As the entry deadline draws nearer, at midnight on Friday 23rd March, more jury members are announced to join the judging panel.
These additional members include:
• Mark Coyle, Editor of BBC London 2012 who is leading the editorial development, design, production and management of non-sport Olympic content, including the Olympic torch relay and London Festival 2012
• Liz Vercoe, the former Deputy Editor of the Radio Times.
• Maria Eftimiades, the former New York Bureau Chief at People magazine
• Mark McSherry, former editor/writer for Reuters, South China Morning Post, Bloomberg, Scotsman Publications, Sunday Times Scotland, Glasgow's Sunday Herald and The New Zealand Herald.
• Maggie Hall, former editor/writer for Daily Mirror, for the News of the World, Today, the Sunday Mail and in the US, the Enquirer, the Globe and People magazine.
• Matt Storin, former editor of the Boston Globe and the Chicago Sun-Times.
• Bill Hagerty, former writer and editor of the Daily Mirror, the Sunday Mirror and the People.
• Elaine Whitfield Sharp, journalist and lawyer who founded Michigan Lawyers Weekly, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and Lawyers’ Weekly USA.
These panellists will join those already announced and includes: 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, David Mill, former editor Online Editor of the Daily Record and Sunday Mail, Mark Tipper, Creative Director at Fortune Cookie, Jim Chisholm, Advisor to many of the World's leading news publishing organisations, David Banks, Columnist for Press Gazette, Newcastle Journal and editor of The Clarion, Paul Linford, Publisher and Editor of HoldtheFrontPage and Ron Laytner, Managing Editor at Editinternational
The above panel will review this year’s entries into the 17 categories including Online Editor of the Year, Best Site for news-led Journalism and Best Campaigning / Investigative Journalism.
The awards are open to media owners, online publishers and editors and entries can be made at www.onlinemediaawards.net before the deadline on Friday 23rd March. The winners will be announced at the black-tie gala dinner taking place on Thursday 21st June in the Emirates Stadium in London.
