Lawrence McGinty
@lawrenceitv
Ex-Science & Medical Editor for ITV News. Ex-Chair, Medical Journalists' Association. Man United fan (born there). Opinions my own
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04-11-2009 14:40:16
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Our #MJAAwards 2024 Newcomer of the Year is Emily Townsend from Health Service Journal
The winner of #MJAAwards Feature of the Year (specialist audience) is Carolyn Wickware from The Pharmaceutical Journal Thanks to sponsor Doctors’ Association UK
And the winner of #MJAAwards Feature of the Year (broadcast) is SharonBarbourBBC from BBC News (UK), for her piece on new hope for people with neuroferritinopathy — a cruel condition which leaves patients trapped in their body
Can't quite believe it! What a huge honour. Thank you Medical Journalists' Association! Here is the feature on compassionate use medicines in full: pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/featur…
Our #MJAAwards winner of the Mental Health Story of the year is Rebecca Thomas from The Independent for her shocking exposé on sexual assaults in mental health units — an important joint investigation with Sky News Breaking Congratulations Rebecca and our thanks to sponsors Edelman UK
Our winner of the 2024 #MJAAwards Science Explained is Hannah Barnes and Sean Clare. That makes it a hat-trick for Hannah with this BBC Newsnight item which revisited the scandal of Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust gender services — which she and Deborah Cohen were among the first to spotlight
The judges have highly commended Ben Spencer. And the winner of this year's Gordon McVie Award for reporting cancer research is Alice Klein from New Scientist, for a fascinating piece on the role of the gut microbiome. With thanks to Roche, for their #MJAAwards support
And the winner of the #MJAAwards News Story of the Year (broadcast) is Sam Holder and the team from ITV With thanks to Virgo Health
And congratulations to our #MJAAwards Editor of the Year — Dawn Connelly of The Pharmaceutical Journal for 'delicately balancing bread-and-butter topics of daily importance with original, investigative reporting' Congratulations Dawn, and thanks to ABPI who support this award.
Honoured to have won 'News Story of the Year' at the #MJAAwards. For our ITV News investigation into fake online pharmacies. itv.com/news/2023-09-1… Team: Patrick Russell (News Editor) louisafelton (producer) and Rob Turner (camera)
#MJAAwards . Great evening. The Medical Journalists' Association #Sexualhealthwriting prize which I sponsor and present in memory of my late husband, #DrDavidDelvin was won by Hannah Barnes. Seen here with #DrSianWilliams who hosted the evening brilliantly.
Lawrence McGinty Good morning Lawrence, I'm a pal of Geoff Hill and will be cycling 1950 miles in 19 stages to help Cure Leukaemia in Geoff's memory. Any chance of RT and a leg-up, please? justgiving.com/page/tde2025