EDF Energy East of England Media Awards 2011 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the EDF Energy East of England Media Awards 2011 has been announced.
Leading the field is Archant Norfolk with 12 nominations. Essex Chronicle and Archant Suffolk have eight entries on the shortlist and ITV Anglia seven. Cambridge News, Brentwood Gazette and Peterborough Evening Telegraph have six nominations each and BBC Essex has been shortlisted five times.
The judging panel, which included editors and other senior figures from regional print and broadcast media, analysed and debated the merits of more than 240 entries across categories including newcomer, photographer, sport, business, weekly and daily print reporter of the year, front page, campaign, website and news programme of the year.
A host of weekly papers including Beds on Sunday, St Neots News and Crier, The Hunts Post, Brentwood Gazette, Essex Chronicle, Great Yarmouth Mercury and Welwyn Hatfield Times are vying for awards.
ITV Anglia, BBC East, Heart Essex and BBC Radio Norfolk and Essex are amongst shortlisted broadcasters.
Broadcast journalists are up against print colleagues in newcomer, environmental and sport reporter categories.
The Eastern Daily Press, Ipswich Evening Star, Cambridge News and Norwich Evening News are competing for daily newspaper of the year.
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All those shortlisted, along with their guests, will be invited to a celebration presentation event, courtesy of EDF Energy, where individual award winners will receive a £100 cheque, certificate and trophy.
On the judging panel, which met on Thursday December 9, were Michael Beard, editor at The Argus, Simon Dack, chief photographer at The Argus, Ian Murray, editor at Southern Daily Echo, Leo Whitlock, editor at Kentish Gazette, Richard Osley, editor at Camden New Journal, Charlotte Wilkins, reporter for ITV Meridian, Mark Carter, BBC Radio Surrey and Dan Pritchard, EDF Energy regional media manager.
The awards, now in their seventh year, are held in partnership with www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk
Shortlist
Newcomer of the Year
Gavin Caney, Cambs Times / Wisbech Standard
Georgina Cotton, Essex Chronicle
James Drummond, Essex Chronicle
Luke Farrington, ITV Anglia
Faye McBride, Essex Chronicle
Sam Smith, Brentwood Gazette
Environmental Journalist of the Year
Jon Austin, Basildon Echo
Emma Baker, ITV Anglia
Phil Harrison, Essex Enquirer
Business Journalist of the Year
Jenny Chapman, Cambridge News
Annabelle Dickson, Archant Norfolk
News Photographer of the Year
Sarah Lucy Brown, East Anglian Daily Times & Evening Star
Ben Davis, Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Simon Finlay, Archant Norfolk
Rowland Hobson, Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Brian Purdy, Cambs Times/ Wisbech Standard
Sports Journalist of the Year
David Arnold, Essex Chronicle / Brentwood Gazette
Donovan Blake, ITV Anglia
Gavin Caney, Cambs Times / Wisbech Standard
Chris Phillips, Southend Echo
Nicky Price, BBC Radio Norfolk
Feature Writer of the Year
Wendy Brading, Essex County Standard
Alice Hutton, Cambridge News
Rowan Mantell, Eastern Daily Press
Keiron Pim, Eastern Daily Press / Norwich Evening News
Columnist of the Year
Stacia Briggs, Norwich Evening News
Dave Bromage, Herts & Essex Observer
Lizzy Dening, Cambridge News
Ken Hurst, Eastern Daily Press
Lynne Mortimer, East Anglian Daily Times
Designer of the Year
Daren Francis, Archant Norfolk
Annette Hudson, Archant Norfolk
Alex Leys, Essex Chronicle
Andrew Ormiston, Cambridge News
Le-Anne Reeves, East Anglian Daily Times
Radio Journalist of the Year
Robin Davies, Heart Essex
Richard Martin, BBC Essex
James Melley, BBC Essex
Felicity Simper, BBC Essex
Andrew Turner, BBC Radio Norfolk
Television Journalist
Neil Bradford, ITV Anglia
Natalie Gray, ITV Anglia
Elodie Harper, ITV Anglia
Debbie Tubby, BBC Look East
Print Journalist of the Year (Weekly)
Paul Ainsworth, Brentwood Gazette
Gemma Gardner, Hertfordshire Mercury Series
Iain Johnson, Brentwood Gazette
Keeley Knowles, Beds on Sunday
Faye McBride, Essex Chronicle
Piers Meyler, Brentwood Gazette
Print Journalist of the Year (Daily)
Jon Austin, Basildon Echo
Ben Truslove, Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Adam Uren, Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Website of the Year
Cambridge News
PinkUn
Community Campaign of the Year
Safe to School - BBC Radio Norfolk
Make it Marham - Eastern Daily Press
Save Abbots Activity Centre - Essex County Standard
Save Our Fire Crews - Evening Star
Olympic Torch - Haverhill Echo
Front Page of the Year
After 12,000 safe deliveries here’s the final baby to be born at St John’s Hospital - Essex Chronicle
Gambling and Me - Evening Star
We're watching you - Evening Star
Gunfight at the MK Corral - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Gunpoint - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Radio News/Current Affairs Programme of the Year
The Ray Clark Breakfast Show, BBC Essex
The Sadie Nine Show, BBC Essex
Television News/Current Affairs Programme of the Year
BBC East - Britain's Great Reef
BBC East - Inside Out
ITV Anglia - Anglia Tonight
Weekly Newspaper of the Year (Free)
Beds on Sunday
St Neots News and Crier
The Hunts Post
Weekly Newspaper of the Year (Paid-for)
Brentwood Gazette
Essex Chronicle
Great Yarmouth Mercury
Welwyn Hatfield Times
Daily Newspaper of the Year
Cambridge News
Eastern Daily Press
Evening Star
Norwich Evening News