BBC Scotland’s political correspondent, Glenn Campbell, is among the Scots nominated for prizes at awards celebrating the best of journalism on television.
He has been nominated in the ‘Scoop of the year’ category in the Television Journalism Awards, being hosted by the Royal Television Society. It was for breaking the story that Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, was to be released from jail – more than a week before it was announced by the Scottish Government.
The BBC Scotland Investigations team has also been nominated in the ‘Nations and regions’ category, for the best news and current affairs documentary – for Mark Daly’s 60-minute film on the Glasgow terror attack: ‘Inside Scotland’s Terror Cell’.
The awards ceremony takes place on the 24th of this month.
The shortlist reads:
Camera operator of the year
Dai Baker – Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4 News
Raul Gallego Abellan – Associated Press Television News Associated Press
Fred Scott- BBC News BBC News for BBC
Current affairs – Home
Panorama: What Happened to Baby P? BBC Current Affairs for BBC One
Stockwell ITV Studios for ITV1
Dispatches: Rape and the City Wall to Wall for Channel 4
Current affairs – International
Dispatches: Pakistan’s Taliban Generation October Films for Channel 4
This World: Gypsy Child Thieves BBC Current Affairs for BBC Two
Dispatches: Terror in Mumbai Quicksilver Media for Channel 4
Innovative news
The winner will be announced at the awards ceremony
Nations and regions current affairs
Inside Out South West – Vanessa George BBC South West
BBC Scotland Investigates – Inside Scotland’s Terror Cell – BBC Scotland
Spotlight – Stem Cell Tourists BBC Northern Ireland
Nations and regions news coverage
Meridian Tonight (South) – Justice for Hannah ITV Meridian
The West Country Tonight – Remembering Harry ITV West
UTV Live Tonight – The Ryan Report – UTV
News channel of the year
Al Jazeera English
CNN International
Sky News
News coverage – Home
G20 Policing ITN for Channel 4 News
Gurkha Rights BBC News for BBC
Threats and Murders BBC Newsline for BBC Northern Ireland
News coverage – International
Pakistan: Terror’s Frontline Sky News
Operation Panther’s Claw ITN for ITV News
Iranian Election BBC News for BBC
News programme of the year
BBC News at Ten BBC News for BBC One
Channel 4 News (19:00 Edition) ITN for Channel 4 News
ITV News at Ten ITN for ITV News
Presenter of the year
David Dimbleby BBC
Julie Etchingham – ITV News ITN for ITV News
Krishnan Guru-Murthy – Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4 News
Scoop of the year
Release of the Lockerbie Bomber BBC Scotland
Sir Fred Goodwin’s Pension BBC News for BBC One
Vanessa George BBC South West & BBC News
Specialist journalist
Jason Farrell – Five News Sky News Production for Five News
Joey Jones Sky News
Paul Kenyon – Panorama BBC Current Affairs for BBC One
Television journalist of the year
Alex Crawford Sky News
Ian Pannell – BBC News BBC News for BBC
Angus Walker – ITV News ITN for ITV News
The independent award
Mehran Bozorgnia – Afghan Life Crumbles Despite Foreign Aid Channel 4 News
Jamal Osman – Somalia: UN World Food Programme: Theft and Corruption
SMI Production for Channel 4 News
Stephen Grey – Dispatches: Afghanistan – Mission Impossible?
Blakeway Productions for Channel 4
Young journalist of the year
Rohit Kachroo – ITV News ITN for ITV News
Tamanna Rahman – Panorama BBC Current Affairs for BBC One
Tom Rayner Sky News
Judges’ award
The winner will be announced at the awards ceremony
Lifetime Achievement Award
The winner will be announced at the awards ceremony
