The 2025 winners

The PPA Next Gen Awards champion the most exciting rising stars in the UK working for trusted editorial brands, across business and consumer media.

We are delighted to announce our 2025 winners below. Scroll down for the Student of the Year winners.

Shosha Adie
Senior Reporter,
ENDS Report, Haymarket
Isabel Baldwin
Social Media Editor,
New Scientist
Melisa Bazane
Marketing & Customer Success Manager,
Vet Times
Isabella Blount
Marketing Executive
Broadcast Intelligence, Media Business Insight
Nina-Che Bousquet
SEO Lead,
Immediate
Molly Bowcott
Digital Reporter,
C+D, Citeline
Holly Bullock
Features Editor,
Stylist
Manon Clarke
Brand Marketing Manager,
Stylist
Lucy Clarke
Senior Marketing Executive,
Motoring & Transport, Bauer Media
Melissa Clarke
Senior Events Manager,
Haymarket
Max Copeman
App Editor,
Radio Times, Immediate
Max Furber
Digital Marketing Executive,
William Reed
May Garland
Deputy Editor,
Retail Jeweller, emap
Tamarah Green
Audience Development Lead,
Good Food, Immediate
Charlie John Hedges
Producer,
Hearst UK
Edward Hewlett
Data Science and AI Specialist,
William Reed
Rachel Jary
Staff Writer,
Rouleur, Gruppo Media
Shivani Khandekar
Deputy Editor,
Real Deals Media
Tom Lacey
Brand Marketing Manager,
emap
Reem Makari
News Reporter,
Performance Marketing World, Haymarket
Sunneva Moore
Reporter,
Convenience Store, William Reed
Susanne Norris
Deputy Digital Editor,
Stylist
Jerome Pannell
Marketing Manager,
Credit Strategy, Shard Financial Media
Charlotte Reed
Senior Business Analyst,
William Reed
Jamie Rossouw
Data Journalist,
Campaign, Haymarket
Tom Ryder
Acting Deputy Digital Editor,
Farmers Guardian, Agriconnect
Matthew Shore
Specialist Software Engineer,
William Reed
Carl Stevens
Deputy Editor,
Motor Cycle News, Bauer Media
Monica West
Editor,
Training Matters Magazine, Communications International Group
Katie Williams
Staff Writer,
MoneyWeek, Future

Student of the year winners

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This award celebrates the future creators of our industry, who have showcased exceptional work during their studies, and display promise to be the talent of tomorrow. 

Our judges selected an undergraduate and postgraduate winner and highly commended.

Esme Hewitt (Postgraduate)
Magazine Journalism MA,
City St George’s, University of London
Darcie Peskir (Undergraduate)
BA Journalism
University of Sheffield

Student of the year highly commended

Lucy Keitley (Postgraduate)
Magazine Journalism MA,
City St George’s, University of London
Saffron Carroll (Undergraduate)
BA Journalism,
Leeds Beckett University