Andrew Gregory (journalist)

Andrew Gregory
Gregory's work in The Guardian
EducationUniversity of Warwick (BA)
University of the Arts London (MA)
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • writer
  • producer
  • director
  • photographer
Years active2006–present
EmployerThe Guardian
Websiteandrewgregory.com

Andrew Gregory is a British journalist, writer, producer, director, and photographer, and the health editor of The Guardian.[1]

He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including the Royal Statistical Society prize for investigative journalism,[2] three Press Awards,[3][4][5] a Press Gazette Award,[6] a Medical Journalists' Association Award,[7] and a Guild of Health Writers Award.[8]

In 2025, Gregory executive produced Of All the Things,[9] an animated short film about hoarding disorder. It was selected to screen at the 15th edition of the BAFTA-qualifying Aesthetica Film Festival and nominated for an RTS Award.[10][11]

Career

Journalism

Gregory was appointed the health editor of The Guardian in 2021.[12] Previously, he was the health editor of The Sunday Times.[13]

In 2023, Gregory won the Royal Statistical Society prize for investigative journalism[2] and the Medical Journalists' Association's news award[7] for exposing how black and Asian people in England had to wait longer than white people for a cancer diagnosis.[14]

He has twice been named Health Journalist of the Year by the Society of Editors.[3][4]

Film

In 2025, Gregory executive produced Of All the Things,[9] an animated short film about hoarding disorder. Next, he will produce an animated short film about alcohol addiction, Small Hours,[15] starring Robert Bathurst.[16]

Previously, Gregory served as an associate producer on Alitisal (2024),[17] a live action short film about immigrant mental health.[18] The film premiered at the 18th edition of the Oscar-qualifying Beirut Shorts International Film Festival[19] and won multiple awards.[20]

His other credits include Tredegar (2023),[21] 33 Hours (2022),[22] Long Covid (2021),[23] Freya (2021),[24] Deafblind Doctor (2019),[25] HIV Transplants (2016),[26] and Teddy's Story (2015).[27]

Affiliations

Filmography

Year Title Role Ref.
2015 Teddy's Story Writer · producer · director [27]
Teddy's Story: The Grandmother Writer · producer · director [31]
Roy Writer · producer [32]
2016 HIV Transplants Writer · producer [26]
HIV Transplants: The Surgeons Writer · producer [33]
2019 Deafblind Doctor Writer · producer [25]
2021 Freya Writer · producer [24]
Long Covid Writer · producer [23]
2022 33 Hours Writer · producer [22]
2023 Tredegar Writer · producer [21]
2024 Parallel Lives Co-producer [34]
Alitisal Associate producer [17]
2025 Wargamers Associate producer [35]
The Nomophobe Associate producer [36]
Nowhere Man Executive producer [37]
Of All the Things Executive producer [9]
2026 Small Hours Producer [15]

Awards and nominations

Association Year Category Result Ref.
Asian Media Awards 2023 Best Investigation Nominated [38]
British Media Awards 2016 Editorial Campaign of the Year Nominated [39]
Cudlipp Award 2015 Cudlipp Award Nominated [40]
2016 Cudlipp Award Nominated [41]
2019 Cudlipp Award Nominated [42]
Guild of Health Writers Awards 2016 Best National Newspaper Writing Won [8]
London Press Club Awards 2011 Scoop of the Year Nominated [43]
Medical Journalists' Association Awards 2013 Consumer Staff Journalist Nominated [44]
2015 Staff Journalist Nominated [45]
2016 News Story of the Year Nominated [46]
Science Explained Nominated [46]
2017 Case Study of the Year Nominated [47]
News Story of the Year Nominated [47]
2018 News Story of the Year Nominated [48]
2019 News Story of the Year Nominated [49]
2022 Case Study of the Year Nominated [50]
News Story of the Year Nominated [50]
Science Explained Nominated [50]
2023 Feature of the Year Nominated [7]
News Story of the Year Won [7]
2024 Gordon McVie Award for Reporting Cancer Research Nominated [51]
Podcast of the Year Nominated [51]
2025 Feature of the Year Nominated [52]
Mental Health Story of the Year Nominated [52]
Podcast of the Year Nominated [52]
Science Explained Nominated [52]
Online Media Awards 2016 Online Editorial Campaign of the Year Won [53]
Press Awards 2010 Young Journalist of the Year Nominated [54]
2011 Scoop of the Year Nominated [55]
2015 Science and Health Journalist of the Year Won [3]
2017 Science and Health Journalist of the Year Nominated [56]
2018 Health Journalist of the Year Won [4]
Front Page of the Year Nominated [57]
2019 Chairman's Award Won [5]
2021 Health Journalist of the Year Nominated [58]
2023 Health Journalist of the Year Nominated [59]
Press Gazette British Journalism Awards 2012 Breaking News Won [6]
2013 Science and Technology Journalist of the Year Nominated [60]
2015 Popular Journalism Nominated [61]
2017 Campaign of the Year Nominated [62]
2019 Health and Life Sciences Journalism Nominated [63]
2020 Science Journalism Nominated [64]
2022 Health and Life Sciences Journalism Nominated [65]
Press Gazette Student Journalism Awards 2007 News Writer of the Year Nominated [66]
Online Journalist of the Year Nominated [66]
Scoop of the Year Nominated [66]
Pride of Trinity Mirror Awards 2014 Scoop of the Year Nominated [67]
Royal Statistical Society Statistical Excellence in Journalism Awards 2023 Investigative Journalism Won [2]
Trinity Mirror Excellence Awards 2016 Campaign of the Year Won [68]
Digital Excellence Nominated [68]
Front Page of the Year Nominated [68]
Scoop of the Year Nominated [68]
Video of the Year Won [68]
Young Epilepsy Champions Awards 2015 Speaking Out Won [69]

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