Last week at a ceremony in Birmingham, Reach hosted nearly 200 colleagues for its second Celebrating Brilliant Journalism Awards, shining a light on the work of its journalists and teams over the past year.
Broadcaster Clive Myrie hosted the evening and announced winners across 24 categories, including Brand of the Year which was a joint win going to NottinghamshireLive/Nottingham Post and the Daily Star. Other wins included The Bookish Drop newsletter for Emerging Brand of the Year, Daily Expresso for the Audio and Video Award and Journalist of the Year - Nationals going to Paul Healy from the Irish Mirror and Irish Star, while Journalist of the Year - Regionals was awarded to BirminghamLive’s Kirsty Bosley.
The judging panels, which included both editorial and commercial leaders from Reach, whittled the entries down from an initial 636 entries to the shortlists.
Chief Content Officer David Higgerson said: "Celebrating brilliant journalism means championing trusted journalism; encouraging bold thinking in how we tell stories; and recognising that our content only makes a difference when we really connect with our communities. These awards shine a light on the brilliant work done by our journalists every day, and they set the standard for where we go next.”
The full list of awards and winners is as follows:
LIFESTYLE REPORTER
Winner: Dianne Bourne (Manchester Evening News)
LOCAL DEMOCRACY REPORTER OF THE YEAR
Winner: PJ Lynch (MyLondon)
SOCIAL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Winner: Caitlin Griffin (Manchester Evening News)
LONGFORM WRITER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Liam McInerney (Content Hub)
Highly commended - Andrew Forgrave (North WalesLive)
LIVE REPORTING
Winner: Liverpool Echo, Liverpool FC Parade Crash
AUDIO AND VIDEO AWARD
Winner: Daily Expresso
COMMUNITY JOURNALIST
Winner: Claire Harrison (CoventryLive)
LIVE EVENT
Winner: BirminghamLive, Black Sabbath Back to the Beginning concert
EDITORIAL GROWTH AWARD
Winner: Standalones (Regionals Print Team)
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Justin Kernoghan (BelfastLive)
CONTENT EDITOR OF THE YEAR
Joint winners: Katie Timms (South West) and Simon Duke (ChronicleLive)
CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR
Winner: Andrew Musgrove (ChronicleLive)
EMERGING BRAND
Winner: The Bookish Drop
INCLUSIVE JOURNALISM AWARD
Winner: Mataeo Smith (Reach US)
HEADLINE OF THE YEAR
Winner: Daily Star, The Never Ending Tory
SPORTS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Joint winners: Keith Jackson and Steffan Thomas
JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR NATIONALS
Winner: Paul Healy (Irish Mirror/Irish Daily Star)
SPORT PAGE OF THE YEAR
Winner: Daily Star, Eze Good
FRONT PAGE OF THE YEAR
Winner: The Mirror, Andrew
RISING STAR
Winner: Dylan Hayward (LeicestershireLive)
EDITORIAL HERO
Winner: Chris Walker
JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR REGIONALS
Winner: Kirsty Bosley (BirminghamLive)
Highly commended - Carl Eve (PlymouthLive) and Matt Lee (EssexLive)
STORY/SCOOP OF THE YEAR
Winner: Manchester Evening News, Ricky Hatton's death
BRAND OF THE YEAR
Joint winners: NottinghamshireLive/Nottingham Post and Daily Star
Highly commended - Wales Online
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