up this past week:
Journalism Awards:
Caxton journo scoops journalist of the year award: “My mission is to ensure female athletes receive the same attention and respect as their male counterparts. Their dedication, skill and passion deserve to be highlighted.” ~ Obedience Mkhabela
Amanda Davies named Broadcast Journalist of the Year: CNN Sports’ Amanda Davies was crowned Broadcast Journalist of the Year at the SJA British Sports Journalism Awards on Monday.
Davies was up against the BBC’s Dan Roan, Sky Sports’ Patrick Davison, Sky News’ Rob Harris, Amazon Prime’s Alex Aljoe and Sky Sports News’ Craig Slater.
Afterwards, Davies called the winning of the award “really, really special.”
Barney Ronay, Donald McRae and Suzanne Wrack win at SJA awards: The Guardian’s chief sports writer, Barney Ronay, won two prizes, named both columnist of the year and popular culture commentator of the year. Donald McRae also won two awards: as best feature writer and specialist correspondent of the year, both of which he also won in the previous year’s event.
Guardian chief sports writer Barney Ronay.
Suzanne Wrack was named best women’s sport journalist for the second time in succession, having won the inaugural prize in the category last year.
Jonathan Liew was recognised with a silver award in the columnist category, having won the title for the previous three years. Tom Jenkins won a bronze award for news picture of the year, and Scott Murray was given a bronze award in the summariser of the year category. Ronay also won a silver award as specialist correspondent for his Olympics writing.
Dezeen design editor named Young Arts Journalist of the Year: Jennifer Hahn has been named Young Arts Journalist of the Year at the Chartered Institute of Journalists’ inaugural Young Journalist Awards.
Hahn was presented the award, launched to “celebrate and promote the exceptional talents of young journalists”, at a ceremony in London earlier this week. Other winners on the night included journalists from The Times and ITV News.
The judges praised Hahn for her “polished writing” and her “eye for impact”.
Success for Sky Sports at SJA British Sports Journalism Awards 2024: Sky Sports News’ Deadline Day was named Television Show of the Year; Roy Keane was awarded Pundit of the Year; Sky Sports’ Kelly Cates claimed the prize for Presenter of the Year; SSN senior reporter Geraint Hughes picked up the award for Sports Summariser
Commercial Radio News Awards 2025 Winners: The winners of the Commercial Radio News Awards 2025 have been announced.
Coverage of the Southport stabbings, the life of Rugby League legend Rob Burrow and the shocking ways in which gangs are exploiting vulnerable people in north west England have all been recognised.
The event, in association with IRN and Sky News, took place at Sky Cinema HQ in London today.
It was a memorable event for Chris Chambers from Global’s Newsroom North West who was named Regional Reporter of the Year. The judges said he was a ‘versatile reporter who fearlessly covered a wide range of stories from crime and hard-hitting content to politics and entertainment.”
Palestinian journalists honoured with RTS award: The UK’s Royal Television Society (RTS) paid tribute to Palestinian journalists in Gaza with a special recognition award during Tuesday’s RTS Programme Awards, following outrage over the abrupt cancellation of the award category.
The show, which honoured several acclaimed figures in the UK television industry, opened with a ceremony highlighting the work of Palestinian journalists in their coverage of the 17-month long Israeli military campaign on Gaza.
SPAC Journalist of the Year: Any fan of Mount Carmel for the past four years knows who Matt Malloy is, likely hearing his voice on home sports broadcasts and podcasts, yet he is also an accomplished journalist in the making.
Last year Malloy joined The Caravan, MC’s student newspaper and has transitioned into being an editor this year while continuing to contribute articles. He has drawn thousands of page views and the attention of Scholastic Press Association of Chicago.
On March 14th Malloy was honored at SPAC’s annual conference at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism with awards for “Superior Achievement” in the category of Opinion Piece or Column, and “Excellent Achievement” in the categories of General Feature Story, Sports Feature Story, and Sports News Story based on submission of select pieces he has written for The Caravan over the past calendar year. Most notably, though, Malloy was named SPAC’s Chicago High School Journalist of the Year, which also includes a $1,500 one-time scholarship to be used for his college education.
Tough Times Ahead:
Vance hints at US plan to take over Greenland after independence vote: US vice president JD Vance and his wife are visiting the US Space Force outpost in Greenland. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has repeated his desire for US control of Greenland.
Lester Holt Tells How God Gets Him Through Tough Times: Lester Holt has admitted his faith in God is what keeps him going through global turmoil and tragedy.
As the anchor of NBC Nightly News prepares to step down after a decade and transition full-time to Dateline this summer, RadarOnline.com can reveal he previously shared how faith “permeates everything he does” and keeps him grounded in his life’s purpose.
New York Times reporter reveals reason Trump won’t fire Mike Waltz: New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman said she believes that National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and other officials embroiled in the Signalgate security breach will not be fired.
Haberman, known for regularly breaking stories about the Trump administration, told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Thursday that President Donald Trump will resist firing Waltz because he doesn’t want to be seen as “giving in to Trump the media.”
