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Timetable for Press Awards announced
The Society of Editors has announced the timetable for the Press Awards. The awards, which celebrate the best in British newspaper journalism in 2011, include the Cudlipp Award, organised by the...
View ArticleAFP photographer wins political photography award
The AFP has issued a release to say its photographer John MacDougall won the Rueckblende (flashback) award in Germany for 2011. The agency says this is the first time the award, which is for political...
View ArticleProperty Week journalist takes top prize at PTC New Talent Awards
Nick Johnstone of UBM title Property Week has claimed the top award at the Periodicals Training Council’s inaugural New Talent Awards. Johnstone was handed the grand prix 2012 at a ceremony in London...
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2012 World Press Photo winners announced
A Spanish freelance photographer’s image of a woman in Yemen, holding her wounded son in her arms, has been named the World Press Photo of the Year at the annual awards. The picture, taken by Samuel...
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Entries now open for 2012 Online Media Awards
Entries are now open for this year’s Online Media Awards, which set out to recognise the best digital news work from online operators big and small. There are 17 categories covering everything from...
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Regional Press Awards add new category for best editor
The Society of Editors has added a new category to this year’s Regional Press Awards – for editor of the year. Entries for the awards, which celebrate the best of British regional newspaper...
View ArticleNew York Times takes two wins at George Polk Awards
The George Polk Awards, run by Long Island University, announced the winners of its 63rd event today. According to a release the New York Times won two of the 15 categories. The first, for military...
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Shortlists out for British Sports Journalism Awards
The Times has picked up 12 nominations in the writing categories for this year’s Sports Journalism Awards, more than any other news outlet. The winners will be announced on March 12, alongside the...
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Knight News Challenge opens for applications
The Knight News Challenge – which provides funding for digital journalism innovations – has now opened the first of three new competition rounds. Last year two British data projects – ScaperWiki and...
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New £2,000 prize on offer for talented arts journalists
The Observer and the Anthony Burgess Foundation are offering a £2,000 prize for promising new arts journalists, in memory of the prolific novelist and composer who was writing arts reviews for the New...
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Alan Rusbridger and Nick Davies to receive Media Society award
Alan Rusbridger, editor of the Guardian, and Nick Davies, the journalist who uncovered the extent of phone hacking at the News of the World, are to be this year’s recipients of the Media Society...
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Knight-Mozilla Fellowships open for entries
The Knight-Mozilla Fellowships are now accepting applications from those who want to spend 10 months of next year as technologists “embedded in the newsroom”. The eight partner organisations are the...
View ArticleInaugural British Media Awards winners announced
The Economist and Future Publishing took away the most prizes with two awards each at the annual British Media Awards last night. The Economist was named Media Company of the Year, for being what...
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2012 Online Journalism Awards now open for entries
Entries are now open for this year’s Online Journalism Awards, which have been organised by the US Online News Association since 2000. The awards are for entrants from around the world and honour...
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Amnesty International’s Media Awards open to entries, with digital innovation...
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism won the digital innovation category in 2012 Amnesty International UK has announced that entries can now be submitted to its annual Media Awards, which the...
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