The Star’s Alex Miller has picked up a prestigious journalism award for his coverage of a turbulent season for Sheffield Wednesday

The Star’s Sheffield Wednesday writer Alex Miller has been named best Regional Journalist at the Sports Journalists Association’s annual awards.

Alex has been at the forefront of covering Wednesday’s turbulent period, particularly over the past 18 months and his reporting has been credited as having helped to bring about the eventual departure of owner Dejphon Chansiri from the club.

The Owls writer has been trusted by figures with knowledge of different areas of the club and by supporters to convey what was happening behind the scenes at Wednesday, at a time when Chansiri maintained a grip on Wednesday.

Eventually, amid much relief, the club go went administration and Chansiri left, with the club having already suffered points deductions which played a part in their relegation to League One, the third tier of English football, for next season.

Wednesday now appear set to be taken over later this week, by US group Arise, fronted by American businessman David Storch.

“It's really surreal and lovely to have been recognised in that way,” Alex said after picking up the award. “Covering Wednesday in the last couple of years has certainly given us on the patch plenty of material and the decline of the club under the former chairman gave us a responsibility to do things right by the supporters. I really hope we've been able to do that.

“Any journalist is only as good as the people who are willing to trust them with information and there are a great many I'd like to thank but can't, publicly at least! Some have given steers and information of a sensitive nature and have had to be brave in doing so. Without sounding corny, it truly feels like the spirit of the award was reflected of the efforts of all involved in the 2025 fight against an unfit ownership. A real team effort.

“All being well, we'll have a new ownership to hold to account in the coming days, weeks, months and years. The way that the staff and fans of Sheffield Wednesday have conducted themselves throughout this mess shows they deserve the very best.”

The awards took place at the London Palladium on Monday night where some of the biggest names in written and broadcast sports journalism were honoured, with Alex taking the prize ahead of Jon Colman from the News & Star in Cumbria and Portsmouth writer Neil Allen from The News.