Honoured by borough
A reporter on a London weekly is being honoured with an award from her local authority. Pat Greenwood, who has been a journalist at the South East London Mercury for more than 25 years, is being rewarded for her contribution
Media Awards News
There are now an ever-increasing number of regional and national industry awards providing recognition for the hard work journalists put in to producing newspapers each day.
Whatever the award, whether it be for specialist writing or UK-wide events, we will strive to cover them in this section.
Mercury scoops 10 award honours in three weeks
The Sunday Mercury has scooped 10 award honours in three weeks. The paper’s most recent award achievement came at the 2000 BT Media Awards Midlands regional final in Birmingham, where the paper was named BT Midlands Daily Newspaper of the
New student prize launched
A new student prize in journalism has been launched at Liverpool John Moore’s University. The Fairclough Prize has been established by JMU benefactor Lynette Beardwood, in memory of her family. Lynette has already contributed significantly to the student hardship fund
Top award for the News
The Scarborough Evening News has scooped the top award in the Oscars of the charity world with its New May Lodge Appeal. The appeal, which has raised £250,000 for a new resource and respite centre for children with learning disabilities,
Newspapers on the up
The South Wales Argus, Paisley Daily Express, York Evening Press and Irish News were the daily papers that scooped awards for their circulation growth at a gala awards ceremony hosted by The Newspaper Society. The top-selling regional and local newspapers
Banks's photo awards winners
More than 100 photographers were whittled down to ten top prizewinners at the Banks’s Midlands Press Photographer of the Year ceremony. The event, in its sixth year, attracted entries from more than 30 newspapers. Every aspect of local press photography
And the winners are…
The winners of the Banks’s Midlands Press Photographer of the Year awards 2000-1 are: Press Photographer:Alan Evans, Shropshire Star;Runner-up: Dale Martin, Birmingham Evening Mail;Highly commended: Sam Bagnall, Sunday Mercury, Jason Senior, Leicester Mercury. Weekly Press Photographer:Sam Bagnall, Sunday Mercury;Runner-up: Darren
Focus on top sports photographers
Photographers from Eastern Counties Newspapers once again dominated the 2000 Sports Photographic Competition organised by Sport England East. Open to professional photographers contributing to newspapers in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, the competition attracted a wide response with
More success for Don
Matlock Mercury editor Don Hale has now scooped FIVE awards in the wake of his campaign to free convicted murderer Stephen Downing – and he’s nominated for even more. Apart from his regional BT Media Award for Midlands Weekly Journalist
Student Media Awardsare launched
Page 1 of 2 The Guardian has launched the Student Media Awards 2001 – their 23rd year. They are open to people who’ve spent time at university getting valuable experience in journalism – and could give them the step up
Peace award for Belfast journalist
Page 1 of 2 The political correspondent of the Belfast Telegraph has won one of Ireland’s most prestigious awards. Chris Thornton’s prize is for the promotion of peace and reconciliation in Ireland. He has worked with Independent writer David McKittrick
Regional press honoured for campaigning work
Campaigning newspapers have been rewarded for their work in the local community in the Newspaper Sales and Promotions Awards 2000. The awards, announced at the Newspaper Society’s Newspaper Sales and Promotions Conference and Exhibition, attracted hundreds of entries from newspapers