The line-up of judges can now be unveiled for the EDF Energy East of England media awards which officially close tomorrow.
The panel contains some impressive names with decades of journalistic experience between them.
The awards, run in association with HoldtheFrontPage, cover Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire and parts of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire. The most westerly towns in this region are Peterborough, Bedford and Aylesbury and, to the south, the area outside the M25.
The judging is taking place next Wednesday in London.
Although the official closing date for entries is tomorrow, we have decided to accept late entries up to 5pm on Monday, 8 December. The entry form can be downloaded now here.
Without further ado, here are our judges:
As well as his editing skills, Neal is also an accomplished writer, having won the Columnist of the Year prize at this year’s EDF Energy London and South of England Awards.
After entering journalism as a trainee reporter with the Bridgnorth Journal, he joined the Shropshire Star where he eventually progressed to editor. Before taking up his current role he was deputy editor of the Derby Evening Telegraph.
She began her career as a reporter with the Birmingham Post and Mail group and went on to edit papers in Rugby, Northampton and East London.
She began her journalism career as a reporter on weekly and evening papers and is an experienced Chartered Institute of Public Relations-approved media trainer.
He spent five years on the picture deskk at The Argus, in Brighton, before leaving to take up his current role.
A former news editor and assistant editor of The Argus, she is now in charge of EDF Energy’s regional media activity across the country.
There is still just time to enter any of the 20 categories. Any outstanding entries should be sent to:
Paul Linford
HoldtheFrontPage
Northcliffe House
Meadow Road
Derby
DE1 2BH
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