The Award is given in memory of prominent British journalist James Cameron, who died in 1985. It includes a prize of £500 awarded by the James Cameron Memorial Trust and is presented before the annual James Cameron Memorial Lecture held at City.
Previous award winners have included:
- Ian Pannell - 2016
- Jeremy Bowen - 2015
- Luke Harding - 2014
- Lyse Doucet - 2013
- Martin Wolf - 2012
- Alex Crawford - 2011
- Michela Wrong - 2010
- Gary Younge - 2009
- Peter Taylor - 2008
- Ghaith Abdul-Ahad - 2007
- Patrick Cockburn - 2006
- Lindsey Hilsum - 2005
- John Ware - 2004
- Norma Percy - 2003
- Chris McGreal - 2002
- Suzanne Goldenberg - 2001
- Jon Swain - 2000
- Ann Leslie - 1999
- Jonathan Steele - 1998
- Fergal Keane - 1997
- Maggie O'Kane - 1996
- George Alagiah - 1995
- Ed Vulliamy - 1994
- Martin Woollacott - 1993
- Bridget Kendall - 1992
- Robert Fisk & Charles Wheeler - 1991
- John Simpson - 1990
- Neal Ascherson - 1989
- Michael Buerk - 1988
- David Hirst - 1987.