The Southern Daily Echo leads the way in the list of nominations for the EDF Energy London and South of England Media Awards which are published for the first time here today.

The Newsquest-owned title chalked up ten nominations across seven categories for the coveted awards, held in association with HoldtheFrontPage.

It narrowly pipped sister title the Bournemouth Echo which has nine nominations, and Johnston Press-owned Portsmouth daily The News, with eight.

In the weekly categories, the Camden New Journal, Gravesend and Dartford Messenger and Croydon Advertiser lead the way with three nominations each.

The awards ceremony takes place at Lingfield Park Racecourse in Surrey on Thursday 21 October.

Here is the shortlist:

Print Journalist of the Year (Daily)

James Morton, Daily Echo, Bournemouth
Tara Russell, Southern Daily Echo
Jenny Makin, Southern Daily Echo
Dan Kerins, Southern Daily Echo
Ben Parsons, The Argus
Emily Walker, The Argus

Print Journalist of the Year (Weekly)

Simon Tullett, Gravesend & Dartford Messenger Series
Katie Alston, Kentish Gazette Series
Holly Thompson, Surrey Mirror
Lucy Buckland, Croydon Advertiser

Newcomer of the Year

Amy Andrew, Sevenoaks Chronicle
Lucy Pearce, Dorset Echo
Nikki Jarvis, Croydon Advertiser
Tara Russell, Southern Daily Echo

Feature Writer of the Year

Richard Osley, Camden New Journal
Sarah Foster, The News, Portsmouth
Sally Churchward, Southern Daily Echo
Ian Ray, The Argus
Faith Eckersall, Daily Echo, Bournemouth

News Photographer of the Year

Malcolm Wells, The News, Portsmouth
Grahame Larter, Woking News & Mail
Mark Soanes, East London & West Essex Guardian
Simon Dack, The Argus

Sports Journalist of the Year

Neil Allen, The News, Portsmouth
Jordan Cross, The News, Portsmouth
Neil Bell, BBC South East
Gordon Simpson, Southern Daily Echo

Business Journalist of the Year

Sam Thomson, The Argus
Gareth Lewis, Southern Daily Echo
Simon Carr, Southern Daily Echo

Environmental Journalist of the Year

Yvette Austin, BBC South East
Malcolm Shaw, ITV Meridian
Gavin Haines, Daily Echo, Bournemouth
Sarah Lewis-Hammond, The Argus

Columnist of the Year

Jordan Cross, The News, Portsmouth
John Nurden, Whitstable Times
Faith Eckersall, Daily Echo, Bournemouth
Andrew White, Southern Daily Echo

Designer of the Year

Pete Gavan, The News, Portsmouth
Lyndon Hogg, Daily Echo, Bournemouth
Neil Meldrum, Daily Echo, Bournemouth
Ashley Austen, The KM Group

Radio News/Current Affairs Programme of the Year

Mark Carter, BBC Surrey
Will Roffey, BBC Radio Kent

Radio Journalist of the Year

Charlie O’Brien, Heart (Global Radio)
Mark Carter, BBC Surrey

Website of the Year

www.theargus.co.uk
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk
www.portsmouth.co.uk
www.gethampshire.co.uk

Front Page of the Year

Gravesend & Dartford Messenger Series – ‘I give up but please get me out of here’
Dorset Echo – ‘Sickening’
Croydon Advertiser – ‘Crisis club’
Daily Echo, Bournemouth – ‘I’m going to miss you so much’

Community Campaign of the Year

Camden New Journal – Save the Whittington
Southern Daily Echo – Do it for Andrew

Weekly Newspaper of the Year (Free)

Camden New Journal
East Grinstead Courier and Observer
The Wharf
Crawley News

Weekly Newspaper of the Year (Paid-for)

South London Press
Gravesend & Dartford Messenger Series
Kentish Gazette

Daily Newspaper of the Year

Dorset Echo
Daily Echo, Bournemouth
The News, Portsmouth

Nominations in the TV Journalist of the Year and TV News/Current Affairs Programme of the Year categories will be published shortly.

Comments

realword (17/09/2010 09:50:20)
Due credit for great work done.
Or ego massaging and boasting from companies who can’t even staff their papers properly.
The eternal awards debate.

Jimmy C (17/09/2010 09:58:16)
@realworld
There’s so little joy around in the industry, so why be down on this?
Your comment is as predictable as it is depresing.

Aga CEO (17/09/2010 10:14:11)
Oi! “realword” (supposed to be “realworld”, maybe?) go shove your head in an oven.