Welsh journalists and news titles have been honoured after a long-awaited awards ceremony was finally held.
The winners of the 2020 Journalists’ Charity Wales Media Awards, delayed from last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, were revealed in an online ceremony on Friday night.
Among the winners were the South Wales Echo, which triumphed in the Daily/Sunday Newspaper of the Year category, while Weekly Newspaper of the Year went to the Powys County Times.
News Website of the Year went to independent title the Caerphilly Observer.
Nearly 90 of over 240 entries received from across Wales were shortlisted in 20 categories by a judging team of 34, led by the emeritus editor of PA Jonathan Grun.
The full list of winners is as follows:
Photographer of the Year
Jonathan Myers, South Wales Evening Post
Camera Operator of the Year
Geraint Thomas, BBC Cymru Wales
Community Journalism of the Year
Grangetown Community News
Magazine of the Year
Weekend Magazine, Western Mail
Feature Writer of the Year
Estel Farell-Roig, Wales Online
Columnist of the Year
Lynne Barrett-Lee, Western Mail
Vlog/Blog of the Year
Dai Sport
Newspaper Journalist of the Year
Marcus Hughes, Wales Online
Audio News Journalist of the Year
Stephen Fairclough, BBC Cymru Wales
Television News Journalist of the Year
Rob Osborne, ITV Cymru Wales
News Website of the Year
Caerphilly Observer
Daily/Sunday Newspaper of the Year
South Wales Echo
Weekly Newspaper of the Year
Powys County Times
Specialist Journalist of the Year
Geraint Thomas, BBC Cymru Wales
Political Journalist of the Year
Will Hayward, Media Wales
Sports Journalist of the Year
Fraser Watson, Western Telegraph
Audio News & Current Affairs Programme of the Year
Eye on Wales – Contaminated Blood, BBC Radio Wales
TV News & Current Affairs Programme of the Year
Code Blue: Murder, MultiStory Media Cymru for ITV
Ed Townsend Student of the Year Award
Peter Gillibrand, Cardiff University
Young Journalist of the Year
Ben James, Wales Online
Journalist of the Year
Stephen Fairclough, BBC Cymru Wales
Outstanding Contribution Award
Dylan Iorwerth