Reporting
Scotland judged "best regional television news programme in
Europe"
BBC
Scotland's flagship news programme, Reporting Scotland, has been
judged the best regional television news programme in Europe at
the prestigious Prix Circom Regional 2002 awards.
Reporting
Scotland beat off competition from almost 400 entries from 38 European
countries to win the television news category. The runners-up were
Central News at Six (Carlton Broadcasting, UK) and Objective (TVP
Bailystock, Poland).
Representatives
from Reporting Scotland will pick up the award at a televised ceremony
marking the 20th Prix Circom Regional Conference on the evening
of Tuesday 28 May.
Programme
Editor Diarmid O'Hara and Producer Jonathan Milne will travel to
Kosice, Slovakia for the 2002 Conference where they will be presented
with a trophy, a certificate and a cheque in recognition of their
tremendous success.
BBC
Scotlands Head of News and Current Affairs, Blair Jenkins,
said: "To
be judged best in Europe is a terrific endorsement of the quality
of the programme and is a great tribute to the creativity and hard
work of Diarmid and the Reporting Scotland team over the last year."
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