Faisal Islam

Awards & Honours

Awards Won

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Faisal Islam is one of the most decorated British journalists of his generation. His shelf of awards spans from early career recognition to major industry honors, but what sets him apart is the range: he has been celebrated for young talent, for breaking news, for long-form interviews, and for team coverage. The 2009 sweep for his Icelandic banking reporting was particularly remarkable, winning four separate awards for the same body of work. The 2017 RTS Interview of the Year award cemented his reputation as a tough but fair questioner. His BAFTA win for Channel 4 News's Israel-Iran coverage shows his work has impact beyond the economics beat.

AwardsFaisal Islam has won numerous prestigious journalism awards. He won the Wincott Award for Young Financial Journalist of the Year in 2000, the Royal Television Society Young Journalist of the Year in 2005, and the RTS Award for Interview of the Year in 2017. In 2009 he swept the Business Journalist of the Year Awards, winning Business Journalist of the Year and Best Broadcast Story. He was named Journalist of the Year at the Asian Media Awards in 2018 and received an Asian Achievers Award in 2019. He also won a BAFTA for Channel 4 News's coverage of the Israel-Iran conflict.

Honours & Distinctions

BAFTA

British Academy of Film and Television Arts·2023

For Channel 4 News coverage of the Israel-Iran conflict.

Records & Feats

First journalist to win Business Journalist of the Year and Best Broadcast Story in the same year

Awards·2009

In 2009, Islam won both top prizes at the Business Journalist of the Year Awards for his coverage of the Icelandic banking crisis.

Only journalist to have been economics editor at three major UK news organizations

Career Milestone·2019

Islam has served as economics editor at Channel 4 News, Sky News, and BBC News.