18 July 2007
The David Watt Prize 2007 - Winner announced
The winner of the 2007 David Watt Prize for journalism is Richard Tomkins of the Financial Times.
His article, published in October 2006, looks at the effects of globalisation, and how the very large sums generated tend to disadvantage the middle classes.
The others on the distinguished short list, from which the judges had the difficult task of choosing the winner, were:
- The new kid in the barrio by Peter Beaumont, published in The Observer
- The accidental war by Peter David, published in The Economist
- The Quest for Peace by Janine di Giovanni, published in American Vogue
- How history-makers misplayed the game of Islamic power by David Gardner, published in the Financial Times
- The path to ruin by Jonathan Ledgard, published in The Economist
- Richer, bolder - and sliding back by Andrew Miller, published in The Economist
- The global clash of emotions by Dominique Moïsi, published in the International Herald Tribune
- America is finally revolting against the Republicans by Andrew Rawnsley, published in The Observer
- Liars, Hypocrites and Crybabies by David Runciman, published in the London Review of Books
- Liberté, égalité, feminité by John Thornhill, published in the Financial Times
The speaker at the presentation lunch was Philip Stephens, Associate Editor of the Financial Times, and former winner of The David Watt Prize.
For further information please contact:
Celia Beale
Tel: 01985 844613
Mobile: 07764 612152
celiabeale@globalnet.co.uk
Photo's from the event are attached below.