There are now an ever-increasing number of regional and national industry awards providing recognition for the hard work journalists put in to producing newspapers each day.
Whatever the award, whether it be for specialist writing or UK-wide events, we will strive to cover them in this section.
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A bargain rail travel promotion has led to an award for the Aberdeen Press and Journal. The newspaper’s circulation department came first in the “best in-paper promotional activity to drive base sales” competition for its idea, which allowed readers to
At the Tamworth Herald’s awards to honour the town’s unsung heroes, one winner was totally surprised when his name was called out. Deputy Herald editor Phil Shanahan was given a special recognition for his work on the Colin Grazier campaign.
Jo Ellis, from the Eastern Daily Press, is the first winner of the Local Reporting Award set up by The Prince’s Trust and The Newspaper Society. The awards recognise excellence in reporting inspiring community stories about young people. The entrants
Pat Stannard, editor of the Waltham Forest Guardian, has been given a Gold Community Award in recognition of her paper’s role in tackling rising levels of street crime. The award was made by the East London Communities Association after the
The sports editor of the North London Guardian group has been recognised for the importance he attaches to reporting hockey. Ivan Hirschowitz has been complimented on the “use of his column inches” by the judging panel of a regional award.
A former Darlington and Stockton Times journalist has scooped a national award for her work in the world of PR. Caroline Parnell is now public relations manager at the Tees and North East Yorkshire NHS Trust and penned a health
Newspapers that have made a big difference to their local community could be in line for a new award this year. The Big Issue in the North is awarding The Big Difference Awards – and the print media category is
The Prince of Wales will present the first Prince’s Trust Local Reporting Award at St James’s Palace next month. The awards, run in association with the Newspaper Society, will be made to one winner and two runners-up from the regional
A sports writer at the Essex Chronicle has been recognised with a major award for his work. David Kitchener has been voted Best Local Hockey Writer and will be presented with the prize at the Hockey Writer’s annual luncheon on
The wildlife expert who founded a newspaper’s Millennium Havens Project to safeguard natural habitats, has won the coveted David Bellamy Award from the British Naturalists’ Association. The accolade was a reward for a lifetime of conservation work by Trevor Beer,
Senior figures from the regional press were due to join Prince Charles at the first annual Prince’s Trust Local Reporting Award ceremony today. Newspaper Society president Alec Davidson, of Northcliffe Newspapers, was at St James’ Palace with Philip Graf from
Felix Dearden was a promising Reuters journalist who died in the 1987 King’s Cross fire. Now she is remembered through the Felix Dearden Memorial Prize which aims to encourage journalism trainees from ethnic minority communities in this country. The National
In a bid to encourage young journalists and writers to wax lyrical on the subject of wine, The Circle of Wine Writers is offering a £1,000 award. The award aims to enable a young UK-based wine writer to travel to
Newcastle Journal columnist Alastair Gilmour has been crowned Beer Writerof the Year by the British Guild of Beer Writers. The Guild’s award is in the shape of a gold tankard. It is an annual prize given to the person who
The Grimsby Telegraph “twister” front page has been voted as one of the best in Europe in the past 12 months. The paper featured a dramatic picture of a tornado at Cleethorpes which caught the eye of judges in the