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Herald takes top honours at South West Awards

The Herald, Plymouth was named the best of the West as the winners of the EDF Energy South West Media Awards were unveiled.

The Local World-owned title won the coveted daily newspaper of the year prize at today’s event in Exeter, held in association with HoldtheFrontPage.

It also picked up the community campaign of the year award for its health and wellbeing campaign loveLIFE along with two individual prizes – newcomer of the year for Rebecca Ricks and photographer of the year for John Allen.

Now in their ninth year, the awards aim to honour the best in journalism across the South West region – Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Bristol, Bath, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.

Also among the honours was sister Plymouth daily the Western Morning News which won the specialist journalist of the year award for Philip Bowern and the columnist of the year prize for Becky Sheaves.

And there were three awards for Bristol daily The Post – feature writer of the year for David Clensy, designer of the year for David Lewins and daily print journalist of the year for Tom Morris.

Today’s individual winners received a £100 cheque, certificate and trophy at the celebration presentation event courtesy of EDF Energy.

The full list of winners is as follows:

Newcomer of the Year:  Rebecca Ricks, The Herald

Digital Journalist of the Year: Sam Morshead, Swindon Advertiser

Specialist Journalist of the Year: Philip Bowern, Western Morning News

News Photographer of the Year: John Allen, The Herald

Sports Journalist of the Year: Mark Jenkin, North Devon Journal

Feature Writer of the Year: David Clensy, The Post

Columnist of the Year: Becky Sheaves, Western Morning News

Designer of the Year: David Hancock, ITV News West Country, and David Lewins, The Post

Radio Journalist of the Year: Denis Nightingale, BBC Radio Cornwall

Television Journalist of the Year: Matthew Hill, BBC West

Print Journalist of the Year (Weekly): Robert Golledge, Western Gazette

Print Journalist of the Year (Daily): Tom Morris, The Post

Website of the Year: Bristolpost.co.uk

Community Campaign of the Year: loveLIFE, The Herald

Front Page of the Year: Street rocked by blast, Gloucestershire Echo

Radio News/Current Affairs Programme of the Year: Laurence Reed at lunchtime, BBC Radio Cornwall

Television News/Current Affairs Programme of the Year: The Olympic Games, ITV News West

Weekly Newspaper of the Year (Free): Midweek Herald

Weekly Newspaper of the Year (Paid-for): West Briton

Daily Newspaper of the Year: The Herald

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  • June 7, 2013 at 9:37 am
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    Congrats to all Bristol winners. Good stuff boys, stevew

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  • June 7, 2013 at 6:40 pm
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    Interesting juxtaposition:
    top news story – dailies are dying
    EDF awards story – only mentions the dailies.
    Great job to all the team at the West Briton.

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  • June 18, 2013 at 1:59 pm
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    And as more dailies go weekly, the Herald’s trophy cabinet can only get fuller.

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