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By Kitty Chrisp May 21, 2021May 21, 2021 News

Inside XCity Podcast: Episode 8

In the final episode of the series, Nicola Blackburn and Jake Helm are joined by Aisha Rimi, Editor of XCity magazine, and Chloé Meley, chatting all about the XCity Award.

By Chloe Meley May 21, 2021May 20, 2021 News

XCity Award winner announced: Dina Aboughazala

The winner of this year’s XCity Award and £500 prize is Dina Aboughazala, the founder of a brand-new startup that empowers journalists in the Middle East and Africa. 

By Emily Stearn May 20, 2021May 21, 2021 Politics

A year of investigations and online trolling: An interview with the BBC’s Rianna Croxford

Rianna Croxford is good at firsts. The first in her family to attend university, the first Journalism Diversity Fund Financial Times intern and now, at 26, the BBC’s youngest ever network news correspondent.

By Bea Tridimas May 20, 2021 News

City’s Associate Dean wins John C. Hartsock Prize

An essay about Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich has landed City lecturer an award. 

By Patrick Sproull May 20, 2021May 19, 2021 News

Fifth name on XCity Award shortlist announced: Ben Hunte

The BBC’s first LGBT correspondent and their newest West Africa correspondent has been shortlisted for the XCity Award for his work shedding light on anti-LGBT discrimination.

By Nick Harris May 14, 2021May 14, 2021 News

Second name on XCity Award shortlist announced: Mary Fitzgerald

The outgoing editor of openDemocracy has been shortlisted for the XCity Award for her work in holding the government to account through its interrogation of social and political issues. 

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By Chloe Meley May 12, 2021 News

First name on XCity Award shortlist announced: Dina Aboughazala

Dina Aboughazala, the founder of an Egypt-based startup that helps local journalists, is the first name on the shortlist for the XCity Award. 

By Liam Coleman March 15, 2016March 7, 2019 The XCityPlus Archives

XCity Award 2016 shortlist revealed: Ben Whitelaw

Ben Whitelaw, head of community and digital development at The Times, has been shortlisted for the XCity Award for his work in developing The Times’ digital presence. Mr Whitelaw graduated from the Newspaper Journalism MA at City in 2011. He created the journalism education website, Wannabe Hacks, and worked for

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By Nick Atkins March 11, 2016March 7, 2019 The XCityPlus Archives

XCity Award 2016 shortlist revealed: Adam Benzine

Academy Award nominee Adam Benzine has been shortlisted for the 2016 XCity Award, continuing his run of success in 2016. Mr Benzine (Magazine PGDip, 2006) received an Oscar nomination for his documentary Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah. It was among five films to be shortlisted in the Best Documentary

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By Rhiannon McGregor March 10, 2016March 7, 2019 The XCityPlus Archives

XCity Award 2016 shortlist revealed: George Arbuthnott

For the second year running, George Arbuthnott (Investigative, 2009) has been shortlisted for the XCity Award. The deputy insight editor at The Sunday Times has accumulated various accolades since his last nomination. In December 2015, he and his team at The Sunday Times won ‘Breaking News Story’ at the British

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By Manpreet Boora March 9, 2016March 7, 2019 The XCityPlus Archives

XCity Award 2016 shortlist revealed: Jenny McCall

A City alumna who won the Modern Slavery Media Award for exposing the UK’s failure to protect victims of trafficking has been shortlisted for this year’s XCity Award. Jenny McCall (Science, 2014) is an independent journalist. Last year, Ms McCall wrote an article for openDemocracy, titled: ‘Just how badly does the

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By Helena Cartwright March 4, 2016March 7, 2019 The XCityPlus Archives

25 City journalism graduates longlisted for 2016 XCity Award

Being nominated for an Oscar, interviewing Prince William and becoming Time Inc.’s youngest editor are just a few of the accomplishments City graduates have achieved this year. The nominees for the £500 XCity Award, for outstanding journalism by a City graduate, have been chosen by both alumni and members of

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