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2007 Regional Press Awards shortlist announced |
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Tuesday, 05 June 2007 |
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The annual regional Press Awards dinner will be held back in London on 29 June. It had a brief foray out of the capital into Manchester a few years ago but the experiment didn’t last.
The judging panel is chaired this year by Peter Sands, director of Press Association Training. He is overseeing the efforts of 60 judges in total.
The selection process has been changed this year to allow for a two stage process.
The first stage is the following shortlist of six entries for each category with a subsequent secret ballot to choose the winners, to be announce don 29 June.
The region has just over 20 entrants at this stage of the process although this figure is likely to rise, with further photographic nominations at the dinner. Nominations span the North West with Manchester and Liverpool as usual commanding a strong presence with the Cumbrian papers punching above their weight.
 Sarah Hartley
Hartley told How-Do that "I'm thrilled that we have been shortlisted again for the website of the year. This nomination comes just months after our redesign with plenty of interactive Web 2.0 features so fingers crossed that this year is our year. Looking at the shortlisted candidates for the new digital journalist of the year category it's clear just how important the online presence has become for regional newspapers. It's an impressive field."
She also modestly put the success of the site down to a "very fresh new design which allows all the features we've created to come through.
Scott Place, home of MEN Media, will be delighted that the MEN has been shortlisted in seven categories in total: in recognition of journalists, supplements, the web site and the paper itself.
The Post & Echo have been shortlisted in four categories – three for the Echo while the Post has been nominated in the best daily paper category for circulation under 40,000. The Echo’s Adrian Butler has been shortlisted in the Young Journalist category.
Cumbrian and Lake District entrants have been shortlisted in seven categories including two for feature writers of the year, two for sport while both the The Cumberland News and The Westmorland Gazette are represented in the weeklies selling above 20,000 category.
The shortlisted entrants are:
Reporter of the Year (daily and Sunday)
David Ottewell Manchester Evening News
John Scheerhout Manchester Evening News
Feature Writer of the Year (weekly)
Roger Lytollis The Cumberland News
Anne Pickles Cumbrian Newspapers
Digital Journalist of the Year
Martin Hamer Lancashire Evening Post
Sarah Hartley Manchester Evening News
Sports Journalist of the Year (weekly)
Jon Colman The Cumberland News
Sports Journalist of the Year (daily and Sunday)
Christopher Bascombe Liverpool Echo
Jon Coleman News & Star, Carlisle
Young Journalist of the Year
Adrian Butler Liverpool Echo
Campaign of the Year
"Keep Them Safe" Lancashire Telegraph
"Biteback" Liverpool Echo
Supplement of the Year
City Life Manchester Evening News
Learning Magazine The Cumberland News
The Manchester Bomb 10th Anniversary Manchester Evening News
Website of the Year
http://www.lep.co.uk Lancashire Evening Post
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk MEN
Daily and Sunday Newspaper of the Year above 40,000 circulation
Manchester Evening News
Daily and Sunday Newspaper of the Year below 40,000 circulation
Lancashire Evening Post
Liverpool Daily Post
Weekly Newspaper of the Year above 20,000 circulation
The Cumberland News
The Westmorland Gazette
Free Newspaper of the Year
Oldham Advertiser
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