WINNERS OF WHAT THE PAPERS SAY AWARDS IN BRITAIN
December 23rd 2007 01:30
The Financial Times has been named newspaper of the year at the What the Papers Say awards, after being praised by the judges as a "truly 21st century newspaper."
It was commended for its coverage of stories such as the global credit crunch and the Northern Rock crisis.
The full list of winners is:
Feature writer of the year
Quentin Letts; Daily Mail
Sports writer of the year
James Lawton, the Independent
Showbiz writer of the year
Cartoonist of the year
Stan McMurtry (Mac), Daily Mail
Photographer of the year
Pictures of soldiers in Afghanistan; Peter Jordan, the Sun
Reporter of the year
Stephen Wright, Daily Mail
Foreign correspondent of the year
Dispatches from Zimbabwe and Pakistan; Christina Lamb of the Sunday Times
Gerald Barry award for lifetime achievement
Alan Watkins, whose career stretches back 47 years including stints at the Sunday Express, the Spectator, the New Statesman and the Observer.
Scoop of the year
‘Friendly’ fire in Iraq killed British soldier Matty Hull; Tom Newton Dunn, the Sun
Columnist of the year
Alice Miles, the Times.
Judges' award
David Leigh and Rob Evans, the Guardian
Newspaper of the year
- From MediaBlab
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