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Online Media Awards - nominations announced
The Times, Guardian and Wall Street Journal among the Online Media Awards nominations.
Some of the biggest names in journalism including Mail Online, Channel 4, The Guardian, BBC and Wall Street Journal have been announced among the finalists for this year's Online Media Awards.
The Times leads the way with 15 nominations while The Sunday Times has eight and The Guardian seven, with BBC, Press Gazette, Thomson Reuters and Huffington Post close behind.
While the shortlist features global names such as Yahoo, Washington Post and the New York Times, the awards will also recognise regional and niche sites with the likes of the Manchester Evening News, Wales Online, Bristol 24/7, Elle.co.uk, Nursing Times and Company Magazine competing for awards.
Entries were judged by a 20 strong international panel including Nick Blunden, Global Managing Director and Publisher at The Economist online; Nick Wrenn, VP at CNN International Digital Service; Noel Young, Owner of ReportBoston.com; Bill Hagerty Editor of British Journalism Review; Maria Eftimiades, the former New York Bureau Chief at People magazine; Maggie Hall, former editor/writer for Daily Mirror, Today, the Sunday Mail and in the US and the Enquirer; Paul Linford, Publisher and Editor of HoldtheFrontPage and David Mill, former editor Online Editor of the Daily Record and Sunday Mail, to name a few.
The awards, now in their second year, are organised by The Drum and supported by Press Association, Society of Editors, NUJ and Hold the Front Page.
The winners will be announced at a ceremony at the Emirates Stadium in London on Thursday 21 June.
For more information visit www.onlinemediaawards.net
Best Brand Development
NOMINATION
Emap
For Student Nursing Times
NOMINATION
The Times
Best Campaigning / Investigative Journalism
NOMINATION
Exaro News
NOMINATION
International Business Times UK
NOMINATION
Press Gazette
NOMINATION
The Sunday Times
NOMINATION
The Times
Best Commentary/Blogging
NOMINATION
Channel 4 News
For FactCheck
NOMINATION
The Huffington Post UK
NOMINATION
New Statesman
NOMINATION
Reuters Breakingviews
NOMINATION
Trinity Mirror Regionals
For Dale Street Associates
NOMINATION
The Times
Best Commercial Innovation
NOMINATION
Mindful Money
NOMINATION
Newsquest South west London
For School Correspondents
NOMINATION
The Times
Best Designed site
NOMINATION
Red Online
NOMINATION
The Sunday Times
NOMINATION
Thomson Reuters Foundation
For AlertNet - The World's Humanitarian News Site
NOMINATION
The Times
For The Times iPad app
NOMINATION
Trinity Mirror Regionals
For WalesOnline
Best Local/Regional News Site
NOMINATION
belfasttelegraph.co.uk
NOMINATION
Bristol24-7
NOMINATION
thebusinessdesk.com/yorkshire/
NOMINATION
lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
NOMINATION
Leedsstudent.org
NOMINATION
thelincolnite.co.uk
NOMINATION
liverpoolecho.co.uk
NOMINATION
Manchester Evening News
NOMINATION
Northcliffe Digital
for www.thisiscornwall.co.uk
NOMINATION
southwalesargus.co.uk
NOMINATION
walesonline.co.uk
Best National News Site
NOMINATION
The Guardian
NOMINATION
The Sunday Times
NOMINATION
The Times
Best Site for news-led Journalism
NOMINATION
BBC News website
NOMINATION
Los Angeles Times
NOMINATION
The Guardian
NOMINATION
Mail Online
NOMINATION
New York Times
NOMINATION
Sky News
NOMINATION
The Sun
NOMINATION
The Sunday Times
NOMINATION
Telegraph
NOMINATION
The Times
NOMINATION
Wall St Journal
NOMINATION
Washington Post
Best Specialist Site for Journalism
NOMINATION
theartsdesk.com
NOMINATION
Bloomberg
NOMINATION
The Economist
NOMINATION
Financial Times
NOMINATION
Guardian Datastore
NOMINATION
International Network of Street Papers
NOMINATION
Nature News and comment
NOMINATION
Press Gazette
NOMINATION
Wired
NOMINATION
Reuters Breakingviews
NOMINATION
Red Online
Best Technical Innovation
NOMINATION
The Guardian
For iPad edition
NOMINATION
Financial Times
For FT web app
NOMINATION
Newsquest South west London
For Croydon Guardian e-Xtra
NOMINATION
The Times
For The Times Word Nerd
Best Twitter feed
NOMINATION
BBC News
For @BBCBreaking
NOMINATION
Comic Relief
For @sportrelief
NOMINATION
The Guardian
For Paul Lewis @paullewis
NOMINATION
Nature Publishing Group
For @NatureNews
NOMINATION
Yahoo!
For @YahooOmgUK
NOMINATION
The Times
For @timesfashion
NOMINATION
The Sunday Times
For @TheSTStyle
Best Use of Crowd Sourcing or Citizen Journalism
NOMINATION
BBC News website
For BBC UGC hub for Syria protests
NOMINATION
Blottr
For the people powered news service
NOMINATION
The Guardian
For Guardian coverage of the England riots
NOMINATION
Mindful Money
NOMINATION
The Times
For The Times' Cities Fit for Cycling
Best use of Photography
NOMINATION
The Times
NOMINATION
The Sunday Times
Best Use of Social Media
NOMINATION
AOL Huffington Post Media Group
NOMINATION
Company Magazine
NOMINATION
The Guardian
NOMINATION
Press Gazette
NOMINATION
Metro
NOMINATION
South Wales Argus
NOMINATION
The Times
Best Video Journalism
NOMINATION
BBC News
NOMINATION
IOP Publishing
For Physics World
NOMINATION
Thomson Reuters Foundation
NOMINATION
The Times
NOMINATION
The Sunday Times
Digital Writer of the Year
NOMINATION
Andrew Pugh
Press Gazette
NOMINATION
Murad Ahmed
The Times
Online Editor of the Year
NOMINATION
Ananyo Bhattacharya
Chief Online Editor
Nature News & Comment
NOMINATION
Carla Buzasi
Editor-in-chief
AOL Huffington Post Media Group
NOMINATION
Carrie Tyler
Editor
ELLEuk.com
NOMINATION
Dominic Ponsford
Editor
Press Gazette
NOMINATION
Gordon Thomson
Editor
The Sunday Times
NOMINATION
Jon Bernstein
Deputy Editor
New Statesman
NOMINATION
Tom Whitwell
Online Editor
The Times
NOMINATION
Steve Herrmann
Editor
BBC News website
