RTS Announces TV Journalism Awards

Last night saw the Royal Television Society (RTS) present awards to the winners of the RTS Television Journalism Awards 2012/2013.
The ceremony was chaired by Richard Sambrook, director of the Centre for Journalism at Cardiff University and a former director of Global News at the BBC. It was hosted by Sian Williams and took place on Wednesday 19 February at the London Hilton, Park Lane.

The winners are as follows:

•Camera Operator of the Year - Darren Conway (DC) BBC News

Nominees:
•Raul Gallego Abellan AP Television News
•Mark Phillips CNN International

•Current Affairs – Home - Dispatches - The Hunt for Britain's Sex Gangs True Vision for Channel 4

Nominees:
•Panorama - Broken By Battle Genie Pictures for BBC One
•Panorama - Hillsborough: How They Buried The Truth BBC Panorama for BBC One

•Current Affairs – International - Dispatches - Syria: Across the Lines Quicksilver Media for Channel 4

•Nominees:
Walking Wounded: Return to the Frontline Minnow Films for Channel 4
Panorama - Mission Accomplished? Secrets of Helmand BBC Panorama for BBC One

•Daily News Programme Of The Year - Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4 News

•Nominees:
ITV News at Ten ITN for ITV News
Channel 5 News at 5pm ITN for Channel 5 News

•Innovative News - Don't Panic: The Truth About Population Wingspan for BBC Two

•Nominees:
Truthloader ITN Productions for YouTube
#Datababy ITN for Channel 4 News

•National Presenter Of The Year - Mark Austin - ITV News at Ten ITN for ITV News

•Nominees:
Krishnan Guru-Murthy - Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4 News
Jon Snow - Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4 News

•Nations and Regions Current Affairs and News Event - BBC Scotland Investigates - Sins of Our Fathers BBC Scotland

•Nominees:
Live and Let Die UTV Insight
Dale Cregan Trial ITV Granada

•Nations and Regions News Programme - BBC East Midlands Today BBC East Midlands

•Nominees:
BBC Newsline BBC Northern Ireland
Calendar ITV Yorkshire

•News Channel of the Year - CNN International

•Nominees:
Sky News
BBC News Channel BBC News for BBC News Channel

•News Coverage - Home - Woolwich Attack ITN for ITV News

•Nominees:
Online Child Abuse ITN for Channel 5 News
Goodbye Margaret Thatcher ITN for Channel 4 News

•News Coverage - International - CNN Coverage of Typhoon Haiyan CNN International

•Nominees:
The Conflict in Syria BBC News for BBC One
Syria - Damascus ITN for ITV News

•Regional Presenter of the Year - Stewart White - BBC Look East – BBC One (East)

•Nominees:
Nina Hossain - ITV News London ITN for ITV London
Alex Lovell - BBC Points West - BBC One (West)

•Scoop of the Year - Woolwich Attack ITN for ITV News

•Nominees:
Dispatches - Plebgate Investigation Blakeway for Channel 4 News
Attack on a Syrian School BBC News/Panorama for BBC One

•Specialist Journalist of the Year - Michael Crick - Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4 News

•Nominees:
Jeremy Bowen - BBC News
Lucy Manning - ITV News ITN for ITV News

•Television Journalist of the Year - Jeremy Bowen - BBC News

•Nominees:
Bill Neely - ITV News ITN for ITV News
Mark Stone Sky News

•The Independent Award - Dispatches - Plebs, Lies and Videotape Blakeway Productions for Channel 4

•Nominees:
Gulnaz Tiger Nest Films for Channel 4 News
The Agony of Aleppo Mettelsiefen Productions for Channel 4 News

•Young Talent of the Year - Peter Smith STV News

•Nominees:
Catrin Nye BBC News
Tom Rayner Sky News

•Judges' Award - Deborah Turness

•Lifetime Achievement Award - Peter Taylor OBE

(IT/JP)