Banking & Financial Media and Journalism Award

Evaluation

90% automatic · 10% by the award committee

Minimum score to win

70 / 100

Measurement period

The last full financial year before nominations open (2025), compared with 2024 for growth measures

Who can apply

• A media outlet, programme or business desk licensed or registered with the media authority, covering banking and finance regularly
• Publishing banking and financial content regularly for at least two years
• No paid content presented as editorial without clear disclosure
• No final material regulatory or judicial sanction against the nominee during the measurement period

Indicators and weights

1. Original pieces

   Number of original banking and financial pieces published in 2025 (investigations, analytical reports, exclusive interviews), excluding republished press releases and paid or sponsored items

   10%
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   Points

   • ≥ 400 100
   • 150 – < 400 80
   • 50 – < 150 50
   • 0 – < 50 20

   Evidence

   List of pieces with links and classification

2. Original content share

   Original pieces as a share of all banking and financial pieces published in 2025, a measure unaffected by the outlet's size

   20%
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   • 75 – < 100 % 100
   • 50 – < 75 % 80
   • 30 – < 50 % 50
   • 0 – < 30 % 20

   Evidence

   Full list of pieces with each one classified

3. Material correction rate

   Share of financial pieces that needed a correction of facts or figures out of all published in 2025, per a public corrections log kept throughout the year; an outlet with no public corrections log is treated as missing data, so it cannot benefit from showing no corrections

   15%
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   • 3 – < 100 % 10
   • 1 – < 3 % 40
   • 0.5 – < 1 % 75
   • 0 – < 0.5 % 100

   Evidence

   Link to the public corrections log with its 2025 archive

4. External citations

   Number of times media independent of the nominee, official bodies or research institutions cited its original reporting with attribution in 2025, excluding pick-ups by outlets of the same group

   15%
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   Points

   • ≥ 150 100
   • 50 – < 150 80
   • 10 – < 50 50
   • 0 – < 10 20

   Evidence

   Media monitoring report or list of citation links

5. Published editorial policies

   How many of three policies are published: an editorial policy, a corrections policy, and a conflict-of-interest disclosure policy for business journalists (including securities holdings)

   10%
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   • All three published100
   • Two published60
   • One published25
   • None published0

   Evidence

   Links to the published policies

6. Financial content audience growth

   Percentage change in average monthly unique audience for banking and financial content between 2024 and 2025

   10%
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   Points

   • ≥ 25 % 100
   • 10 – < 25 % 70
   • 0 – < 10 % 40
   • -100 – < 0 % 10

   Evidence

   Audience analytics or independent measurement reports for both years

7. Financial specialisation of staff

   Share of financial desk journalists holding a degree, professional certificate or at least 30 hours of accredited training in economics or finance

   10%
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   • 75 – < 100 % 100
   • 50 – < 75 % 80
   • 30 – < 50 % 50
   • 0 – < 30 % 20

   Evidence

   List of journalists and their qualifications

Scored by the award committee

1. Journalistic quality

   10%
   • All three submitted pieces are accurate, multi-sourced and balanced, add new information or analysis and explain the issue to non-specialists100
   • Accurate, balanced pieces with adequate sources but limited added value70
   • Generally correct pieces relying on one source or lacking context40
   • Clear errors or bias in the submitted pieces10

Each indicator gives 0 to 100 points; its share of the total is its weight. Ties are decided by the indicators listed first in the scorecard; payment or package never affects the score.

1. Done

   Nominations open

   26 October 2026 · 13:10

2. Upcoming

   Nominations close

   27 November 2026 · 01:10

3. Upcoming

   Judging starts

   27 November 2026 · 01:11

4. Upcoming

   Judging ends

   4 December 2026 · 13:00

5. Upcoming

   Results announced

   4 December 2026 · 13:10

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