Message from the Editor: Award-winning journalism

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The Irish Times won eight national awards this week, recognising some of the best work from our writers, editors, columnists, critics and designers ...

A heartbreaking interview with Ciara Mageean. A portrait of a 100-year-old whose life was saved by the extraordinary kindness of a stranger. A deftly realised column on Ireland’s fuel protests. An investigation that set the news agenda for months and prompted a Government inquiry.

These are some of the stories by Irish Times journalists that were recognised at the Irish Journalism Awards in Dublin this week. We won eight awards in total, far more than any other title – a pleasing affirmation of our pre-eminent place in Irish journalism.

We produce hundreds of articles, videos and podcasts every week. No set of awards can capture the range or the depth of that work, and of course we know that judging panels privilege certain kinds of journalism over others.

Nonetheless, I’d recommend that you spend time reading some of our winning entries. I know how much work went into each of them – they all have one byline at the top, but in every case, somewhere between five and 10 people were involved in getting them to their finished state. These include the editors who commissioned them; the desk editors who interrogated and fact-checked; the sub-editors who corrected errors and applied our house style; the photographers and videographers whose visuals enhanced the words; the graphic artists who illustrated them; the lawyers who did the pre-publication read; the print editors who came up with great presentations; and the audience specialists who got the…

Two of our awards were for work done in our Culture section. This is an area we invest in more than any Irish news publisher – a commitment that stems from the principles of the Trust that owns The Irish Times but also from a basic journalistic instinct: the arts have a central place in Irish life, and any serious attempt to capture the richness of the society we serve has to have it front and centre.

In print, much of that coverage is presented in Ticket, our Saturday culture supplement.

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