McRae receives two awards including specialist correspondentWrack wins inaugural women’s sport journalist of the year
Guardian Sport was honoured with a number of awards at the prestigious SJA British Sports Journalism Awards in London, with Donald McRae winning both specialist correspondent of the year and feature writer of the year and Jonathan Liew being named columnist of the year for the third time running and for the fourth time in six years. The judges praised Jonathan’s “insight, originality and use of language”.
Suzanne Wrack won the inaugural women’s sport journalist of the year prize, with the judges praising her “incredible insight coupled with a fabulous writing style”, adding that “her work stimulates conversations and subsequent changes in the sports industry”.