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Post leads way in South West awards shortlist

The shortlist for the EDF Energy South West Media Awards, held in association with HoldtheFrontPage, is published here for the first time today.

Leading the way in the race for the South West’s top media prizes is the Bristol Evening Post with no fewer than 18 nominations.

Also well represented on the shortlist are the Express and Echo, Exeter, with seven nominations, and the Western Morning News with six.

More than 200 entries were received for the awards, now in their sixth year.

Judging took place last week and the prizes will be handed out at the awards ceremony to be held at the Energy Skills Centre in Bridgwater, Somerset, on 2 June.

The full shortlist is as follows:

Newcomer of the Year
Debbie McCrory, BBC Radio Cornwall
Ryan Hooper, Western Morning News
Rob Golledge, Western Gazette
Stephanie Cockroft, North Devon Journal
Fran Mcelhone, Express and Echo

Environmental Journalist of the Year
Anne Byrne, Express and Echo
Martin Hesp, Western Morning News
Patrick Phelvin, Express and Echo
Suzanne Savill, Bristol Evening Post

Business Writer of the Year
Gordon Richardson, Express and Echo
Liz Parks, Western Morning News
Michael Ribbeck, Bristol Evening Post
Jonathan Gibson, ITV West & Westcountry

News Photographer of the Year
Adam Gasson, South West News Service
Chas Breton, Bristol Evening Post
Michael Lloyd, Bristol Evening Post
Stuart Harrison, Swindon Advertiser

Sports Journalist of the Year
Neil Beck, The Bath Chronicle
Steve Cotton, Bristol Evening Post
Tom Bradshaw, The Bath Chronicle

Feature Writer of the Year
David Clensy, Bristol Evening Post
Janet King, Western Morning News
Natalie Hale, Bristol Evening post
Suzanne Savill, Bristol Evening Post
Vicki Mathias, Bristol Evening Post

Columnist of the Year
Chris Geiger, Bristol Evening Post
Joel Cooper, North Devon Journal
Michael Sagar-Fenton, The Cornishman
Sarah Feeley, Bristol Evening Post
Tim Davey, Bristol Evening Post

Designer of the Year
Joyce Matthews, Gloucestershire Media
Pauline Leighton, Swindon Advertiser

Television Journalist of the Year
Malcolm Prior, BBC Inside Out West
Matthew Hill, BBC West
Rebecca Broxton, The West Country Tonight
Jonathan Gibson, ITV West & Westcountry

Radio Journalist of the Year
Laurence Reed, BBC Radio Cornwall
Robin Markwell, BBC Radio Bristol

Print Journalist of the Year (Weekly)
Anthony Bonnici, West Briton
Carrie Garrad, Sunday Independent
Liza-Jane Gillespie, Thornbury Gazette
Thomas Cock, Western Gazette

Print Journalist of the Year (Daily)
Patrick Phelvin, Express and Echo
Geoff Bennett, Bristol Evening Post
Marc Rath, Bristol Evening Post
Daniel Evans, Bristol Evening Post
Edd Moore, The Plymouth Herald

Website of the Year
SoGlos.com
Bristol247.com

Community Campaign of the Year
Bristol Evening Post – 100 new apprentices in one hundred days
Express and Echo – Teen Team
The Herald – Fly the flag for Devonport

Front Page of the Year
Bristol Evening Post – Help us grow
The Bath Chronicle – The gull menace
The Herald – Have you got the message yet, Prime Minister?
Western Morning News – Flash Floods: Why No Warning?

Radio News/Current Affairs Programme of the Year
Hospital Radio Plymouth, City Election special
BBC Radio Cornwall, Laurence Reed’s lunchtime programme
BBC Radio Cornwall, Breakfast with James Churchfield and Pam Spriggs

Television News/Current Affairs Programme of the Year
Inside Out West, BBC West – The honeymoon murder
The Westcountry Tonight, ITV West and Westcountry – The Cornwall Floods
The Westcountry Tonight, ITV West and Westcountry – The Blitz Remembered
The Westcountry Tonight, ITV West and Westcountry – Foot and mouth

Weekly Newspaper of the Year (Free)
Midweek Herald
Nailsea, Clevedon & Portishead Times

Weekly Newspaper of the Year (Paid-for)
North Devon Journal
Cornish Guardian
Cornishman
West Briton

Daily Newspaper of the Year
Bristol Evening Post
Express and Echo
Western Morning News
Western Daily Press

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  • May 13, 2011 at 12:26 pm
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    Daily Newspaper of the Year
    Western Morning News
    Western Daily Press

    errrr – -aren’t they the same now??????

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  • May 13, 2011 at 2:09 pm
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    Good luck to everyone at the Bristol Evening Post!

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  • May 18, 2011 at 4:46 pm
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    The Northcliffe papers are obviously flying at the moment.

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