Andy Critchlow, head of energy news at Dow Jones Energy was honored at the International Energy Journalism Awards (IEJA) with a Lifetime Achievement Award from Gulf Intelligence.
A panel of leading international energy journalists made the selection, which recognizes exceptional contributions to energy journalism, including over the last year during a period of significant change across the global energy landscape.
Critchlow has more than 26 years of experience covering energy and commodities.
He returned to Dow Jones earlier this year from S&P Global Energy and Platts, where he was global head of news. At Platts, Critchlow spearheaded the transformation of the newsroom to focus on award-winning data journalism.
Prior to S&P Global, he held senior editorial positions covering commodities, energy and the Middle East for Reuters Breakingviews, The Daily Telegraph newspaper and Bloomberg News, where he was chief OPEC correspondent in the Gulf.
As a reporter, he covered the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and reconstruction based in Baghdad and Basra.
Previously, Critchlow was Middle East managing editor for Zawya Dow Jones in Dubai, leading the newsroom’s award-winning investigative reporting of corporate corruption and the regional debt crisis. He was also bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires in Australia and New Zealand. He began his newsroom career with Middle East Economic Digest in London focusing on North Africa’s energy sector and the Gulf.
