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British Press Awards nominations announced
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 2 March 2009
With so many music awards in recent weeks, how about one from the other side of the CMU equation, the good old media? The nominations are out for this year’s Press Gazette British Press Awards, which celebrate the best in national newspaper journalism, and which take place on 31 Mar at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.
Perhaps most interesting are the nominees for ‘scoop of the year’ which includes the Sun’s reporting of Ashley Cole’s infidelities behind the back of Girl Aloud wife Cheryl, the Mirror’s breaking of the Madonna/Guy divorce, and the Mail On Sunday’s Sachsgate story.
Away from the scandal, CMU favourite Charlie Brooker is up for Best Columnist, while The Sun’s Gordon Smart, The Mirror’s Tom Bryant and The Mail’s Baz Bamgiboye all fight it out for Best Showbiz Reporter. What, no Neil Sean from the Metro? Surely he and his Green Room are number one when it comes to showbiz revelations?
Announcing this year’s shortlists, Society Of Editors director Bob Satchwell, who heads up the award event’s judging panel, told reporters: “These may be tough times for Fleet Street but class will always shine through. New readers are being won over from around the world, getting the news from all the different platforms newspapers are providing”.
“This is because of the amazing talents, skill and dedication of displayed by the British journalists shortlisted for these awards. Despite the recession there’s been no decline in the quality of entries for these awards and the judges had a hugely difficult time choosing the best of the best to make the shortlists”.
The full list of shortlists are as follows…
Columnist Of The Year
Andrew Sullivan, The Sunday Times; Charlie Brooker, The Guardian; Dominic Lawson, The Sunday Times; Jeremy Clarkson, The Sunday Times; Johann Hari, The Independent; Piers Morgan, Live, The Mail On Sunday.
Reporter Of The Year
Andrew Alderson, The Sunday Telegraph; Christopher Leake, The Mail On Sunday; Guy Basnett, News Of The World; Ian Cobain, The Guardian; Jon Ungoed-Thomas, The Sunday Times; Kate Mansey, The Sunday Mirror; Nina Lakhani, Independent On Sunday; Patrick Cockburn, The Independent.
Foreign Reporter Of The Year:
Andrew Malone, Daily Mail; Colin Freeman, Sunday Telegraph; Dan Mcdougall, Freelance (News Of The World, Observer, Mail On Sunday Live Magazine); Peter Hitchens, The Mail On Sunday; Rupert Cornwell, The Independent; Tracey Mcveigh, The Observer.
Business & Finance Journalist Of The Year
Alex Brummer, Daily Mail; Catherine Belton, Financial Times; Gillian Tett, Financial Times; Jill Treanor, The Guardian; Larry Elliott, The Guardian; Margareta Pagano, Independent On Sunday; Simon Watkins, The Mail On Sunday; Stephen Foley, The Independent.
Critic Of The Year:
AA Gill, The Sunday Times; Caitlin Moran, The Times; Giles Coren, The Times; Jay Rayner, Observer; Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian; Philip French, The Observer; Richard Morrison, The Times; Tom Lubbock, The Independent.
Sports Journalist Of The Year
Brian Moore, Daily Telegraph; David Conn, The Guardian; Ian Stafford, The Mail On Sunday; James Lawton, The Independent; Matthew Syed, The Times; Michael Calvin, The Sunday Mirror; Oliver Holt, The Daily Mirror; Paul Smith, The Sunday Mirror.
Showbiz Reporter Of The Year
Baz Bamigboye, Daily Mail; Gordon Smart, The Sun; James Desborough, News Of The World; Katie Hind, The People; Katie Nicholl, The Mail On Sunday; Richard White, The Sun; Tom Bryant, The Daily Mirror.
Digital Journalist Of The Year
Daniel Finkelstein, The Times; Darren Lewis, The Daily Mirror; Dave Hill, The Guardian; John O’Mahony, Freelance (The Guardian); Paul Murphy, Financial Times; Ruth Gledhill, The Times.
