Writing about race issues has won a national award for Yorkshire Evening Post reporter Peter Lazenby.
He was honoured at the Commission for Racial Equality’s Race in the Media Awards for his work on covering the plight of Kosovan refugees and asylum seekers in Leeds.
Presenting the Regional/Local News award, TV newsreader Moira Stewart said Peter had “taken a local issue and turned it into a local and regional issue of tremendous importance.”
She said: “Lazenby and the YEP had also covered the broader issue of refugees and also the situation faced by many travelling families.”
The Nottingham Evening Post was runner-up in the Regional News category thanks to its week-long campaign on racism.
Editor Graham Glen said: “The issue is not about short-term winning of awards but our long-term commitment to the whole of our community.”
The paper was runner-up in the Big Issue North prizes for its own Tackling Racism Awards, run in conjunction with Leeds United in schools around the city.
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