Ali Mitib, Katie Tarrant, Matilda Davies and Tom Saunders from The Times and The Sunday Times are among 30 journalists named as winners in the MHP Group 30 To Watch UK journalism awards for 2024.

The awards, which have run for the past 13 years, recognise the best young talent in the media.

Ali Mitib at The Times and Katie Tarrant at The Sunday Times are winners in the News & Investigations category, while The Times’ Matilda Davies and Tom Saunders are recognised in the Science, Environment & Technology and City & Business categories respectively.  

More than 350 journalists entered the awards this year from media organisations including the The Times, BBC, Sky News, The Telegraph and Bloomberg.

Entries were judged by a panel of 20 editors and senior journalists including Paul Morgan-Bentley, Head of Investigations at The Times, Martyn Ziegler the Chief Sports Reporter at The Times, Richard Frediani the Editor of BBC Breakfast, Laura Wilshaw the Deputy Editor of Channel 4 News and John Stevens the Political Editor of the Mirror.

Categories of 30 To Watch include News & Investigations, Politics, Production, City & Business, Personal Finance & Consumer Affairs and Culture.

This year saw the introduction of a new category for Sports Journalism.

The awards also see the return of the Breakthrough award for journalists who have entered the industry without the benefit of having gone to university. Winners in 2024 include: Ali Matib of The Times, Johnny McGuigan of BBC News, Cree Haughton of ITV News, and Isaan Khan from the Daily Mail.

Paul Morgan-Bentley, Head of Investigations at The Times said: “It was really hard to pick a winner this year because the standard was  incredibly high. I was so impressed by the breadth in particular of the different types of investigative reporting that were shown by such young journalists.”

Keith Gladdis, Head of Strategic Media at MHP Group, said: “The sheer quality of entries to 30 To Watch this year shows the future of journalism is in safe hands. We’ve seen everything from hard hitting investigations to good old fashioned scoops.”

The awards ceremony will take place on Wednesday 29th May at The News Building.

See the full list of winners here