The awards judges said: “Rianna is a great investigative journalist who constantly reports stories that often go overlooked at the BBC.” Croxford, 26, started as community affairs correspondent as the UK went into lockdown in March and said although it was her “dream role” it was probably not the dream timing. But she said despite a “tough year” she was “really proud of the conversations and some of the change that we’ve managed to have this year” having helped to drive coverage of the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on ethnic minority communities during the early part of the pandemic. Croxford revealed in June that a black doctor had not led a review into the impact of Covid-19 on ethnic minorities, despite a previous Government announcement. She also revealed that a second report containing measures to protect these communities from coronavirus had been drawn up but not yet published. It was released within days of her report.