Sports Journalism Awards

[Etienne]

Winners below. Seems a reasonable list, but why oh why is Henry Winter winning awards?

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Live Blog: Tom Fordyce (bbc.co.uk). Highly commended: Rob Smyth (guardian.co.uk).

Cartoonist: Paul Wood (Private Eye). Nick Newman (Sunday Times).

Radio Programme: Test Match Special (BBC). Runner-up: 5Live Sport (BBC).

Feature Writer: Owen Slot (The Times). Highly commended: Donald McRae (The Guardian).

Young Photographer: Andrew Matthews (Press Association). Highly Commended: Scott Heavey (Action Images), Paul Thomas (freelance)

TV Programme: Test match cricket (Sky Sports). Runner-up: Soccer Saturday (Sky Sports).

Regular Blog or Column: Lawrence Booth (dailymail.co.uk). Highly commended: Edward Gorman (timesonline).

Regional Writer: Mike Aitken (freelance). Highly commended: Amanda Little (Cumbrian Newspapers)

News Picture: Eddie Keogh (freelance). Highly commended: Andrew Couldridge (Action Images), Mike Hewitt (Getty Images)

News Reporter: David Conn (The Guardian). Highly commended: Paul Kelso (Daily Telegraph).

Specialist Correspondent: Henry Winter (Daily Telegraph). Highly commended: Michael Atherton (The Times).

Specialist Photographer: Toby Melville (Reuters). Highly commended: Laurence Griffiths (Getty Images), Scott Heavey (Action Images) and Eddie Keogh (freelance)

Young Writer (the Ian Wooldridge Trophy): Oliver Brown (Daily Telegraph). Highly commended: Laura Williamson (Daily Mail).

Sports Story: Paul Kelso (Daily Telegraph - "Bloodgate"). Highly commended: David Conn (The Guardian - "Hillsborough cover up").

Diarist: David Hills (Observer). Highly commended: Charles Sale (Daily Mail).

Betting Writer: Steve Palmer (Racing Post). Highly commended: Derek McGovern (Daily Mirror).

Portfolio: Scott Heavey (Action Images). Highly Commmended: Tom Jenkins (The Guardian and Observer) and Toby Melville (Reuters)

Columnist: Michael Atherton (The Times). Highly commended: Oliver Holt (Daily Mirror).

Internet writer: Kevin Eason (timesonline) and Duncan Mackay (insidethegames)

Interviewer: Donald McRae (The Guardian). Highly commended: Matt Lawton (Daily Mail).

Radio Broadcaster: Jonathan Agnew (BBC). Runner-up: John Inverdale (BBC).

TV Broadcaster: Jeff Stelling (Sky Sports). Runner-up: Clare Balding (BBC).

Picture of the Year: Gareth Copley (Press Association). Highly commended: Andrew Couldridge (Action Images) and Hugh Routledge (freelance)

Team of the Year: Daily Telegraph - The Ashes. Highly commended: Guardian and Observer - The Ashes.

Sports Photographer of the Year: Scott Heavey (Action Images)

Sports Writer of the Year: Michael Atherton (The Times). Runner-up: Paul Hayward (Observer). Third: David Conn (The Guardian).

Doug Gardner Award for services to sports journalism and the SJA: Hugh McIlvanney

[Hofzinser]

Sports Journalism Awards

The other one I'd quibble with is Tom Fordyce. The BBC live blogs are very poor attempts to copy the Guardian, but with only a fraction of the wit.

[Etienne]

Sports Journalism Awards

Oh and Clare Balding? FFS.

[The Exploding Vole]

Sports Journalism Awards

Yes, I find Our Clare utterly unwatchable.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Sports Journalism Awards

Patrick Collins should have got something.

[E10 Rifle]

Sports Journalism Awards

Lawrence Booth's is thoroughly deserved. As, of course, is Conn's.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Sports Journalism Awards

Well said.

Of people not listed, I still enjoy Martin Johnson when I can remember who he works for, and when he's writing about cricket and not rugby.

[ursus arctos]

Sports Journalism Awards

I just wanted to add to my praise of Booth, who was also kind enough too send an autographed copy of one of his books to ursus minor.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Sports Journalism Awards

Some journalists appear just as much full of this luvvy stuff as actors, don't they? It seems peculiar for an industry where skepticism and suspicion might be viewed as positive traits to have an awards ceremony.