Alone in the storm: Why do news organisations not stand with their own journalists and leave them alone in difficult times? This is the main question that we must be asking ourselves. If this trend continues, journalists will begin to censor themselves, fearing punishment for simply telling the truth. This is a dangerous situation for press freedom in Pakistan.
It is time for media organisations to take responsibility and protect their journalists. Freedom of the press should never be compromised.
Supporting Independent Media in Troubled Times: We believe unashamedly we need a pro-independence, left-wing, ecologically-focused media more than ever. We have one week left to hit our target of £20,000 to go towards improving and expanding our content, working with more writers and illustrators, and doing more audio content (interviews and podcasts).
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Atlantic journalist says Trump officials included him in war plans group chat: Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic, was apparently included in a Trump administration group chat on Signal in which top officials debated and then discussed details of attacks against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
The initial invite to the group apparently came from national security adviser Mike Waltz. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly sent the group details including weapons used, targets, and timing — two hours ahead of the attacks, which began March 15.
Ugandan Journalists Talk Tough 2026 Election: bubaker Lubowa, a senior photojournalist at Daily Monitor, has over the last decade distinguished himself in photographing some of the most tumultuous political events. Even as many of those events often turned violent, he has always gone back home largely unscathed.
But it appears his luck ran out on March 13, during the Kawempe North by-election. Hooded security operatives pounced on him and other journalists, shunted them into a waiting van and beat them, some to near death.
When we spoke, almost a week after the ordeal, Lubowa was still nursing wounds and, he said, his left leg suffers periodic paralysis. “In the past, we have faced the wrath of police; where they grab you, throw you in a van and take you to their cells and later release you. But this time, I was beaten,” he said.
Journalists Under Threat:
A pig’s head and decapitated rats: a new era of intimidation dawns for journalists in Indonesia: When a large box arrived at the office with her name on it, Indonesian investigative journalist Francisca Christy Rosana assumed a friend had sent her a package.
Instead, it contained a stinking, mutilated pigs head.
“I was shocked, I cried, and was immediately evacuated by some of my friends,” said Francisca, “I was worried this terror would hurt my family.”
The grisly gift was the first in a series of threats aimed at Tempo media in the past week, in what is being seen as a new low amid increasing intimidation of journalists in the world’s third-largest democracy.
First it was the pig’s head, with its ears cut off. Days later, six decapitated rats wrapped in rose-adorned paper were sent to Tempo’s Jakarta office.
Turkey deports BBC journalist: Turkish authorities deported a BBC News correspondent on Thursday after detaining him for 17 hours and branding him a “threat to public order”.
Mark Lowen had been in Turkey to cover mass street protests triggered by the arrest and jailing of Istanbul’s Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.
‘If you’re reading this, it means I’ve been killed’: “If you’re reading this, it means I have been killed – most likely targeted – by the Israeli occupation forces. When all this started, I was only 21 years old, a student with dreams like everyone else…” Having covered the war from northern Gaza since Hamas’s attack on Israel in October 2023, journalist Hossam Shabat, 23, knew his life was under threat. He left it to those close to him to publish a final message on his behalf, written in case he was killed.
Journalism under threat in Turkey: Yasin Akgul, a photojournalist for Agence France-Presse who was arrested this week after covering the huge protests rocking his native Turkey, said after his release on Thursday that the profession is under threat in the country.
Journalists in the DRC contend with threats to independent media: When journalist Philip Mayifilua* discussed press freedom challenges in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with colleagues on a popular radio show in early February, he never expected it could lead to being arrested.
Shortly after the show — during which Mayifilua condemned the frequent harassment of journalists — he said a friend notified him that the Higher Council for Audiovisual and Communication (CSAC), the country’s media regulatory body, had accused him of working in the interests of the Tutsi-led March 23 Movement, better known as M23, and threatened to detain him.
Backed by Rwanda, the M23 is one of more than 100 armed rebel groups fighting DRC forces in the eastern part of the country. Former members of the political armed militia, National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP), created the group in 2012, to protect the minority Tutsi population.
Turkey criticized for detaining journalists: Press freedom groups have criticized Turkey for detaining journalists and enforcing a media blackout amid nationwide protests sparked by the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor.
Turkish authorities detained and deported BBC correspondent Mark Lowen for “being a threat to public order” after he spent a few days in Turkey covering the protests against the imprisonment of Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul’s popular mayor and the leading political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Lowen was detained for 17 hours before he was deported, a BBC statement said.
Accolades for Journalists:
2025 Isle of Wight Sports Awards: The night, organised by the Isle of Wight Sports Foundation, will see 24 awards handed out as well as special awards recognising Service to Sport, Lifetime Achievement and Outstanding Commitment.
The ceremony will be presented by former CP co-editor Lucy Morgan, journalist Harriet Hadfield and PR expert and former CP journalist Matt White.
Music Journalism Award Finalists Announced: Established in 2021, the NZ On Air Outstanding Music Journalism Award “honours a journalist, blogger, editor, or creator whose work has had a significant and enduring impact on the Aotearoa music scene through ethical, and innovative reporting” — coming with a cash prize of $2500.
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