Georgina Henry Award 2023 Shortlist
Women in Journalism is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2023 Georgina Henry Award, sponsored by Wiggin LLP.
Now in its eighth year, the prize recognises excellence and digital innovation by a woman journalist working in the UK and offers £4,000 in funding.
The award was set up to honour the memory of Georgina Henry, a founding member of Women in Journalism and former head of Guardian.co.uk. Henry also led the launch of Comment is Free for the publication.
The winner, judged by members of the Women in Journalism committee, will be announced at the British Journalism Awards in London on December 14, 2023.
The 2023 shortlist, is as follows:
Rhiannon Davies is the founder of the multi-award-winning Greater Govanhill magazine and co-founder of The Community Newsroom in Glasgow. She launched The Scottish Beacon, an innovative local news collaborative that brings together 22 publications across Scotland. She has a BA(Hons) in Humanities, an MSc in Journalism, Media and Communications as well as a PG Diploma in Journalism Innovation and Leadership. She was a member of the Scottish Government's public interest journalism working group and is on the Women in Journalism Scotland committee.
Nominated project: Scottish Beacon
Juliana da Penha is a journalist from Brazil based in Scotland. She is the founder of Migrant Women Press, an independent media organisation focused on women’s experiences with migration. In Brazil, she was a reporter for nearly a decade and wrote about hip-hop culture and social movements. She has lived in Portugal, Cape Verde, Italy and the United Kingdom, working in the third sector, developing different projects with migrant communities, especially women. She has a degree in Cultural Studies and Communication from Lisbon University, a master’s degree in Human Rights and International Politics from Glasgow University and an NCTJ Diploma in Journalism.
Nominated project: Migrant Women Press
Zoë Paskett is a comedy journalist who has been writing about the arts for eight years. She launched LMAOnaise Comedy, a website and newsletter highlighting the UK’s weird, wonderful and often-overlooked comedy shows, after covering comedy, theatre, and queer culture for the Evening Standard, setting up their first LGBTQ+ section. Prior to this, she ran the entertainment sections at the Hackney Gazette and Islington Gazette, while also writing for the Hampstead and Highgate Express. She has always prioritised writing about early-career and underrepresented artists and spends too much time at comedy shows.
Nominated project: LMAOniase Comedy
Lottie Gross and Steph Dyson are two experienced travel writers who run Talking Travel Writing, a Substack publication that’s dedicated to helping travel writers excel in their careers. They create engaging and informative content in their newsletters on topics around responsible travel writing, important allyship through travel writing and how to make travel writing a viable career, all while continuing their respective careers as travel writers for the likes of The Telegraph, Times, Adventure.com and CNN.
Nominated project: Talking Travel Writing