The shortlist for the 2022 Journalists’ Charity Wales Media Awards www.walesmediaawards.co.uk has been announced.
The Wales Media Awards are organised on behalf of the Journalists’ Charity by Spencer David with the support of headline sponsor Camelot. Other sponsors are Cardiff University, Celf Creative, Cleartech Live, Cowshed, ITV Cymru Wales, Mercure Holland House Hotel, Cardiff Natasha Hirst Photography, National Union of Journalists, NUJ Training Wales, Openreach, S4C, Spencer David and Welsh Government.
The shortlist (not in order of merit) is:
Magazine of the Year – Sponsored by the Journalists’ Charity
Wales Business Insider
Western Mail Weekend magazine
Barn
Camera Operator of the Year –Sponsored by Celf
Dai Baker – C4 News
Geraint Thomas – BBC Cymru Wales
Tom Brown – BBC Sport Wales
Independent Community Journalism – Sponsored by ITV Cymru Wales
Cwmbran Life
Aberystwyth EGO
Caerphilly Observer
Feature Writer of the Year – Sponsored by S4C
Theo Meredith Davies-Lewis – The National Wales
Ffion Lewis – Wales OnLine
Will Hayward – Wales OnLine & Western Mail
Amanda Powell – Western Mail Weekend Magazine
Columnist of the Year – Sponsored by Mercure Holland House Hotel
Richard Wyn Jones – Barn
Sara Robinson – Western Mail
Sarah John – Western Mail
Will Hayward – Wales OnLine & Western Mail
Photographer of the Year –Sponsored by Natasha Hirst Photography
Joann Randles – Cover Images
Ian Cooper – North Wales Daily Post
Dimitrios Legakis – Athena Picture Agency
Vlog/Blog of the Year –
Ed Gilbert – Gourmet Gorro
Chris Knight – ohwhataknight.co.uk
Newspaper Journalist of the Year
Owens Evans – Daily Post
Philip Dewey – Media Wales
Will Hayward – Wales OnLine & Western Mail
Ffion Lewis – Wales OnLine
Ryan O’Neil – Wales OnLine
Abbie Wightwick – Western Mail
Kelly Williams – Daily Post
Audio News Journalist of the Year – Sponsored by the Journalists’ Charity
Beth Edwards – BBC Radio Wales
Owain Clarke – BBC Radio Wales
Mark Hutchings – BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live
TV Journalist of the Year – Sponsored by Spencer David
Rob Osborne – ITV Cymru Wales
Andy Davies – Channel 4 News
Hannah Thomas – ITV Cymru Wales
Charanpreet Khaira – ITV Cymru Wales
Rhys Williams – BBC Cymru Wales
News Website of the Year – Sponsored by Openreach
Wales OnLine
The National Wales
BBC Cymru Fyw
BBC Wales News OnLine
Daily/Sunday Newspaper of the Year
Sponsored by Cowshed
South Wales Echo
Western Mail
North Wales Daily Post
Weekly Newspaper of the Year
Western Telegraph
Powys County Times
Mid Wales Journal
Specialist Journalist of the Year – Sponsored by Welsh Government
Jenny Rees – BBC Cymru Wales
Hannah Thomas – ITV Cymru Wales
Gwenfair Griffith – BBC Radio Cymru
Mark Smith – Wales OnLine
Political Journalist of the Year
Owain Phillips – ITV Cymru Wales
Will Hayward – Wales OnLine & Western Mail
Laura Clements – Wales OnLine & Western Mail
Ione Wells – BBC Cymru Wales
Audio News & Current Affairs Programme of the Year – Sponsored by Cleartech
BBC Radio Cymru – Dros Frecwast
BBC Radio Wales – Drive with Gareth Lewis
BBC Radio Cymru – Y Bachwyr Swynol
Sports Journalist of the Year
School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University
Chris Wathan – BBC Radio Wales
Simon Thomas – Media Wales
David Owens – Nation Cymru
Tom Coleman – Wales OnLine
Ed Townsend Student Journalist of the Year – Sponsored by National Union of Journalists
Nest Jenkins – Cardiff University CJS News
Jessica Quirin – University of South Wales
Chris Knight – Cardiff Met Sport TV
TV News & Current Affairs Programme of the Year
ITV Cymru Wales – Y Byd ar Bedwar
S4C – Llofruddiaeth Mike O’leary
ITV Cymru Wales – Coronavirus: A Care Home’s Story
Young Journalist of the Year – Sponsored by NUJ Training Wales
Reem Ahmed – Wales OnLine
Joe Robinson – Flintshire & Wrexham Leader
Ffion Lewis – Wales OnLine
Ione Wells – BBC Cymru Wales
The Awards will be presented at a prestigious black tie Ceremony at the Mercure Holland House Hotel, Cardiff, on 25 March 2022 hosted by BBC Cymru Wales presenter Lucy Owen and ITV Cymru Wales’ Jonathan Hill.
The evening is the major Welsh fundraiser for the Journalists’ Charity, which supports working and retired journalists in urgent need with advice, grants and other forms of financial assistance, and will include a sparkling wine reception, three course meal, the presentation of the Awards, and plenty of opportunity for socialising and networking with media colleagues from around Wales with a late bar until 1.00am.
Standard price tickets are just £90 each, and tables for 10 are priced at £875. Entrants shortlisted for the Independent Community News Service of the Year and Ed Townsend Student Journalist of the Year Categories ONLY qualify for ONE ticket per entry at the reduced rate of £58.
Tickets can be obtained from www.walesmediaawards.co.uk/tickets