A national sports presenter and former NCTJ graduate will host the organisation’s 2014 Awards for Excellence.
BBC Football Focus anchor Dan Walker, who completed an MA in journalism at the University of Sheffield in 1999, will announce the winners at a ceremony next month.
This year’s awards have attracted the highest number of entries since they were launched in 2008, with industry judges deliberating over more than 200 awards entries to decide on the full shortlist.
Dan was part of the BBC Sport team which covered the 2014 football World Cup and 2012 Olympics, and presents a daily show on Radio Five Live.
Said Dan: “I still look back on my time spent studying in Sheffield with great fondness and I am really looking forward to hosting the awards night.
“It’s also great to front an event about five minutes from my house which means I can be home before bedtime.”
He will be joined on stage by David Tossell, director of public affairs in Europe for NFL UK, the event’s sponsor, who will present the awards.
The full list of nominees is as follows:
Category | Student | Trainee |
News Journalism | Rosemary Cherrington Brighton Journalist Works
Ben Fishwick Highbury College Chelsea Moore News Associates London |
Christopher Baynes Croydon Guardian
Katie Mercer Lancashire Telegraph Jonathan Robinson Lancashire Telegraph |
Sports Journalism | Sean Cole University of Sheffield
Brogan Amelia Kay-Jessop University of Portsmouth Jack Miller News Associates London |
Gavin Caney Eastern Daily Press
Ross McLean Westmorland Gazette Tom Scargill Halifax Courier |
Top Scoop/exclusive | Ben Fishwick Highbury College
Tom Jenkin Nottingham Trent University Benjamin Watts Nottingham Trent University |
Gema Bate Kidderminster Shuttle
Chris Dyer Essex Chronicle William Watkinson Essex Chronicle |
Features of the year | Hannah Al-Othman University of Salford
Rosanna Austin University of Sheffield Levi Aronna Hanssen University of Portsmouth |
Isaac Crowson Derby Telegraph
Louis Emanuel Bristol Post Christopher Peddy Derby Telegraph |
Images of the year | Ian Hinchliffe Sheffield College
Michael Robinson Sheffield College Harry Whitehead Sheffield College |
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Multimedia story/campaign of the year | Catrina Cochrane Glasgow Clyde College
Erin Lyons University of Sheffield Patrick Widdess Brighton Journalist Works |