Susan Black, Liverpool FC Communications Director, presents All Together NOW! founder and editor Tom Dowling, seated, and other finalists with their awards
All Together NOW! gained another top accolade last night at a glittering O2 North West Media Awards ceremony, held at Chester Racecourse
Judges congratulated the free charity newspaper on its 11th anniversary and “for continuing to provide an essential communications platform for those with disabilities.
“The fact that half of Britain’s 11 million disabled people are not connected to the internet shows just how valuable this bright, well designed newspaper is to its readership.
“The panel endorsed the comments made (by Sir Bert Massie) about the publication which said:
“This is much more than a newspaper – it is the key that opens a thousand doors.”
All Together NOW! editor Tom Dowling said: “This is another fantastic boost for our small team – and a fitting tribute to our loyal partners who firmly believe in our work.
“In these days when hundreds of newspapers are closing all across the UK, it’s almost unbelievable that we are still around.
“Trying to keep a free charity newspaper going is incredibly tough – but the combined effort to stay afloat is so vital.
“All Together NOW! is the only paper of its kind in the UK that’s helping huge numbers of people affected by ill health and disability. We have half a million readers, but we could easily double that very quickly – if we had the resources.
“What we have been able to achieve over these past 11 years has only been possible to the tremendous and ongoping support we get from people at The Morgan Foundation, United Utilities, Park Group, Liverpool Community Health Trust, and both Merseyside and Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Services.
“But we now urgently need to attract more support. If we can do that, there is no telling how many more people will benefit from the paper.”
All Together NOW! was Highly Commended in the Specialist Publication of the Year category, won by the Liverpool Echo’s Hillsborough supplement.
O2 Media Awards North West 2016 Roll of Honour
Broadcast Presenter of the Year
Mick Coyle – Radio City
Highly Commended
Mike Hall – ITV News Granada Reports
Lucy Meacock – ITV News Granada Reports
Community Journalism Award
Michelle Livesey – Key 103
Highly Commended
Sarah Collins – 2BR
Westmorland Gazette
Daily Newspaper of the Year
Liverpool Echo
Highly Commended
Daily Post
News & Star
Lancashire Evening Post
Team of the Year (Broadcast)
BBC Radio Merseyside
Highly Commended
BBC Radio Cumbria
2 BR
Team of the Year (Print)
Lancashire Evening Post
Highly Commended
Liverpool Echo
Crewe Chronicle
Feature Writer of the Year
Richard Ault – The Sentinel Stoke
Highly Commended
Aasma Day – Lancashire Evening Post
Roger Lytollis – The Cumberland News
Free Distribution Newspaper
Midweek Visiter
Highly Commended
Tarporley News
Southport Champion
On-Line Media Award
ITV News Granada Reports
Highly Commended
Liverpool Echo (What’s On)
Warrington Guardian
Liverpool Echo (Hillsborough)
News Reporter of the Year (Print)
Phil Coleman – Cumberland News
Highly Commended
Catherine Musgrove – Lancashire Evening Post
Aasma Day – Lancashire Evening Post
Todd Fitzgerald – Manchester Evening News
News Reporter of the Year (Broadcast)
Rob Smith – ITV News Granada Reports
Highly Commended
Ben Schofield – BBC North West Tonight / BBC Radio Merseyside
Matt O’Donoghue – ITV News Granada Reports
Images of the Year
Peter Byrne – Press Association
Highly Commended
Darren Robinson – Oldham Chronicle
Ian Cooper – Liverpool Echo
Colin Lane – Trinity Mirror
Radio Journalist of the Year
Michelle Livesey – Key 103
Highly Commended
Adam Phillips – Radio City
Richard Stead – BBC Radio Manchester
Emma Thomas – BBC Radio Stoke
Scoop of the Year
Tom Davidson – Daily Post
Highly Commended
Ben Schofield – BBC North West Tonight / BBC Radio Merseyside
Ken Bennett – Oldham Chronicle
Dale Haslam – Bolton News
Specialist Publication of the Year
Liverpool Echo – Hillsborough
Highly Commended
All Together Now
The Sentinel Stoke – The Way We Were
Tameside Reporter – School Newspapers
Best Website (Joint winners)
Liverpool Echo
Lancashire Telegraph
Highly Commended
North West Evening Mail
Southport Visiter
Specialist Reporter
Aasma Day – Lancashire Evening Post
Highly Commended
Joe Thomas – Liverpool Echo
Andy Gill – BBC North West Tonight
Stefanie Hall – Lancashire Evening Post
Sports Journalist
Jon Colman – News & Star
Highly Commended
Mike Hall – ITV News Granada Reports
Chris Hall – ITV News Granada Reports
Dave Powell – Chester Chronicle
Television Journalist
Clare Fallon – BBC North West Tonight
Highly Commended
Arif Ansari – BBC North West Tonight
Dan Hewitt – ITV News Granada Reports
Matt O’Donoghue – ITV News Granada Reports
Weekly Newspaper Reporter
Oliver Clay – Runcorn Weekly News
Highly Commended
Lee Wild – Tameside Reporter
Dale Haslam – The Bolton News
Rachel Howarth – Knutsford & Northwich Guardians
Weekly Newspaper of the Year
Cumberland News
Highly Commended
Workington Times & Star
Tameside Reporter
Cumberland & Westmorland Herald
Crewe Chronicle
Magazine of the Year
CN Magazines – Cumbria Life
Highly Commended
Westmorland Gazette – Limited Edition
Oldham Chronicle – Oldham Business Edge
CN Magazines – Carlisle Living
Young Journalist
Sam Yarwood – Manchester Evening News
Highly Commended
Todd Fitzgerald – Manchester Evening News
Sarah Hodgson – Daily Post
Josh Parry – Liverpool Echo
Jonathan Robinson – North West Evening Mail
O2 Stand Out Award
Bill Jacobs – Lancashire Telegraph
Highly Commended
Tom Murphy – Westmorland Gazette
Dianne Gibbons – The Sentinel Stoke
Jim Sharpe – Southport Champion
O2 Lifetime Achievement Awards
Eric Langton – Trinity Mirror
Steve Becker – BBC Radio Lancashire
