Making a Difference

Making a Difference is a showcase of agenda-setting investigations, campaigns and scoops from national, regional and local news brands demonstrating the power of original news content. 91% of the public agree that local news media improves communities by campaigning on issues that matter to residents.

The annual Making a Difference award sees members of the public vote for their favourite campaign from the past year during Journalism Matters week, the NMA’s campaign to highlight the immense value journalism creates for our society.

The Isle of Wight County Press

Councillor’s Rental Flat Cited for Hazards

Investigation into Hampshire Chief Constable

The Guardian

Spying, Hacking and Intimidation: Israel’s Nine-Year ‘War’ on the ICC Exposed

The Herald

Scotland’s Forgotten Children

The Financial Times

FT Investigation: Google and Meta’s Secret Ad Deal to Target Teens

Tindle Newspapers

Tindle’s Partnership with FareShare

The i Paper

Second Post Office IT Scandal

Kent Online

Blue Badge Battle

The Daily Mirror

Justice For Our Daughters

The Courier and The Press and Journal

Trapped by RAAC

The Sun

Winter Fuel SOS

Birmingham Mail and BirminghamLive

Birmingham: A Child Poverty Emergency

Metro

This Is Not Right

The Daily Mail

Britain’s Hidden Killer

GrimsbyLive

Help Us Save Local Hydrotherapy Facility

The Daily Mirror

Missed

The Telegraph

AZ to be Sued Over ‘Defective’ Vaccine

The Liverpool Echo and Manchester Evening News

MEN and Echo Join Forces To Call For Rail Link

The Sun

Huw Edwards Charged with Indecent Images

National World

Endo the Battle

The Times

M.E. Awareness and Reform

Newsquest

Newsquest and NSPCC Christmas Appeal

The Independent

Murdered, Tortured or in Hiding From the Taliban: The Special Forces Abandoned by Britain

The Guardian

Carers Allowance Crisis

The Daily Express

Exposed: Albanian Influencers Running Lucrative Cannabis Farms in the UK

National World

Silent Crime

The Express and Star

How Many More?

The Sunday Times

Act Now on Asbestos

The Northern Echo

Keep Hitachi on Track

The Times

Clean It Up

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

Bradford Live

The Daily Telegraph

2023 Christmas Charity Appeal

The Inverness Courier

Build the Bypass

The Sunday Times

Bloody Disgrace

The Barnsley Chronicle

Paying Through The Nozzle

The Sun

Footie For All Fund

The Cambrian News

The Waiting Game

The Daily Mail

Child ST Campaign

BristolLive, Bristol World, Bristol 24/7 and the Bristol Cable

Together For Change

The Daily Mail

Cash For Care Jobs

Reach Plc

5000 Voices

The Financial Times

FT Investigation: Ukrainian Children Featured on Russian Adoption Sites

The Warrington Guardian

Peace In Mind

The Sunday Times

Meta Investigation: ‘Every Scary Thing Meta Knows About Me – And You’

South Wales Argus

Our Communities Together

The Standard

Show Respect

The Guardian

The Bruno and Dom Project

National World titles

Project Peter Pan

The Daily Mirror

Dentists For All

The Dundee Courier

Ten Years of Pain

The Independent

NHS Abuse Scandal

The Northern Echo

Stop Illegal Vaping