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February 17, 2015

Press Gazette’s Save Our Sources campaign shortlisted for British Media Awards

By Press Gazette

Press Gazette has been shortlisted for a second award in two days for the Save Our Sources campaign.

Press Gazette has been made a finalist in the British Media Awards' editorial campaign of the year category, alongside BBC Worldwide, The Guardian and Vice among others.

Yesterday, Save Our Sources was made a finalist in the Paul Foot Award, which is organised by Private Eye and The Guardian.

Press Gazette’s campaign to protect confidential journalistic sources launched following the publication of the Met Police’s 56-page Operation Alice Closing Report on the Plebgate affair. Press Gazette picked up on a detail in the report that revealed the force had secretly seized the telephone phone records of The Sun’s newsdesk and political editor to track down police officers who lawfully leaked details of former Government chief whip Andrew Mitchell’s altercation outside 10 Downing Street.

Save Our Sources called for action to ensure that police could no longer view journalists’ phone records without the approval of a judge. It highlighted further police abuse of surveillance powers against journalists, persuaded more than 1,700 readers to sign a petition and was cited by the Interception of Communications Commissioner’s Office (IOCCO) when it launched an inquiry on 6 October.

On 4 February the IOCCO called for a change in the law providing judicial oversight of police requests to view journalist’s phone records. This, the central demand of the Save Our Sources campaign, now has the backing of the Government. The IOCCO’s report revealed that UK police had viewed the phone records of 82 journalists in order to find their sources over the last three years.

Here is the shortlist in full:

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Launch of the year

  • 1XL – 1XL

  • ASOS – ASOS Digital Magazine

  • Bauer Media – The Debrief

  • EMAP – HSJ Intelligence

  • Haymarket Network – Forever Sports Magazine

  • JCDecaux Airport – JCDecaux Airport – Heathrow Terminal 2 Media Launch

  • Net-a-Porter – PORTER Magazine

  • VICE – VICE News

Sales team of the year

  • Auto Trader

  • Centaur Media

  • Quartz

  • Global Media & Entertainment

  • Guardian News & Media

  • Immediate Media

  • InSkin Media

  • Time Out Group

Content team of the year

  • Bauer Media – The Debrief

  • City A.M. – City A.M.'s digital expansion

  • Emap – Health Service Journal

  • Haymarket – Stuff Editorial Team

  • Mirror Online – Mirror News

  • The Drum – The Drum's content team

  • VICE – VICE.com

  • WGSN – WGSN Content Team

Tech provider of the year

  • Adestra

  • Krux

  • Blippar

  • DoubleClick by Google

  • Livefyre

  • MarkLogic

  • MPP Global

  • Wochit

Ad tech provider of the year

  • Brainient

  • Captify

  • Mediaocean

  • Lineup Systems

  • Rockabox

  • Rubicon Project

  • Taboola

  • The Exchange Lab

Website of the year

  • The Huffington Post UK

  • The Debrief

  • Celebrity Intelligence

  • Dezeen

  • Mirror Online

  • Mosaic science

  • The Guardian

  • WGSN.com

Commercial campaign of the year

  • Archant – Bringing ZOE to the City

  • Dezeen – MINI Frontiers

  • Global Media & Entertainment – Jingle Bell Ball with Morrisons

  • Global Media & Entertainment – X-MEN FM

  • News UK – Burton’s Fish ‘n’ Chips

  • Now – Fifty Shades Of Grey partnership

  • Time Inc. – Superdrug Own Brand

  • Trinity Mirror – Pension Square

Best commercial use of data

  • Dennis Publishing

  • Financial Times

  • Immediate Media

  • National Rail Enquiries

  • News UK

  • Time Inc

  • WGSN

  • Zoopla Property Group

Editorial campaign of the year

  • Attention Seekers – Feeling Nuts

  • BBC Worldwide – The BBC Good Food Nation

  • Press Gazette – Save Our Sources

  • Startups.co.uk – Startups 100 2014

  • The Drum – Women in Digital

  • The Guardian – End Female Genital Mutilation

  • Time Out London – Time Out Love London Awards

  • VICE – Saving South Sudan

Print product of the year

  • Airbnb – Pineapple

  • Dennis Publishing – Cyclist

  • ESI Media – Evening Standard

  • Financial Times – How To Spend It

  • Haymarket Network – Forever Sports Magazine

  • Net-a-Porter – PORTER Magazine

  • Raconteur – Raconteur Special Reports 2014

  • TTG Media LTD – ttgluxury magazine

Marketing team of the year

  • Adestra

  • Findmypast

  • Immediate media Co

  • News UK

  • QS

  • The Mirror

  • Time Inc UK

  • Zinio International

Product team of the year

  • BBC Worldwide – BBC Good Food Product Team

  • Centaur Media – Centaur Media Digital Team

  • Dennis Publishing – Dennis Digital

  • EMAP – Project Palm, HSJi, Project Longform and EventsOne

  • Immediate Media – Product Team

  • Liverpool Football Club – LFCTV

  • TeamRock Ltd – TeamRock+

  • The Guardian – The Digital Development Team

Rising star award

  • Centaur Media – Sarah Penny

  • City A.M. – Emma Haslett

  • Haymarket Media – Rachel Savage

  • Time Inc – Tessa Webb

  • Mirror Online – Heather Bowen

  • Mosaic/Wellcome Trust – Mun-Keat Looi

  • Now – Joshua Fox

  • Telegraph Media Group – Ian Curtis

App of the year

  • Blippar – Pepsi Max #FutbolNow Campaign

  • Immediate Media – Olive's Interactive App

  • Instinctif Partners – Readly

  • Shortlist Media – Stylist Magazine App

  • The Economist – The Economist’s Daily App for Smartphones

  • The Guardian – Guardian app

  • The Weather Channel – The Weather Channel App

  • Time Inc. – Woman's 5:2 Diet Complete Meal Planner App

Video project of the year

  • ASOS – ASOS Menswear Style and Grooming videos

  • Dennis Publishing – Carbuyer videos

  • Estates Gazette – Reaching new parts of property

  • ITN Productions – Avis Connected

  • News UK – The Times and Sunday Times Unquiet Film Series

  • Now – GossipCam

  • The Guardian – Off the Page

  • VICE – The Islamic State

Event of the year

  • Condé Nast – Brides The Show

  • Econsultancy – The Festival of Marketing

  • EMAP – Health Service Journal Awards

  • Mumsnet – Blogfest 2014

  • The Drum – The Drum Live

  • Time Inc – Livingetc House Tours Plus

  • Trinity Mirror – 'Pride of..' Event Series

  • TTG Media LTD – The TTG Travel Awards

Media brand of the year

  • BBC Worldwide – BBC Good Food brand

  • Dennis Publishing – Auto Express

  • Emap – Health Service Journal

  • Financial Times – Financial Times

  • heat – heat

  • IDG UK – CIO UK

  • Immediate Media – Radio Times

  • Faversham House – Utility Week

Media company of the year

  • BuzzFeed

  • Centaur Media

  • Dennis Publishing

  • Haymarket Media

  • Immediate Media

  • News UK

  • The Guardian

  • VICE

 

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