Lawrence McGinty

Ex-Science & Medical Editor for ITV News. Ex-Chair, Medical Journalists' Association. Man United fan (born there). Opinions my own

[Lawrence McGinty @lawrenceitv]

@KateWilton1 AI?

[Simon Nicholl @simonnicholl]

@lawrenceitv Good morning Lawrence, I'm a pal of
@geoffhillITV and will be cycling 1950 miles in 19 stages to help @CureLeukaemia in Geoff's memory. Any chance of RT and a leg-up, please? https://t.co/AFb4hElOxV

[Medical Journalists' Association @mjauk]

Our #MJAAwards 2024 Newcomer of the Year is @emilytownsend from @HSJnews

[Medical Journalists' Association @mjauk]

And the winner of the #MJAAwards News Story of the Year (broadcast) is @samholdertv and the team from @ITV

With thanks to @VirgoHealth

[Sam Holder @samholdertv]

Honoured to have won 'News Story of the Year' at the #MJAAwards.

For our @itvnews investigation into fake online pharmacies.

https://t.co/3HE09eC4ly

Team: @PatrickrussITV (News Editor) @louisafelton1 (producer) and Rob Turner (camera)

[Medical Journalists' Association @mjauk]

And our #MJAAwards Freelance of the Year is @AdeleWatersRx, for work published in @DailyMailUK and @bmj_latest — which highlights the versatility and scope that are the hallmarks of a great freelancer.

[Medical Journalists' Association @mjauk]

And congratulations to our #MJAAwards Editor of the Year — @DawnConnelly73 of @PJOnline_News for 'delicately balancing bread-and-butter topics of daily importance with original, investigative reporting'

Congratulations Dawn, and thanks to @ABPI_UK who support this award.

[Medical Journalists' Association @mjauk]

The judges have highly commended @Ben_Spencer.

And the winner of this year's Gordon McVie Award for reporting cancer research is @alicevklein from @newscientist, for a fascinating piece on the role of the gut microbiome.

With thanks to @Roche, for their #MJAAwards support

[Medical Journalists' Association @mjauk]

The winner of #MJAAwards Feature of the Year (specialist audience) is @cbwickware from @PJOnline_News

Thanks to sponsor @TheDA_UK

[Medical Journalists' Association @mjauk]

And the winner of #MJAAwards Feature of the Year (broadcast) is @SharonBarbour from @BBCNews, for her piece on new hope for people with neuroferritinopathy — a cruel condition which leaves patients trapped in their body

[Medical Journalists' Association @mjauk]

Our #MJAAwards winner of the Mental Health Story of the year is @Rebeccasmt from @Independent for her shocking exposé on sexual assaults in mental health units — an important joint investigation with @SkyNewsBreak

Congratulations Rebecca and our thanks to sponsors @EdelmanUK

[christine webber @1chriswebber]

#MJAAwards . Great evening. The @mjauk #Sexualhealthwriting prize which I sponsor and present in memory of my late husband, #DrDavidDelvin was won by @hannahsbee. Seen here with #DrSianWilliams who hosted the evening brilliantly.

[Medical Journalists' Association @mjauk]

Our winner of the 2024 #MJAAwards Science Explained is @hannahsbee and @Sean__Clare.

That makes it a hat-trick for Hannah with this @BBCNewsnight item which revisited the scandal of @TaviAndPort gender services — which she and @deb_cohen were among the first to spotlight

[Carolyn Wickware @cbwickware]

Can't quite believe it! What a huge honour. Thank you @mjauk!

Here is the feature on compassionate use medicines in full:
https://t.co/owrZSHQFoU

[Hannah Barnes @hannahsbee]

I am shocked, and utterly over the moon, to win four #MJAAwards this evening, including the Outstanding Contribution to Health Journalism. It’s a complete honour. Thank you to the judges and all those who have helped and supported me with these stories.

[Medical Journalists' Association @mjauk]

There's now less than two weeks to enter the 2024 #MJAAwards.
Don't miss your opportunity to win one 16 awards which come with kudos and £750. Plus a £250 student journalist prize.
Enter online now:
https://t.co/uDHQDKfLDg

[Medical Journalists' Association @mjauk]

Calling all health and medical journalists, make sure that entering the #MJAAwards is on your bank holiday to-do list.

There are 16 awards with kudos and £750 to be won, plus a £250 prize for student journalist of the year.

https://t.co/jhgryLRukT

[Medical Journalists' Association @mjauk]

At the 2022 #MJAAwards, we introduced the Gordon McVie Award for reporting cancer research.

Can you follow in the footsteps of @Kat_Arney and @whippletom and take the prize, which is supported by @Roche, this year?

Deadline to enter is 00:01 on June 1

https://t.co/uDHQDKfLDg

[Medical Journalists' Association @mjauk]

Could it be you?

Don't forget to enter the #MJAAwards for a chance to win kudos and cash prizes of £750. There's also a £250 student journalist prize

https://t.co/uDHQDKfLDg

[Lawrence McGinty @lawrenceitv]

MJA Awards, 2024 https://t.co/Cmc70Gip3J