Award for "twister" edition
The Grimsby Telegraph “twister” front page has been voted as one of the best in Europe in the past 12 months. The paper featured a dramatic picture of a tornado at Cleethorpes which caught the eye of judges in the
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.
Germany beats England again
A German journalism student has beaten her English counterparts to a writing award. Jenny Laue, who studies at Darlington College of Technology, was one of several students invited to write a review of an exhibition organised by the town’s Society
Concrete wins best student newspaper title
Page 2 of 2 Best student newspaper: Concrete (UEA);Runner-up: Liverpool Student. Best student magazine: Pugwash (Portsmouth);Runner-up: Pulse (Sussex). Best small-budget publication: Isis (Oxford);Runner-up: Pulse (Sussex). Best student media website: TSW;Runner-up: Varsity from Cambridge. Best student reporter: Joint winners: Guy Adams,
Editor aims to reward remarkable dedication
Colin Grant, editor of the Cambridge Evening News, has launched the newspaper’s Community Challenge Awards 2001. He explained: “When we began these special awards four years ago, the aim was to honour and reward remarkable work being carried out by
Yorkshire Press Awards 2000
More than 20 journalists will be honoured in the Yorkshire Press Awards 2000 – which will be presented on Monday (November 27). And HoldtheFrontPage will bring you all the winners on this site as soon as the lunchtime ceremony finishes
Top photographic awards now accepting entries
The Picture Editors’ Awards 2000, Britain and Ireland’s most prestigious andvaluable awards for photographic journalism, is now accepting entries. Photographers can enter through the Award’s website:www.PictureAwards.co.uk either by downloading an entry form andsending prints by post, or by submitting images
Share scheme triumphfor Ecng
Eastern Counties Newspapers Group has been recognised as the best smaller company in the country for employee share ownership. The company was presented with its trophy by Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy at the 2000 ProShare Awards.
Ron, they're only dancing!
The “stars” were out in force for the second annual Kent Messenger GroupAwards night themed on the rock and roll years. Hosted by “Smashie and Nicie” – group ad manager, Simon Clubley and KM radiomanager, Phil Lines – almost 400
Kent Messenger Awards
The full list of winners and runners-up was as follows: BEST EDITORIAL USE OF COLOUR1st: for his work on the Red Arrows, Steve Bodycomb, Larkfield.Runner-up: for Race For Life, Wendy Watts, Larkfield. BEST OFF BEAT STORY 1st: for “Randy Rodent
Post's environmental work recognised
The Nottingham Evening Post has become one of a handful of organisations to be honoured with a Queen Mother Birthday Award. The award is recognition of the Post’s commitment to the environment – awarded to organisations which “make an outstanding,
Laughs and fancy footwork at the NS New Media Awards
They danced until the early hours after the first-ever Newspaper Society New Media Awards held in Solihull at the end of a packed one-day New Media conference featuring keynote speakers from America and Europe and well as the UK. For
Motorway magic wins award for Sarah
Sarah Wyatt won the South Wales Argus Prize for the Best Picture Spread in the photographers’ National Certificate Examination. Sarah (28), of the Derby Evening Telegraph, passed her NCE in May. Her picture spread – on the theme Motorway Life
Parky to host 2001 press awards night
Michael Parkinson will host Press Gazette’s 2001 British Press Awards, which will be held on March 21 at London’s Hilton Hotel, Park Lane. The top TV chat show host – who started his career in journalism as a junior reporter
Company awards at YRN
The Malton and Pickering Mercury won Newspaper of the Year at the recent Yorkshire Regional Newspapers Ltd Awards. Since re-launching, the title has doubled in circulation and campaigned for a Roman Fort to be excavated to form a major tourist
Concrete wins best student newspaper title
Page 1 of 2 The University of East Anglia has won the coveted award for best student newspaper 2000 in the second annual National Student Journalism Awards. Concrete took the title at a gala ceremony at King’s College, London, hosted
Winners of the first NS New Media Awards
The category of Best audiotex telephony service in the Newspaper Society 2000 New Media Awards was won by The Sentinel, Stoke, for Jobs4U. Kareena Pawluk, of The Sentinel, collects the award. Judges said the winner approached the hugely important recruitment