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Bolton News and Cumberland News win big at the North West Newspaper Awards

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Tuesday, 24 June 2008

The North West Newspaper Awards 2008 threw up some familiar names and some industry surprises, as the Bolton News beat the Liverpool Echo and the LEP to scoop the daily newspaper of the year gong, while the Cumberland News landed the spoils in the weekly category.

The awards, organized by the Society of Editors and sponsored by Sellafield, saw the winners in their fields collecting £700 each, with runners up receiving cash prizes of £150. In total over £5,000 was handed out.

The Bolton News in particular was pleased with its gong, as editor in chief Ian Savage noted: "I am delighted that the newspaper has won against some high quality opposition.

"It just goes to confirm my belief that we have a great team, not only in editorial, but in all departments.

"The judges particularly praised our coverage of local news and that is especially pleasing as I consider The Bolton News to be, above all things, a newspaper which cares about the community."

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The full list of winners is as follows:

News Reporter of the Year: David Higgerson, Liverpool Daily Post

Feature Writer of the Year: Paddy Shennan, Liverpool Echo

Sports Reporter of the Year: Amanda Little, News & Star / Cumberland News

Photographer of the Year: Colin Lane, Liverpool Daily Post & Echo

Young Journalist of the Year: Sally Henfield, Lancashire Telegraph

Daily Newspaper of the Year: The Bolton News

Weekly Newspaper of the Year: The Cumberland News

Daily Newspaper Website of the Year: Liverpool Daily Post

Weekly Newspaper Website of the Year: Warrington Guardian

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Comments (5)

1 By northern hack, on 24-06-2008 08:48
The list of award winners shows what a complete joke this is. The Bolton News and the Lancashire Telegraph are unspeakable rags. If catering for the community means descending to the lowest levels of communication, then they should get a prize for rock-bottom efforts. Pathetic. What self-congratulatory buffoons.

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2 By Nigel McFarlane, on 24-06-2008 13:10
Blimey. For a "complete joke" it seems to matter an awful lot to you. Why is that?

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3 By northern hack, on 24-06-2008 15:07
It matters to me because I expect that regional and local papers will treat readers with respect by providing the best quality journalism for their area. Just because some stories might be parochial doesn't mean that the papers need be so low in quality. It's my opinion and I'm sticking with it. The Society has never had very high standards. No wonder that sales are slipping.

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4 By Nigel McFarlane, on 24-06-2008 16:20
I don't think it is fair to blame the titles themselves, as you appear to do. In my experience, which admittedly may not be as great as yours, I never met anyone who was not fully committed to doing the best job they could in the community they covered.
This was countered, however, by administrative and financial decisions made many miles away by management boards barely worthy of the name, which led to cuts and micro-management of resources overseen by toothless senior managers at a local level that sapped morale and led to falling standards.
When a newsdesk and picture desk literally do not have enough bodies to be present at local events, the outcome is inevitable.
The nationally-owned 'Portfolio of Local Titles' has killed local papers, not the people who work for them.

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5 By northern hack, on 25-06-2008 08:33
Sorry Nigel. But try buying the Lancashire Telegraph and actually reading it. Look at Tuesday's edition, for example,and see the column written by Blackburn "businesswoman" Margo Grimshaw. (Actually she owns a few pubs). This is presented as the voice of local people. The column is narrow-minded, parochial, illiterate drivel but the editor is happy to publish it. Content that is written by actual journalists is little better. Design is poor - or non-existant, subbing is weak. And while the paper will keep local PR people happy, it fails readers. It doesn't take a fortune to and buy a book on modern design. Or even look it up on the web. The LT has just had its website redesigned and though it has teething problems, it looks clean and well thought out. The paper, by contrast, is a mess. That says it all.

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