The Press Awards, formerly the British Press Awards,[1] is an annual ceremony that celebrates the best of British journalism.
Established in 1962 by The People and World's Press News, the first award ceremony for the then-named Hannen Swaffer Awards, named after journalist Hannen Swaffer, was held in 1963.
[3] Following an earlier consolidation of companies into the International Publishing Corporation, the 1966 awards were restyled the International Publishing Corporation Hannen Swaffer Awards and the number of awards issued had increased to ten.
[5] After having been run by the Press Gazette for more than 20 years, in 2010 the awards were taken over by the Society of Editors.
[11] In 2012, following the takeover by the Society of Editors and the name change to The Press Awards, the naming format of the awards changed.