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Shortlists revealed for online categories in British Press Awards

Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 15:03

The shortlist for the 2008 British Press Awards was released today.
For the first time, the Awards included a new category of “digital journalist of the year” and a new “website of the year” award.
Digital Journalist of the Year

Sean Smith - The Guardian
Toby Harnden - Daily Telegraph
Daniel Finkelstein - The Times
Declan Walsh - The Guardian
Clancy [...]

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Bloggers’ reaction to the British Press Awards

Thursday, 29 March 2007, 16:57

Here’s a shock: Some right-wing political bloggers have reacted badly to their journalistic bête noir, Polly Toynbee, collecting the gong for columnist of the year. on Monday night.
For the Devil’s Kitchen, this was a sure sign that “everyone else in the MSM is even stupider than Polly herself”.
He went on to claim:
If we needed any [...]

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PA trials new slideshow tool at Press Awards

Tuesday, 27 March 2007, 10:29

Last night, Press Gazette reported the winners of the British Press Awards live on a dedicated blog (on Twitter).
But the most exciting aspects of the project was our first public use of ShowBuilder, a new multimedia slideshow tool being developed by the Press Association and Vexed Digital.
Using the tool, we created audio sideshows to embed [...]

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