Print journalists and broadcasters are neck and neck in the race for honours in this year’s O2 Media Awards for Yorkshire and The Humber.
The Yorkshire Post and Evening Post, carry the standard for print organisations with the highest number of nominations across this year’s 25 award categories.
Broadcasters ITV Yorkshire, BBC Look North and BBC Look North East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire are tied after last week’s final round of judging.
BBC radio stations also figure prominently with journalists and presenters from commercial radio groups Bauer and Global in hot pursuit.
Award winners will be revealed on July 5 at the O2 Media Awards presentation evening at Leeds United Football Club, hosted by BBC Breakfast Presenter Louise Minchin.
“The O2 Awards recognise media talent in all its forms. Once again our judging panels had the difficult task of selecting their favourites from the region’s top media performers. We’re looking ahead to a wonderful night of celebration,” said Nicola Green, Director of Corporate Affairs at O2.
Nominees will be contacted with details of the event. For more details on the presentation evening contact [email protected] or call 01829 741371.
O2 Media Awards Yorkshire and The Humber 2018 nominees:
News Reporter Print
Georgina Morris – Yorkshire Evening Post
Ruby Kitchen – Yorkshire Post & Yorkshire Evening Post
Kevin Shoesmith – Hull Daily Mail
Chris Burn – Yorkshire Post
Peter Craig – Grimsby Telegraph
News Reporter Broadcast
Sam Casey – ITV Yorkshire
Emma Glasbey – BBC Look North
Louise Fewster – BBC Radio York
Tracy Gee – BBC Radio Leeds
Television Broadcast Presenter
Amy Garcia – BBC Look North
Kerry Maule – Made in Leeds
Tim Iredale – BBC Yorkshire & Lincolnshire
Peter Levy – BBC Look North East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire
Radio Broadcast Presenter
Toby Foster – BBC Radio Sheffield
Katie Radley – Global Radio Yorkshire
David Burns – BBC Radio Humberside
Julia Lewis – BBC Radio York
Writer
David Behrens – Yorkshire Post
Ruby Kitchen – Yorkshire Post & Yorkshire Evening Post
Paul Davis – The Star, Sheffield
Tony Earnshaw – Huddersfield Daily Examiner
Television Journalist
Emma Glasbey – BBC Look North
Phillip Norton – BBC Look North East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire
Jamie Coulson – BBC Look North
Lucy Hester – BBC Inside Out
Sports Journalist Print
Philip Buckingham – Hull Daily Mail
Paul Davis – The Star, Sheffield
Danny Hall – The Star, Sheffield
Sports Journalist Broadcast
Mark Ansell – BBC Look North
Rob Staton – BBC Radio Sheffield
Jonathan Buchan – BBC Radio Sheffield
Chris Dawkes – ITV Yorkshire
Young Journalist Broadcast
Ben Bason – Hallam FM
Katharine Walker – ITV Yorkshire
Otis Holmes – ITV Yorkshire
Adam Goacher – That’s North Yorkshire
Thomas Dambach – Radio Aire
Young Journalist Print
Alex Grove – Hull Daily Mail
Connor Lynch – Grimsby Telegraph
Joseph Keith – Yorkshire Evening Post
Sam Jones – Whitby Gazette
Radio Journalist
Tracy Gee – BBC Radio Leeds
Andy Kershaw – BBC Radio Sheffield
Louise Fewster – BBC Radio York
Rosanna Austin – Radio Aire
Camera Operator
Michael Newton – ITV Yorkshire
Anna Crossley – BBC Look North
Peter Thompson – BBC Look North East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire
Photographer
Jonathan Gawthorpe – Yorkshire Post
Stephen Garnett – Dalesman
Jon Corken – Grimsby Telegraph
Simon Hulme – Yorkshire Post
News Programme
Modern Slavery – BBC Look North East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire
Manchester Arena bomb – BBC Look North
Huddersfield Town FC homecoming – ITV Yorkshire
Sports Programme
Huddersfield Town FC promotion – BBC Radio Leeds
Sheffield ‘Derby’ – BBC Radio Sheffield
Entertainment Programme
The Yorkshire Dales & The Lakes – True North Productions
The Harry Hometime Show – Minster FM
999 Rescue Squad – Air Televison
The Pets Factor – True North Productions
On-line Media
Leeds Live
Hull Daily Mail
BBC Radio York
The Star, Sheffield
Daily Newspaper
Hull Daily Mail
Yorkshire Post
Huddersfield Daily Examiner
Weekly Newspaper
Sheffield Telegraph
The Scarborough News
Whitby Gazette
Community Publication
Down Your Way
Just Beverley
Out and About in the North York Moors
Magazine & Specialist Publication
Asian Life – Telegraph & Argus
Dalesman – Country Publications
Tour De Yorkshire – Yorkshire Post
Clubland – Rotherham Advertiser
Community Journalism
Yorkshire Evening Post
Telegraph & Argus
BBC Look North East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire
Sabbiyah Pervez – BBC Yorkshire
Most Memorable Broadcast
“I live in the car” – BBC Radio York
NHS in crisis – ITV Yorkshire
Yorkshire Ripper letter – ITV Yorkshire
Trusted Trader Investigation – BBC Look North East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire
Most Memorable Print
Scratchcard Millionaire – Hull Daily Mail
Yorkshire’s Missing MP – The Yorkshire Post
Remembering the Triple Trawler Tragedy – Hull Daily Mail
Team
Air Television
BBC Look North
Radio Aire News
BBC Radio York
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