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RTS announces nominations for Television Journalism Awards 2018

06/02/2018

Innovation in VR and 360-degree video receive nods

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Coverage of the Grenfell Tower fire dominates the nominations for the RTS Journalism Awards 2018.

Sky News and Good Morning Britain have both been nominated for the Breaking News award for their coverage of the fire alongside Skys work on the Manchester terror attack.

Programmes in the running for the News Coverage Home award are the Victoria Derbyshire Programme for its reporting on Football Abuse Revelations, BBC News' Knife and Gun Crime Uncovered, and BBC Newsnight on The Grenfell Tower Fire.

Victoria Derbyshire Programme receives a nomination in the Interview of the Year category for its football abuse revelations. It is nominated alongside Emily Maitlis' interview with Theresa May for Newsnight - Grenfell and A Nolan Show Investigation: The Arlene Foster and Jonathan Bell Interviews.

News Channel of the Year award will once again be contested by BBC News Channel, CNN International and Sky News, while the Daily News Programme of the Year will go to either ITV News at Ten, Victoria Derbyshire Programme or BBC News at Ten.

Nominees for the News Technology are NHS Tracker - BBC News, CNN VR and Innovative Use of 360 Video During Ground Combat in Mosul by The Associated Press.

The awards ceremony will take place on Wednesday 28th February at the London Hilton, Park Lane.

The full list of nominations are:

Breaking News

Grenfell Tower Fire Sky News

Manchester Terror Attack Sky News

Good Morning Britain - Grenfell Tower Fire ITV Studios Daytime for ITV

Camera Operator of the Year

Mstyslav Chernov - The Associated Press

Olivier Sarbil - Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4

Antonio Denti - Reuters World News Service Reuters Video News

Current Affairs - Home

Grenfell Tower: The 21st Floor - BBC Newsnight BBC Two

Primodus: The Secret Drugs Scandal Sky News

Undercover: Britains Immigration Secrets - Panorama BBC Panorama for BBC One

Current Affairs - International

North Korea: Murder in the Family - This World BBC Current Affairs for BBC Two

Syrias Disappeared: The Case Against Assad Channel 4 Dispatches Afshar Films for Channel 4

The Rohingya Crisis: The Tula Toli Massacre - Newsnight BBC Two

Daily News Programme of the Year

ITV News at Ten ITN for ITV

Victoria Derbyshire Programme BBC Two

BBC News at Ten BBC News for BBC One

Interview of the Year

Victoria Derbyshire Programme - Football Abuse Revelations BBC Two

Newsnight - Grenfell: Emily Maitlis interviews Theresa May BBC Two

A Nolan Show Investigation: The Arlene Foster and Jonathan Bell Interviews BBC One Northern Ireland

Nations and Regions Current Affairs

BBC Scotland Investigates - Humans for Sale BBC Scotland for BBC One Scotland

Inside Out - An Inside Out Special: Operation Sanctuary BBC News English Regions for BBC One NE & Cumbria

The Hunt for Classroom Extremists BBC News English Regions for BBC One (West Midlands)

Nations and Regions News

Meridian Tonight - Camber Sands ITV Meridian News for ITV

Granada Reports - Manchester Arena Bomb ITV Granada for ITV

ITV News London: Grenfell Tower ITN for ITV News

Nations and Regions Presenter of the Year

Mark Carruthers Political Programmes BBC One Northern Ireland

Nina Hossain - ITV News London ITN for ITV News

Roger Johnson - BBC North West Tonight BBC North West for BBC One

Network Presenter of the Year

Victoria Derbyshire - Victoria Derbyshire Programme BBC Two

Julie Etchingham - ITV News & Current Affairs ITN for ITV

Andrew Neil - BBC News for BBC One and BBC Two

News Channel of the Year

BBC News Channel

CNN International

Sky News

News Coverage - Home

Victoria Derbyshire Programme - Football Abuse Revelations BBC for BBC Two

Knife and Gun Crime Uncovered - BBC News BBC News for BBC One

The Grenfell Tower Fire - BBC Newsnight BBC Two

News Coverage - International

Rohingya Crisis - Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4 News

The Demise of ISIS - ITV News ITN for ITV

Yemen - BBC News BBC News for BBC One

News Technology

NHS Tracker - BBC News BBC News for BBC

CNN VR CNN International

Innovative Use of 360 Video During Ground Combat in Mosul The Associated Press

Scoop of the Year

Rohingya Refugee Crisis Sky News

Libya Slave Market CNN International

Priti Patel Resignation BBC News for BBC One

Specialist Journalist of the Year

Chris Cook - BBC Newsnight BBC Two

Jason Farrell Sky News

Michael Crick - Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4

Television Journalist of the Year

Jonathan Miller - Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4

Orla Guerin - BBC News BBC News for BBC One

Stuart Ramsay Sky News

The Independent Award

Battle for Mosul - Channel 4 News Nine Finger Productions for Channel 4

Dispatches - Undercover: Britains Cheap Clothes Blakeway Productions for Channel 4

Unreported World: Africas Perfect Storm Quicksilver Media for Channel 4

Young Talent of the Year

Nawal Al-Maghafi BBC News for BBC One

Ashley John-Baptiste - Victoria Derbyshire Programme BBC Two and BBC News

Helen-Ann Smith Sky News
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