In their third year, The Comment Awards celebrate the work of the finest print and online commentators and their editors over the last twelve months.
The winners of the 15 categories, and the Chair’s Choice award, were announced over a special breakfast at RIBA, London yesterday in front of over 250 guests including the shortlisted candidates, category judges and key opinion formers across media, politics, business, academia and public life.
The ceremony was hosted by social commentator and ei associate Peter York and attended by Harvey Goldsmith CBE, Chair of the judges.
Category judges included Rory Cellan-Jones, Business Correspondent, BBC Economics & Business Unit; Damian Collins MP, MP for Folkestone & Hythe; Howell James CBE, Vice Chairman, Barclays Corporate Affairs; Baroness Oona King, Diversity Executive, Channel 4; Alexandra Shulman OBE, Editor, Vogue.
The ceremony was filmed and will be available on eiTV – www.commentawards.com and www.editorialintelligence.com.
The Comment Awards were held in association with lead partners Barclays and Jaguar Land Rover, as well as the category sponsors as listed below.
The Comment Awards 2011 – Winners
Best Online Comment Site sponsored by Alpine Interactive UK
Winner: Mumsnet
Business Commentator sponsored by Vodafone
Winner: John Gapper, Financial Times
Cultural Commentator
Winner: Simon Kuper, Financial Times
Economics Commentator sponsored by ICAP plc
Winner: Irwin Stelzer, The Sunday Times
Foreign Commentator sponsored by Investcorp
Winner: David Pilling, Financial Times
Independent Blogger
Winner: Sunny Hundal, www.liberalconspiracy.org & www.pickledpolitics.com
Mainstream Media Blogger
Winner: Robert Peston, BBC
Media Commentator sponsored by Vodafone
Winner: Peter Wilby, New Statesman
Political Commentator sponsored by Weber Shandwick
Winner: Daniel Finkelstein, The Times
Sketch Commentator
Winner: Ann Treneman, The Times
Sports Commentator
Winner: Mike Atherton, The Times
Twitter Commentator sponsored by Wardour
Winner: David Aaronovitch, @DAaronovitch
Columnist of the Year sponsored by Chartwell
Winner: Hugo Rifkind, The Times
Best Comment Pages sponsored by the ei Digest
Winner: Financial Times
Commentariat of the Year sponsored by Jaguar Land Rover
Winner: Matthew d’Ancona, The Sunday Telegraph & London Evening Standard
Chair’s Choice chosen by Harvey Goldsmith CBE as Chair of the Judges
Winner: London Evening Standard
