YOUR FREE All Together NOW! charity newspaper has been shortlisted in the Specialist Publication of the Year category of the O2 North West Media Awards.
It is the third time in four years All Together NOW! has been shortlisted for the prestigious award.
Other finalists in the category are: The Liverpool Echo’s Hillsborough supplement; The Sentinel’s ‘The Way We Were’ supplement; and Tameside Reporter’s School Newspapers
Nicola Green, Director of Communications and Reputation at O2 UK, said: “Selecting the shortlisted nominees this year was particularly difficult as the standards were so high.
“The presentation evening will be a celebration of some superb journalism and a reminder of how important the regional media is to local communities.”
All Together NOW! is supported by The Morgan Foundation, Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children, United Utilities, Park Group, Liverpool Community Health Trust, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, and Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service.
O2 Media Awards North West 2016 finalists
Specialist Publication of the Year
The Sentinel – The Way We Were
All Together NOW!
Liverpool Echo – Hillsborough
Tameside Reporter – School Newspapers
Broadcast Presenter of the Year
Mick Coyle – Radio City
Mike Hall – Granada Reports
Lucy Meacock – Granada Reports
Community Journalism Award
Michelle Livesey – Key 103
Sarah Collins – 2BR
Westmorland Gazette
Daily Newspaper of the Year
Daily Post
News & Star
Liverpool Echo
Lancashire Evening Post
Team of the Year (Broadcast)
BBC Radio Cumbria
BBC Radio Merseyside
2 BR
Team of the Year (Print)
Lancashire Evening Post
Liverpool Echo
Crewe Chronicle
Feature Writer of the Year
Richard Ault – The Sentinel Stoke
Aasma Day – Lancashire Evening Post
Roger Lytollis – The Cumberland News
Free Distribution Newspaper
Midweek Visiter
Tarporley News
Southport Champion
On-Line Media Award
Liverpool Echo (What’s On)
Warrington Guardian
Liverpool Echo (Hillsborough)
Granada Reports
News Reporter of the Year (Print)
Phil Coleman – Cumberland News
Catherine Musgrove – Lancashire Evening Post
Aasma Day – Lancashire Evening Post
Todd Fitzgerald – Manchester Evening News
News Reporter of the Year (Broadcast)
Rob Smith – ITV Granada Reports
Ben Schofield – BBC North West Tonight / BBC Radio Merseyside
Matt O’Donoghue – ITV Granada Reports
Images of the Year
Darren Robinson – Oldham Chronicle
Ian Cooper – Liverpool Echo
Colin Lane – Trinity Mirror
Peter Byrne – Press Association
Radio Journalist of the Year
Michelle Livesey – Key 103
Adam Phillips – Radio City
Richard Stead – BBC Radio Manchester
Emma Thomas – BBC Radio Stoke
Scoop of the Year
Tom Davidson – Daily Post
Ben Schofield – BBC North West Tonight / BBC Radio Merseyside
Ken Bennett – Oldham Chronicle
Dale Haslam – Bolton News
Best Website
Liverpool Echo
North West Evening Mail
Lancashire Telegraph
Southport Visiter
Specialist Reporter
Aasma Day – Lancashire Evening Post
Joe Thomas – Liverpool Echo
Andy Gill – BBC North West Tonight
Stefanie Hall – Lancashire Evening Post
Sports Journalist
Mike Hall – ITV News Granada Reports
Chris Hall – ITV News Granada Reports
Jon Colman – News & Star
Dave Powell – Chester Chronicle
Television Journalist
Arif Ansari – BBC North West Tonight
Dan Hewitt – ITV News Granada Reports
Matt O’Donoghue – ITV News Granada Reports
Clare Fallon – BBC North West Tonight
Weekly Newspaper Reporter
Lee Wild – Tameside Reporter
Dale Haslam – The Bolton News
Oliver Clay – Runcorn Weekly News
Rachel Howarth – Knutsford & Northwich Guardians
Weekly Newspaper of the Year
Workington Times & Star
Tameside Reporter
Cumberland & Westmorland Herald
Cumberland News
Crewe Chronicle
Magazine of the Year
CN Magazines – Cumbria Life
Westmorland Gazette – Limited Edition
Oldham Chronicle – Oldham Business Edge
CN Magazines – Carlisle Living
Young Journalist
Sam Yarwood – Manchester Evening News
Todd Fitzgerald – Manchester Evening News
Sarah Hodgson – Daily Post
Josh Parry – Liverpool Echo
Jonathan Robinson – North West Evening Mail
O2 Stand Out Award
Tom Murphy – Westmorland Gazette
Bill Jacobs – Lancashire Telegraph
Dianne Gibbons – The Sentinel
Jim Sharpe – Southport Champion
O2 Lifetime Achievement Award
Eric Langton – Trinity Mirror
Steve Becker – BBC Radio Lancashire
Winners will be announced at a gala ceremony at Chester Racecourse on Thursday 10 November.
