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The Manchester Evening News dominates the shortlist for this year’s BT North West Press and Broadcast Awards.

The paper is up against the Liverpol Echo and the Carlisle News & Star in the North West Daily Newspaper of the Year category and MEN staff are shortlisted for six individual awards.

Winners will be announced at a ceremony at Bolton Wanderers’ Reebok Stadium on Thursday evening. We’ll publish the details soon afterwards.

The shortlist is:

BT North West Business Journalist of the Year
Chris Barry, Manchester Evening News
Steve Brauner, North West Business Insider
Jim Pendrill, Liverpool Daily Post

BT North West Sports Journalist of the Year
Anthony Ferguson, Carlisle News & Star
Jonathan Lee, Blackpool Gazette
Alistair Mann, Granada TV
Phil Pearson, North West Evening Mail

BT North West News Photographer of the Year
Ian Cooper, Carlisle News & Star
Iain Lynn, Lancashire Evening Post
Mark Waugh, Manchester Evening News

BT North West Feature Writer of the Year
Melanie Clarkson, Manchester Evening News
Joe Riley, Liverpool Echo
Diane Robinson, Manchester Evening News

BT North West Radio News Broadcaster of the Year
Steve Becker, BBC Radio Lancashire
Sharon Gregory, Rock FM/Magic 999
Phillippa Heap, Key 103 FM

BT North West Television News Broadcaster of the Year
Ian Aspin, Granada TV
Andy Gill, Granada TV
Alan Whitehouse, BBC North West

BT North West Weekly Newspaper Journalist of the Year
John Clare, Stockport Express
Daniel Grice, Southport Visitor
Edward Swindon, Manchester Metro News

BT North West Daily Newspaper Journalist of the Year
Paul Kennedy, Liverpool Echo
Steve Panter, Manchester Evening News
Matthew Taylor, Bolton Evening News

BT North West/Society of Editors Newcomer of the Year
Tania Branigan, Manchester Evening News
Ian Christon, Stockport Express
Dan Walker, Key 103 FM

BT North West News/Current Affairs Programme of the Year
‘Auschwitz – The Forgotten Witness’, Close up North
North West Tonight, BBC North
‘Shanks for the Memories’, Radio City 96.7

BT North West Weekly Newspaper of the Year
Crosby Herald
Cumberland News
Macclesfield Express

BT North West Daily Newspaper of the Year
Carlisle News & Star
Liverpool Echo
Manchester Evening News

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