CONGRATULATIONS to all those nominated for last night's British Press Awards, and more so those who walked away with a gong. Particularly deserving was the Daily Telegraph, for its relentless coverage of MP's expenses, while it was also pleasing to see a couple of my old Daily Mirror chums making it to the podium too.
A full list of winners is below:
British Press Awards 2010: The Winners
Newspaper of the Year:
The Daily Telegraph
Scoop of the Year:
Daily Telegraph: MPs' expenses
Journalist of the Year:
Will Lewis, editor-in-chief, Telegraph Media Group
Reporter of the Year:
Paul Lewis, The Guardian
Political Journalist of the Year:
Robert Winnett, The Daily Telegraph
Foreign Reporter of the Year:
Marie Colvin, The Sunday Times
Feature Writer of the Year:
Tanya Gold, The Guardian
Business and Finance Journalist of the Year:
Iain Dey, The Sunday Times
Sports Journalist of the Year:
Mike Atherton, The Times
Photographer of the Year:
Stefan Rousseau, Press Association Images
Sports Photographer of the Year:
Andy Hooper, Daily Mail
Showbiz Reporter of the Year:
Dan Wootton, News of the World
Interviewer of the Year:
Camilla Long, The Sunday Times
Digital Innovation:
SunTalk, The Sun
Critic of the Year:
Quentin Letts, Daily Mail
Cartoonist of the Year:
Peter Brookes, The Times
Young Journalist of the Year:
Sheera Frankel, The Times
Cudlipp Award for Campaigning Popular Journalism:
Andrew Penman and Nick Sommerlad Investigate, Daily Mirror
Regular Supplement of the Year:
You Magazine, Mail on Sunday
Special Supplement of the Year:
MPs' Expenses, The Daily Telegraph
Specialist Journalist of the Year:
Jason Lewis, Mail on Sunday
Campaign of the Year:
MPs' expenses, Daily Telegraph
Journalists' Charity Award:
Walter Greenwood
Foreign Journalist of the Year:
J.S. Tissainayagam, from Sri Lanka
Special award:
Heather Brooke
Categories: Awards
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