Category: News
Date: 25.02.2005
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The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ won 10 of the 16 awards at the Royal Television Society (RTS)
Television Journalism Awards 2003/2004 last night (Thursday 24 February)
- the biggest success for a single broadcaster since 2000.
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News accolades included News Programme of the Year, Current
Affairs - ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, Current Affairs - International, Specialist Journalism,
News - ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, Young Journalist of the Year and News Event.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ONE's Ten O'Clock News was
named News Programme of the Year and was, in the view of the judges,
"a programme at the top of its form".
The flagship news bulletin also shared the News Event award with Panorama,
for Hilary Andersson's reporting on the Darfur crisis
in Sudan.
Andersson's cameraman for the Darfur coverage, Panorama's Fred
Scott, was named Camera Operator of the Year.
Panorama also took the Current Affairs - ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ award for the investigation
into the Hutton proceedings.
Described by the judging panel as a "tour de force", Panorama
Special - A Fight to the Death was presented by John
Ware, who dedicated the award to the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ commenting that no
other media organisation would have permitted such a programme to be
made.
Panorama also scooped the Specialist Journalism award, with reporter
Sarah Barclay recognised for her "real commitment.
and hunger to uncover new facts" in her examination of premature births.
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Current Affairs team also took the International prize for the
This World - Access to Evil
documentary.
Presented by Olenka Frenkiel, the programme reported
from one of the world's most secretive nations, North Korea, and was
cited as "standing out from the rest" by the RTS judges.
Reporter Alex Millar extended the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Current Affairs
success story when he was named the Young Journalist of the Year for
his work on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ THREE documentaries, including an investigation into
the world of football agents.
Other ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News successes included ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Wales
Today, which received the National and Regional Daily News
Magazine award, and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ TWO's flagship news programme, Newsnight,
which took the News - ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ award.
Newsnight was also joint winner of the Innovation prize, sharing the
award with Guardian Films for the Salam Pax blogging story.
And there were further victories at the RTS London awards where ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
London News won News Story of the Year for the second year
running.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ London's Andrew Winstanley once again picked
up the award for Reporter of the Year.
Helen Boaden, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Director of News, says: "This is our best result
for years. In a very tough year for journalism, we are extremely proud
that the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ has been recognised in this way.
"The comments from the judges demonstrate that our commitment
to high quality, original and independent journalism of integrity and
flair really packed a punch."
