Press Gazette is proud to announce the finalists for the 11th #britishjournalismawards. With 842 entries this year, competition is tougher than ever and just making the shortlists is a huge achievement. Winners will be announced at our awards dinner in London on 15th December.
Now published: See the full British Journalism Awards shortlist on our website - including links to all the finalists' work pressgazette.co.uk/british-journa…
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In full: British Journalism Awards shortlists 2022 and a showcase of all the finalists. Congratulations to everyone shortlisted! pressgazette.co.uk/british-journa…
The Daniel Morgan Independent Panel has found no hard evidence that the private investigator spoke to the media about police corruption before his killing. pressgazette.co.uk/daniel-morgan-…
The panel has rejected former MP Tom Watson's theory that Morgan spoke to Alex Marunchak of the News of the World the week before the 1987 murder about police corruption.
But it has said it was likely that Marunchak, who later worked closely with murder suspects, ordered News of the World surveillance of senior investigating officer DCI Dave Cook during the 2001 police investigation into the case.
Awful footage as Newsnight political editor Nick Watt chased at an anti-lockdown protest outside Downing Street yesterday. A BBC News spox said: “This behaviour is completely unacceptable. All journalists should be able to carry out their work without intimidation or impediment.”
Newsnight editor Esme Wren has said: "Harassing and intimidating any journalist is completely unacceptable. All journalists should be able to do their work without impediment or risking their safety."
This is an unpleasant continuation of attacks and abuse against journalists similar to those seen during protests in London last summer pressgazette.co.uk/journalists-at…
Winners of the Business, Finance and Economics Journalism prize are Dan McCrum @FD, @OlafStorbeck & @stef_palma of @FT whose “brave and dogged” years-long Wirecard investigation was “business journalism at its best” #BJA2020
Highly commended for Politics Journalism is Anna Mikhailova @AVMikhailova of @Telegraph (now Mail on Sunday) for leading the team that revealed Govt scientist Neil Ferguson had broken his own lockdown rules – “one of the defining stories of the year” #BJA2020
Political Journalism winners are correspondent @PaulBrandITV & producer Dominique Heckels @Dominique_ITV whose Covid-19 care home investigation was a “great example of empathetic and sensitive reporting in the public interest” #BJA2020
NEW: Samira Ahmed has won her equal pay case against the BBC at an employment tribunal
The judges said Ahmed's work on Newswatch was comparable to Jeremy Vine's work on Points of View, and that the BBC had failed to show their difference in pay was because of a factor other than sex discrimination
A BBC spokesperson said: "We’ll need to consider this judgment carefully. We know Tribunals are never a pleasant experience for anyone involved. We want to work together with Samira to move on in a positive way."
Speaks about Boris Johnson’s time as Brussels correspondent at the Telegraph and how his career thrived on stories about condoms and bananas etc - despite frequently missing briefings. “And now he’s Prime Minister,” Boulton says to a big laugh. #mediabrexit
How much responsibility does media have for rise in Euroscepticism? Adam Boulton says much broadsheet coverage was often fairly constructive before the EU referendum. #MediaBrexit