Events and awards news

Nominations for Online Media Awards announced

The Times leads the number of nominations, which also sees a student title and hyperlocal in with a chance of winning awards

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 17/05/12

NCTJ awards introduce student publication prize

The annual Awards for Excellence in Journalism have opened for entry, which aim to 'recognise and reward the best journalism students completing NCTJ-accredited courses' and those less than two years into a job

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 15/05/12

BBC Radio 4 and 5Live celebrate Sony news award wins

Radio 4 won best breaking news coverage, news journalist and interview, while 5Live picked up awards for best speech programme, speech broadcaster and current affairs programme

Posted by Paul McNally on 15/05/12

Channel 4 scoops three gongs at One World Media Awards

Channel 4's investigation, which prompted a call by the UK foreign office for an independent investigation, won the television and documentary awards

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 09/05/12

Daily Mail named London Press Club newspaper of the year

Mail beats Guardian and Times to daily newspaper award, while Sunday Times is named best Sunday title

Posted by Paul McNally on 09/05/12

BBC News, The Daily Beast and Guardian win Webby Awards

BBC News wins the public vote for best news site while the Guardian is recognised for documentary film

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 02/05/12

Data Journalism Awards 2012: 13 UK projects nominated

A total of 58 projects from across the world have been nominated by a pre-jury from more than 300 applications entered for the awards

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 27/04/12

Azerbaijani former editor wins World Press Freedom prize

Former editor-in-chief of Azerbaijani newspapers Eynulla Fatullayev was released from prison last year after international outcry

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 18/04/12

Regional Press Awards shortlist unveiled

Society of Editors announces shortlisted entries across 23 categories

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 17/04/12

Entrepreneurial journalism project opens to entries

The MADE project, run by the University of Central Lancashire, will see 30 journalism entrepreneurs invited to a weekend of business masterclasses

Posted by Tabby Kinder on 17/04/12

PPA awards: Hearst Magazines UK leads consumer shortlist

The Professional Publishers Association unveils its 2012 awards shortlist after receiving more than 700 entries

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 16/04/12

Times, Mail and Guardian compete for LPC award

The Guardian is also shortlisted for scoop of the year for its coverage of the News of the World phone-hacking story

Posted by Paul McNally on 16/04/12

Knight News Challenge announces first-round longlist

The Knight News Challenge publishes details of 50 news innovation proposals that could receive a share of $5m

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 12/04/12

Orwell Prize 2012 Journalism and Blog longlists announced

Guardian journalist Paul Lewis is among those on the Journalism Prize longlist after submitting one day of tweets sent during the London riots

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 28/03/12

Daily Mail is named Newspaper of the Year

The Daily Mail has been named Newspaper of the Year at the Press Awards, with its website the Mail Online also picking up the award for Website of the Year

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 21/03/12