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February 9, 2009

RTS journalism awards: The full shortlist

By Press Gazette

Camera operator of the year
Raul Gallego Abellan – Associated Press Television News
Garwen McLuckie – Sky News
Stuart Webb – ITN for Channel 4 News

Current affairs – home
Omagh: What The Police Were Never Told – Panorama – BBC for BBC One
Primark: On the Rack – Panorama – BBC for BBC One
The Secret Peacemaker – BBC for BBC Two

Current affairs – international
Britain’s Most Wanted – This World – Mentorn Media for BBC for BBC Two
Iraq’s Lost Generation – Dispatches – Hardcash for Channel 4 Television
Undercover in Tibet – Dispatches – True Vision for Channel 4 Television

Innovative news
On The Frontline – Afghan Headcams – ITV News
10 Days to War – Newsnight – BBC Newsnight for BBC Two
Unplugged – Sky News

Nations and regions current affairs
A Friend in Need – Focus – ITV Meridian
Meat Hygiene – Week In Week Out Special – BBC Wales
Story of Michael Barnett – Inside Out – BBC Yorkshire

Nations and regions news coverage
Boris’s Deputy – Ray Lewis Investigation – BBC London News
The Darwin Trial – North East Tonight for ITV1
Weston Pier Fire – The West Tonight – ITV West for ITV1

News channel of the year
Al Jazeera English News
BBC News
Sky News

Content from our partners
MHP Group's 30 To Watch awards for young journalists open for entries
How PA Media is helping newspapers make the digital transition
Publishing on the open web is broken, how generative AI could help fix it

News coverage – home
Heathrow Crash – BBC News
Ipswich – Guilty – ITV News
The British Banking Crisis – BBC News

News coverage – international
China – The Earthquake – ITV News
Conflict in the Caucasus – Newsnight – BBC Newsnight for BBC Two
Congo Crisis – ITN for Channel 4 News

News programme of the year
BBC News at Ten – BBC News for BBC One
Five News with Natasha Kaplinsky – Sky News for Five News
News at Ten – ITV News

Presenter of the year
Kay Burley – Sky News
Andrew Neil – BBC News
Jon Snow – ITN for Channel 4 News

Scoop of the year
Canoe Man – Gerard Tubb – Sky News
China – The Moment the Earth Shook – ITV News
HBOS/Lloyds TSB Merger – BBC News Channel

Specialist journalist of the year
Jason Farrell – Sky News for Five News
Faisal Islam – Channel 4 News at Noon – ITN for Channel 4 News
Robert Peston – BBC News

Television journalist of the year
Martin Geissler – Africa Correspondent – ITV News
Emma Hurd – Sky News
Robert Peston – BBC News

Young journalist of the year
Joe Crowley – Inside Out – BBC South
Kate Taunton – ITN for Channel 4 News
Hannah Thomas-Peter – Sky News

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