Following increased media interest in Paganism, the Pagan Federation has voted to re-instate its National Journalist of the Year Award for objective reporting about Pagans and Paganism.

Winning nominee for 2009-10 is Cole Moreton for his Guardian article 'Everyone's a Pagan now'.

Cole Moreton is a journalist, broadcaster and author of the widely-reviewed new book on religion in Britain today: Is God still an Englishman: How we lost our faith and found new soul. Little, Brown, 2010. £20. ISBN ISBN 9781408701805.

Previous award winners include Boris Johnson and journalist and social commentator David Aaronovitch.

For more information about the Award or about Paganism, contact Chris Crowley, President, on: 07985 733 441.

Notes for Editors:

1. In the 2001 census, 42,262 people from England, Scotland and Wales declared themselves Pagans – the 7^th largest religious affiliation. According to leading historian Professor Ronald Hutton who has studied the growth of Paganism in the UK, these numbers are only the tip of the iceberg. His 2001 research indicated the number of UK Pagans was around 250,000.

2. In 2011, the Pagan Federation celebrates its 40^th year of representing the UK Pagan community.

3. A PDF version of this Notice is available here.