The Society of Editors says: Entries will open on Monday December 20. There will be 25 categories of awards including the re-introduction of the Front Page of the Year award and the Newspaper of the Year will be chosen on achievements during the year across all platforms – print and online.
Staff and freelance journalists can submit entries so long as their work has appeared in a British national newspaper or on its related digital platforms during 2010.
All entries must be made online. Full instructions and entry details are available now at www.pressawards.org.uk where journalists and their editors can register their intention to submit entries.
The closing date for entries is Monday 24 January 2011. A shortlist will be announced on Friday 25 February 2011.
The awards will culminate with the glittering gala dinner at the Savoy hotel on Tuesday April 5, 2011, at what was the original home of Fleet Street awards. There will be a limited number of guests reflecting the industry’s desire for a more exclusive gathering than in recent years. Further details of the awards dinner will be provided in the New Year.
‘The Press Awards’ are organised on behalf of the industry by the Society of Editors. Proceeds will help to fund the Journalists’ Charity and the Society of Editors’ campaigning for press freedom.
The awards will include the Cudlipp Award, organised by the British Journalism Review that recognises excellence in popular journalism and the Journalists’ Charity’s special award. They remain the most rigorously judged journalism awards.
The judging process involves independent figures from across the industry and representatives of all the UK national titles.
The judging will be chaired by Society of Editors executive director Bob Satchwell (pictured) who reports regularly to a forum of UK newspaper publishers, chaired by Jonathan Grun of the Press Association and representatives of the Journalists’ Charity and the NPA.
