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Shortlist unveiled for 2017 Wales Media Awards

Dermot MurnaghanThe shortlist has been unveiled for this year’s Wales Media Awards, the third since the competition was revived in 2015.

The 2017 awards, which will be held in Cardiff on 31 March, will be presented across 19 categories covering print, online, radio and television.

More than 30 independent judges had to choose from almost 200 entries.

Trinity Mirror titles the Western Mail and North Wales Daily Post will go up against NWN Media’s The Leader for the Daily & Sunday Newspaper of the Year crown, while the Weekly Newspaper accolade will be fought out between the Cambrian News, Powys County Times and Western Telegraph.

The prizes to be handed out by Sky News presenter Dermot Murnaghan, pictured above left.

The full list of nominees is as follows:

Business Journalist of the Year
Douglas Friedli, Wales Business Insider
Carole Green, ITV Cymru Wales
Mark Blayney Stuart, Wales Business Insider

Camera Operator of the Year
Lewis Jones, ITV Cymru Wales
Dai Baker, ITN
Jenny Casterton, BBC Cymru Wales

Feature Writer of the Year
Steve Duffy, BBC Cymru Wales
Lucy Ballinger, BBC Cymru Wales
Ruth Mosalski, Media Wales

Independent Community News Service of the Year
Whitchurch & Llandaff Living
Rhiwbina Living
Caerphilly Observer

News Photographer of the Year
Gareth Everett, Huw Evans Picture Agency
Craig Colville, NWN Media
Chris Fariweather, Huw Evans Picture Agency

Online News Reporter of the Year
Huw Thomas, BBC Cymru Wales
Sarah Louise Hodgson, Daily Post
Katie Sands, Media Wales

Print News Reporter of the Year
Liz Perkins, South Wales Evening Post
Alex Jones, Cambrian News
Gemma Parry, South Wales Evening Post

Radio News Reporter of the Year
David Grundy, BBC Cymru Wales
Aled Dyfed Scourfield, BBC Cymru Wales
Steffan Messenger, BBC Cymru Wales

TV News Reporter of the Year
Andy Davies, ITN/Channel 4
Rob Osborne, ITV Cymru Wales
Jordan Wayne Davies, BBC Cymru Wales

News Website of the Year
BBC Cymru Fyw
BBC News, Wales
Wales Online

Daily & Sunday Newspaper of the Year
Western Mail
Daily Post
The Leader, NWN

Weekly Newspaper of the Year
County Times
Cambrian News
Western Telegraph

Political Journalist of the Year
Nick Servini, BBC Cymru Wales
Adrian Masters, ITV Cymru Wales
David Williamson, Media Wales

Radio News & Current Affairs of the Year
Manylu – Materion Cyfoes, BBC Cymru Wales
Sunday Supplement, BBC Cymru Wales
Good Evening Wales, BBC Cymru Wales

Scoop of the Year
Rhodri Lewis, BBC Cymru Wales
Brian Meechan, BBC Cymru Wales
Rob Osborne, ITV Cymru Wales

Sports Journalist of the Year
Dafydd Islwyn Pritchard, BBC Cymru Wales
Fraser Watson, Western Telegraph
Chris Wathan, Media Wales

Student Journalist of the Year
Lonai-Ronahi-Hasan, University of South Wales
Omkar Khandekar, Cardiff University
Samantha Josephine Jenkins, University of South Wales

TV News & Current Affairs of the Year
Living with Dementia: Chris’ Story, BBC Cymru Wales
Week In Week Out, BBC Cymru Wales
Y Cymry a’r Qu’ran, ITV Cymru Wales/S4C

Young Journalist of the Year
Tyler Ashleigh Myers, Wales Online
Owen Evans, Flintshire Leader
Siôn Jenkins, ITV Cymru Wales