West Midlands Media Awards 2006
More than 300 guests attended the Royal Mail-sponsored Birmingham
Press Club fourth Midlands Media Awards at the Botanical Gardens,
Edgbaston, last Thursday (12 October).
The Sunday Mercury's Jeannette Oldham carried off two top awards:
ÔNews Reporter of the Year (daily) and 'Scoop of the Year', and
colleague Adam Aspinall was named 'Newcomer of the Year'.
'Newspaper of the Year' was won by the Stoke-based Sentinel Sunday.
Runner up was the 'Birmingham Post'.
Other winners were Paul Webb (Hinckley Times): 'Headline of the
Year'; Liz Gray (Shrewsbury Chronicle): 'News Reporter of the Year
(weekly)'; Richard Eaton (Worcester News): News Photographer of the
Year'; Dominic Lipinski (Nottingham Evening Post) 'Trevor Roberts
Award'; Trevor Roberts (Birmingham Mail): 'Sports Photographer of the
Year'; Jeremy Clay (Leicester Mercury) 'Feature Writer of the Year';
Brian Dick (Birmingham Post) 'Sports Journalist of the Year'; Jon
Griffin (Birmingham Mail) 'Business Journalist of the Year'. The
Shropshire Magazine won 'Magazine of the Year'.
Sponsors included: The Royal Mail (Birmingham Press Club's overall
sponsor for 2006/7); British Airways; Aston Science Park; South
Birmingham College; and New Street Gateway Project.
