The Midlands Media Awards 2009
Entries are now being invited for this year’s Midlands Media Awards. Information on all the categories can be found by downloading the Entry Information below. The event this year will take place on Thursday 18th June at the New Bingley Hall, Hockley. The compere this year is 100.7 Heart FM’s Ed James with the Awards hosted by ITV Central’s Bob Warman and Llewela Bailey. A flyer is attached detailing how you can buy tickets and tables.
Please note, radio and TV journalists are eligible to enter the News Reporter of the Year (Daily) category.
There is a new category being introduced this year which can be voted for by the public. The Online Campaign of the Year – People’s Choice Award will recognise an individual or group that has used social media tools to make a difference, so we want to hear from campaigning bloggers out there. How did you identify the issue to be resolved? What was your innovative solution? What tools did you use? And most importantly, what impact did your project have?
Further information on this award and how to vote will be available soon so please check back.
This year there are a number of online categories, sponsored by Birmingham City Council. The online community can vote for those nominated in these categories - for more information, please click here.
If you have any queries about how to enter, or how to buy tickets, please email awards@birmingham-press-club.co.uk
Please click here to download the Media Awards 2009 Flyer
Please click here to download the Media Awards 2009 Entry Form
Nominees
1 Newspaper of the Year
Sunday Mercury (Executive Editor, Paul Cole); Worcester News (Editor, Kevin Ward); The Hinckley Times (Editor, Simon Holden)
2. News Reporter of the Year (Daily)
Nominees: Katie Cooksey (The Sentinel); Charles Walker (Nottingham Evening Post); Nick McCarthy (Birmingham Mail); Jeanette Oldham (Sunday Mercury); Adam Aspinall (Sunday Mercury)
3. News Reporter of the Year (Weekly)
Priya Mistry (Coventry Times); Sandish Shoker (Coventry Times); Jeanette Scott (Leamington Times); Chomice Wright (Rugby Times); Sam Dimmer (The Hinckley Times)
4. Photographer of the Year (Regional)
Ian Findlay (Birmingham Mail, Birmingham Post); Kate Burnett (Derby Telegraph); Matthew Alexander (Nottingham Evening Post); Jonathan Fuller-Rowell (Birmingham Post/Mail)
5. Photographer of the Year (Weekly)
Marisa Cashill (Derbyshire Times); Chris Etchells (Gainsborough Standard); Angela Ward (Mansfield Chad)
6. Sports Photographer of the Year
Dan Matthams (Nottingham Evening Post); Tim Easthope (Birmingham Mail/Post/Mercury); Ian Findlay (Birmingham Mail/Post); Kate Burnett (Derby Telegraph)
7. Trevor Roberts Award
Alex Severn (The Sentinel)
8. Sports Journalist of the Year
Stevie Roden (Nottingham Evening Post); Ben Eccleston (Rugby Times); Lee Marlow (Leicester Mercury); Emma Ray (Nuneaton Tribune); Ian Gallagher (Hinckley Times)
9. Feature Writer of the Year
Adam Wakelin (Leicester Mercury); Richard McComb (Birmingham Post); Lee Marlow (Leicester Mercury); Jennifer Scott (Nottingham Evening Post) ; Mary Griffin (Coventry Telegraph)
10. Newcomer of the Year
Lucy Tatchell (Worcester News) ; Sian Grzeszczyk (BBC Coventry and Warwickshire); Kat Keogh (Birmingham Mail); Sandish Shoker (Coventry Times); Tanya Holden (Nottingham Evening Post)
11. Business Journalist of the Year
Robin Johnson (Derby Telegraph); Jon Griffin (Birmingham Mail/Post)
12. Magazine of the Year
The Derbyshire Magazine (Sarah Newton); City Living (Jon Perks, Bham Post) ; Homes and Interiors (Krysia Rozanska, Moda Media); The Insider (Kurt Jacobs, Newsco); The Magazine (Express & Star)
13. Scoop of the Year
Katie Cooksey (The Sentinel); Jeanette Oldham (Sunday Mercury); Faye Chambers (BBC Midlands Today); Mary Griffin/Michael Corley (Coventry Telegraph); Lucy Tatchell (Worcester News)
14. Headline of the Year
Steve Adams (Coventry Times); Peter Hemmett (Mansfield Chad); Tony Larner (Sunday Mercury)
15. Columnist of the Year
Mike Lockley (Sunday Mercury); Lorne Jackson (Sunday Mercury); Graham Young (Birmingham Mail); Jeremy Clay (Leicester Mercury); Mary Griffin (Coventry Telegraph)
16. Online Journalist of the Year
Louisa Lewis (BRMB); Brett Birks (BBC Black Country); Phil Vinter (Birmingham Mail)
17. Community Campaign of the Year
BBC Radio WM Kidney Kids (Jeremy Pollock); Express & Star Design an Ad ; BBC Coventry and Warks Coventry Market – The Musical (David Clargo); Rugby Times Protect Your Post Office (Ben Eccleston); Dump It! (Nuneaton Tribune, Emma Ray)
18. Birmingham City Council Digital Innovation Award
Tom Pegg (Mansfield Chad ); Graham Young (Birmingham Mail); Malcolm Pheby (Nottingham Evening Post); Lesbian and Gay Facebook Group http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.p
Rhubarb Radio – Paul Hadley http://www.rhubarbradio.com
Social Media Surgeries – Nick Booth http://www.podnosh.com
19. Online Campaign –People’s Choice Award TBC
