Mortgage Solutions senior reporter Hannah Uttley (pictured) picked up the first award at the Santander Media Awards last night.
Held at Lloyds ex-headquarters, The Banking Hall, Uttley was handed the Best Newcomer award by BBC Breakfast journalist Stephanie McGovern in front of a crowd of finance journalist peers.
The award was judged by a panel of industry professionals and senior journalists.
Mortgage Solutions was also shortlisted for the Financial Trade Website of the year category.
The awards are the most sought-after financial journalism awards as cash prizes totalling over £25,000 are awarded to the individual winners.
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Victoria Hartley is contributing editor at Mortgage Solutions, Specialist Lending Solutions, Your Money and Your Mortgage at London-based publishing company AE3 Media.
She has an MA in Radio from Goldsmiths after gaining a 2:1 in a Comparative American Studies BA at Warwick University. She also holds a TEFL qualification and taught overseas in Mexico and Japan from 1994 to 1997.
Her role includes editorial oversight of the news, analysis and features, event content management and strategic and editorial consultancy for the AE3 Media group. She is an experienced video, broadcast and live-event host and regularly chairs web and podcast debates and interviews.
Multiple award nominations have resulted in two wins: Santander Media Awards, trade journalist of the year and Headlinemoney Awards, mortgage journalist of the year (B2B). Here is one of the award-winning pieces: https://www.mortgagesolutions.co.uk/news/2011/07/21/exclusive-tale-bailey-fraud-witness/
Previous roles include editorships of Mortgage Solutions, consumer title What Mortgage and trade title Credit Today as well as a stint freelancing for a variety of outlets including The Guardian and Which? Money.
