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THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS of Ireland organisation has announced the launch of its new journalism awards.
The is the first national journalism awards initiative launched by the organisation and is for work published in any NNI or NNI local and regional title between 1 September 2010 and 31 August 2011.
The NNI says the awards are “to honour and celebrate the work of the writers who inform, entertain and sometimes provoke Ireland’s 2.9 million newspaper readers”.
There are a number of categories, including:
The judging panel will include Michael Brophy, who is the Chief Executive of Independent News and Media Northern Ireland, PJ Cunningham, former Deputy Editor of the Sunday Tribune and Evening Herald; Aine Hegarthy, Deputy News Editor of the Irish Daily mirror, and Fintan O’Toole, Assistant Editor and columnist with the Irish Times.
Details on how to enter the awards are available here.
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Aofie, if there is a ‘Most Attractive Journalist’ category then you are a shoe in.
Thanks Mad Gerald – it’s fixed now!
Guinness Follower – thankfully there is no such category, ha ha!
Didn’t know there were any real journalists left.
I though that they are all opinionated columnists now!
I’ll have a fiver on susan ryan getting Lovliest Journalist
Entry linkie not working Miss :-)
Shouldn’t there be at least one person representing the readership in the judging panel??
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