Feature Writer Of The Year
AA Gill, The Sunday Times Magazine; Adrian Levy & Cathy Scott-Clark, The Guardian; Angella Johnson, The Mail On Sunday; Bryan Appleyard, The Sunday Times Magazine; Ed Vulliamy, The Observer; Paul Vallely, The Independent; Philip Jacobson, Freelance (The Sunday Times And The Mail On Sunday); Tanya Gold, Freelance; Tim Adams, The Observer.
Supplement Of The Year
Culture, The Sunday Times; G2, The Guardian; Live, The Mail On Sunday; The Obama Series, The Times; The Observer Magazine, The Observer; You Magazine, The Mail On Sunday.
Political Journalist Of The Year
Martin Ivens, The Sunday Times; Patrick Wintour, The Guardian; Peter Oborne, Daily Mail; Quentin Letts, Daily Mail; Rachel Sylvester, The Times; Simon Walters, The Mail On Sunday.
Website Of The Year
Financial Times, News Of The World, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Sun, The Times.
Cartoonist Of The Year
Chris Riddell, Observer; David Brown, The Independent; Matt Pritchett, Daily Telegraph; Michael Heath, The Mail On Sunday; Peter Schrank, The Independent On Sunday; Stanley Mcmurtry, Daily Mail; Steve Bell, The Guardian.
Sports Photographer Of The Year
David Ashdown, The Independent; David Shopland, The Mail On Sunday; Dickie Pelham, The Sun; Dylan Martinez, Reuters; John Giles, PA Photos; Mark Pain, The Mail On Sunday; Phil Noble, Reuters; Tom Jenkins, The Guardian.
Specialist Journalist Of The Year
Robin Mckie, The Observer; Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Sunday Telegraph; Sarah Kate-Templeton, The Sunday Times; Stephen Wright, Daily Mail; Tim Walker, The Independent; Tom Newton Dunn, The Sun.
Interviewer Of The Year
Cole Moreton, Independent On Sunday; Decca Aitkenhead, The Guardian; Elizabeth Day, The Observer; Ginny Dougary, The Times; Lynn Barber, The Observer; Robert Chalmers, Independent On Sunday.
Photographer Of The Year
David Bebber, The Times; Edward Mulholland, The Daily Telegraph; Gareth Fuller, PA Photos; John Giles, PA Photos; Sean Smith, The Guardian; Toby Melville, Reuters; Stefan Rousseau, PA Photos.
Young Journalist Of The Year
Amy Turner, Sunday Times Magazine; Flora Bagenal, Sunday Times; Michael Savage, The Independent; Oliver Brown, The Daily Telegraph; Sam Jones, Financial Times; Tom Harper, The Mail On Sunday.
Scoop Of The Year
“Ashley Cheats On Cheryl” – The Sun
“Darling Reveals Scale Of Economic Crisis” – Decca Aitkenhead/Nicholas Watt, The Guardian
“Madonna And Guy To Divorce” – Graham Brough & Tom Bryant, The Daily Mirror
“Mandelson” – The Sunday Times
“Ross & Brand”, Miles Goslett, The Mail On Sunday
“Starberks” – Brian Flynn/Veronica Lorraine, The Sun
Campaign Of The Year
“Baby P” – The Sun
“Banish The Bags” – Sean Poulter, David Derbyshire And Benedict Brogan, Daily Mail
“British Nuclear Test Vets” – Susie Boniface, The Sunday Mirror
“Family Courts” – Camilla Cavendish, The Times
“Honour The Brave” – Chris Hughes, The Daily Mirror
“Right To Pay” – Sarah Kate Templeton, The Sunday Times
“Save Our Streets” – News Of The World
The Cudlipp Award
Atom Bomb Kids, Alan Rimmer Press Agency
National Military Awards – The Millies, The Sun
Panoramic Posters, The Sun
Race War, Stephen Wright/Richard Pendlebury, Daily Mail
Save Our Streets Campaign, News Of The World
Stop Knives, Save Lives Campaign, Daily Mirror
