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                            Big Issue recognised for 'punchy, buccaneering swagger' at prestigious journalism awards
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
											
 
        Big Issue recognised for 'punchy, buccaneering swagger' at prestigious journalism awards
Big Issue editor Paul McNamee said that the award for outstanding achievement in journalism at the Society of Editors' Media Freedom Awards was for "every single person who has ever sold the Big Issue" as he accepted the prize in front of some of the most renowned figures in UK journalism
            
            
                            Ex-vendor Rae McKinlay recounts how The Big Issue changed her life
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
											
 
        Ex-vendor Rae McKinlay recounts how The Big Issue changed her life
            
                            Big Issue seller Andrew McGarry feels like "local celebrity" after award
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
					
				
					