BBC News takes eight awards at RTS Journalism Awards
BBC News and
Current Affairs programmes won eight awards at last nights
Royal Television Society Journalism awards in recognition of its
international, national and regional reporting.
Richard Sambrook,
Director of BBC News, said: "To take half of all the awards
against such strong competition is a fantastic achievement and the
range of winners shows BBC journalism thriving at every level -
locally, nationally and globally. They are a tribute to both the
recipients and to everyone who goes the extra mile to make our journalism
special."
The
BBCs 10 Oclock News took the International News Award
for John Simpson's "March into Kabul" with the BBC Weekend
News winning the Home News Award for the Oldham Riots. BBC News
also won the News Event Award for its coverage of the fall of Kabul.
BBC
ONEs current affairs flagship programme Panorama won the Home
Current Affairs Award for Michael Cricks Jeffrey Archer: A
Life of Lies.
Newsnights
Jeremy Paxman was named Presenter of the Year.
And
Andrew Marr won the Specialist Journalism Award for his work on
BBC ONEs Ten Oclock News.
BBC
South West won the Regional Current Affairs Award for Close Up -
Forever Fifteen, and BBC Londons Tim Samuels won the Young
Journalist of the Year Award.
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