In November 2025, Emma Guy the Editor and Co-Founder of The Leicester Gazette won Women in Journalism's 2025 Georgina Henry Award. This prestigious award is named in honour of the former deputy editor of the Guardian and one of the founders of the campaigning group.
The Georgina Henry Award is an annual £4,000 prize supporting original and innovative journalism. The award is named in memory of Georgina Henry, the Guardian’s former deputy editor and a past Chair of Women in Journalism. It is designed to help women journalists develop bold ideas, new approaches, and innovative projects across all areas of the industry and is sponsored by Wiggin LLP.
Speaking about Subtext, Emma who will step up to be Executive Director of Editorial and operations said:
“Amid a landscape of misinformation, harmful online content, media bias, news deserts and increasing tensions between communities in the UK, Subtext is a media rights project that cuts through the noise. It will educate, amplify and campaign alongside those most affected by issues in their community, on a national platform.”
The judges for The Georgina Henry Award look for evidence of impact and genuine innovation, whether through new ideas, approaches or principles. The Judges of the Georgina Henry award, speaking about why Subtext won the award, said:
“Misinformation is one of the biggest challenges of our age, with a growing consensus among journalists that something must be done to improve media literacy, especially among young people and those from marginalised and hard-to-reach communities.
“This project does just that by providing practical and much-need solutions to improve understanding among the young and excluded.”
Previous winners
Previous winners of the award have made wide contributions to British Journalism. They include:
- 2025 Emma Guy, Editor, Leicester Gazette, Subtext
- 2024 Sophia Smith Galer, Journalist, Sophina
- 2023 Rhiannon Davies, Founder, the Scottish Beacon
- 2022 Kate Samuelson, Founder and Editor in Chief of Cheapskate
- 2021 Rachel Charlton-Dailey, Founder and Editor in Chief of The Unwritten
- 2020 Megan Lucero, Director of The Bureau Local
- 2019 Olivia Crellin, Founder of PressPad
- 2018 Jem Collins, Founder of Journo Resources
- 2017 Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff, Deputy Editor of gal-dem magazine
- 2016 Laura Bates, Founder of Everyday Sexism
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The non-profit will work closely with the local partners to deliver a pilot programme of media literacy workshops in the midlands in 2027, which will be overseen by an independent board of directors.
The prize is used to support an initiative by the applicant. The judges look for evidence of impactful journalism and real innovation either through new ideas or principles. Entries can include work from any journalistic discipline, including those working in video, audio, and written journalism.
Rachel Corp, Chair of Women in Journalism, said:
“Women in Journalism has been proud to run the Georgina Henry Award for almost ten years now, supporting a wide range of innovative reporting and projects. Every year we look forward to seeing new ideas and new ways of doing things that push our industry forward. I’d really encourage any woman working in journalism to put an entry in, we’d love to hear from you.”
The publication is now open to investigation pitches relating to misinformation and rights related stories.
To pitch send the team a pitch please contact SubtextTeam@proton.me with the subject heading: "Investigation pitch".