THE Glasgow-based HQ of ‘street newspapers’ sold around the world by people who are experiencing poverty, including homelessness, has secured a nomination in annual awards celebrating the best of online media.
The International Network of Street Papers – which includes The Big Issue magazine in its roster – has been nominated in the Best Specialist Site for Journalists category of the Online Media Awards, which are run by the Carnyx group, publishers of The Drum media and marketing magazine, and which is also based in Glasgow.
Among the nominations, 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 also recognise regional and niche sites such as the Manchester Evening News, Wales Online, Bristol 24/7, Elle.co.uk, Nursing Times and Company Magazine.
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 on the 21st of next month.
The shortlist reads:
Best Brand Development
Emap, for Student Nursing Times
The Times
Best Campaigning / Investigative Journalism
Exaro News
International Business Times UK
Press Gazette
The Sunday Times
The Times
Best Commentary/Blogging
Channel 4 News, for FactCheck
The Huffington Post UK
New Statesman
Reuters Breakingviews
Trinity Mirror Regionals, for Dale Street Associates
The Times
Best Commercial Innovation
Mindful Money
Newsquest South-west London, for School Correspondents
The Times
Best Designed Site
Red Online
The Sunday Times
Thomson Reuters Foundation, for AlertNet – The World’s Humanitarian News Site
The Times, for The Times iPad app
Trinity Mirror Regionals, for WalesOnline
Best Local/Regional News Site
belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Bristol24-7
thebusinessdesk.com/yorkshire/
lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
Leedsstudent.org
thelincolnite.co.uk
liverpoolecho.co.uk
Manchester Evening News
Northcliffe Digital, for www.thisiscornwall.co.uk
southwalesargus.co.uk
walesonline.co.uk
Best National News Site
The Guardian
The Sunday Times
The Times
Best Site for News-led Journalism
BBC News website
Los Angeles Times
The Guardian
Mail Online
New York Times
Sky News
The Sun
The Sunday Times
Telegraph
The Times
Wall St Journal
Washington Post
Best Specialist Site for Journalism
theartsdesk.com
Bloomberg
The Economist
Financial Times
Guardian Datastore
International Network of Street Papers
Nature News & Comment
Press Gazette
Wired
Reuters Breakingviews
Red Online
Best Technical Innovation
The Guardian, for iPad edition
Financial Times, for FT web app
Newsquest South-west London, for Croydon Guardian e-Xtra
The Times, for The Times Word Nerd
Best Twitter Feed
BBC News, for @BBCBreaking
Comic Relief, for @sportrelief
The Guardian, for Paul Lewis @paullewis
Nature Publishing Group, for @NatureNews
Yahoo!, for @YahooOmgUK
The Times, for @timesfashion
The Sunday Times, for @TheSTStyle
Best Use of Crowd Sourcing or Citizen Journalism
BBC News website, for BBC UGC hub for Syria protests
Blottr, for the people powered news service
The Guardian, for Guardian coverage of the England riots
Mindful Money
The Times, for The Times’ Cities Fit for Cycling
Best Use of Photography
The Times
The Sunday Times
Best Use of Social Media
AOL Huffington Post Media Group
Company Magazine
The Guardian
Press Gazette
Metro
South Wales Argus
The Times
Best Video Journalism
BBC News
IOP Publishing, for Physics World
Thomson Reuters Foundation
The Times
The Sunday Times
Digital Writer of the Year
Andrew Pugh, Press Gazette
Murad Ahmed, The Times
Online Editor of the Year
Ananyo Bhattacharya, Chief Online Editor, Nature News & Comment
Carla Buzasi, Editor-in-chief, AOL Huffington Post Media Group
Carrie Tyler, Editor, ELLEuk.com
Dominic Ponsford, Editor, Press Gazette
Gordon Thomson, Editor, The Sunday Times
Jon Bernstein, Deputy Editor, New Statesman
Tom Whitwell, Online Editor, The Times
Steve Herrmann, Editor, BBC News website
