Economist's John Micklethwait named Editors' Editor at BSME awards

The Economist editor John Micklethwait was named Editors' Editor of the Year at the British Society of Magazine Editors annual awards last night.

Micklethwait fought off competition from Elle editor-in-chief Lorraine Candy and 2009 winner Morgan Rees, editorial director of Men's Health.

Lisa Glancy was named Business Magazine Website Editor of the Year for Emap's cnplus.co.uk, while David Moynihan took the consumer magazine website prize for NME.com, published by IPC Media.

NME picked up three awards on the night with editor Kriss Murison winning the Fiona MacPherson New Consumer Editor of the Year award and Joe Frost named as Art Director of the Year for a consumer weekly or fortnightly magazine.

IPC Media's Wallpaper mag was also a winner for its Handmade issue, which was name as Innovation/Brand-building initiative of the year. Launch of the year went to Lisa Smosarski and ShortList Media for Stylist magazine.

Key award winners are listed below:

Editors of the Year:

Sport, Leisure & Health
Alison Hamlett, Triathlete's World, NatMag-Rodale

Youth Magazines
Annabel Brog, Sugar, Hachette Filipacchi UK

Entertainment & Celebrity Magazines
Dinning, Empire, Bauer Media

Business & Professional Magazines (non-weekly)
Catherine Slessor, The Architectural Review, Emap

Business & Professional Magazines (weekly)
Jane King, Farmers Weekly, Reed Business Information

Special Interest & Hobbies Magazines
Deborah Joseph, Brides, Conde Nast

Newspaper Magazines & Current Affairs Magazines
Merope Mills, Guardian Weekend, Guardian Media Group

Men's Magazines
Morgan Rees, Men's Health, NatMag-Rodale

Women's Magazines (weekly or fortnightly)
Jane Bruton, Grazia, Bauer Media

Women's Magazines (monthly or less frequent)
Lorraine Candy, Elle, Hachette Filipacchi UK

Customer Magazines (consumer readership)
Tom Stainer, BEER, Think Publishing

Customer Magazines (business readership)
Kenny MacIver, I, Redwood

Lifestyle Magazines
Tim de Lisle, Intelligent Life, The Economist Group

Consumer Magazine Website Editor Of The Year
David Moynihan, NME.COM, IPC Media

Business Magazine Website Editor Of The Year
Lisa Glancy, cnplus.co.uk, Emap

Launch Of The Year
Lisa Smosarski, Stylist, ShortList Media

The Fiona Macpherson New Business Editor Of The Year
Peter Guest, This is Africa, the Financial Times

The Fiona Macpherson New Consumer Editor Of The Year
Krissi Murison, NME, IPC Media

2010 BSME Editors' Editor Of The Year Award
John Micklethwait, the Economist, the Economist Group

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