Nominations announced for the RTS Television Journalism Awards 2024

Nominations announced for the RTS Television Journalism Awards 2024

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By RTS,
Wednesday, 31st January 2024

The nominations have been announced for the RTS Television Journalism Awards 2024, in partnership with Wolftech and Dataminr. 

The prestigious awards ceremony will take place on 28th February 2024, hosted by Good Morning Britain’s Susanna Reid at the London Hilton on Park Lane.

Across the 20 competitive categories, ITV leads the way with 16 nominations, receiving two nods in multiple categories including Nations and Regions News and News Coverage – Home. The BBC closely follows with 13 nominations, dominating the Nations and Regions Factual categories receiving all three nods.

Sky will head to the awards ceremony with 11 nominations, one of which is for the Scoop of the Year category alongside Channel 4 and ITV. In the coveted News Channel of the Year category, Sky News, Al Jazeera English and the BBC News Channel will compete for the award.

Celebrating creativity and excellence in journalism for both news and current affairs, the awards also recognise the Emerging Young Talent of the Year, for which the 2024 nominations are Yousef Hammash for Channel 4 News, Joshua Stokes for Granada Reports ITV and Ruben Reuter for Channel 4 News.

Adrian Wells, Chair of the RTS Television Journalism Awards, said: ‘’It has been an extraordinary year for broadcast journalism and the RTS is looking forward to recognising the achievements of the media industry in the United Kingdom.  Journalists have excelled in bringing attention to important issues and events across the UK and also internationally where conflict has tragically defined the year.’’

Find out more about the awards here.

Please see below the full list of nominations:

Breaking News

  • Turkey-Syria Earthquake Sky News
  • Hamas-Israel War - CNN International CNN Worldwide
  • Opening shots: The Gaza War Reuters

Camera Operator of the Year

  • Fadi Shana Reuters
  • Olivia Prutz Sky News
  • Mstyslav Chernov The Associated Press

Current Affairs - Home

  • Russell Brand: In Plain Sight - Dispatches Hardcash Productions for Channel 4
  • Catching My Rapist - Exposure Bite Films for ITV1
  • A Time to Die - Exposure True Vision for ITV1

Current Affairs - International

  • The Grave - Exposure Studio 9 Films for ITV1
  • Inside Russia: Traitors & Heroes - Storyville BBC World Service with Ronachan Films for BBC Four
  • Rescue Mission Gaza - Witness Al Jazeera English

Emerging Young Talent of the Year

  • Yousef Hammash - Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4
  • Joshua Stokes - Summerland The Forgotten Disaster - Granada Reports ITV News Granada for ITV1
  • Ruben Reuter - Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4

Innovation Award

  • Westminster Accounts - Sky News & Tortoise Media
  • 5G Private Network at the Coronation - BBC News BBC News/BBC R and D/Neutral Wireless for BBC News Channel
  • BBC Verify - BBC News BBC News for BBC One, BBC News channel and BBC social media

Nations and Regions Factual

  • Welsh Rugby Under the Spotlight - Wales Investigates BBC Wales for BBC One Wales
  • The Dog Dealers - Disclosure BBC Scotland for BBC One Scotland
  • I Spy - Spotlight BBC Northern Ireland for BBC One Northern Ireland

Nations and Regions News

  • STV News at Six (North) - STV News for STV
  • The Nottingham Attacks - ITV News Central (East) ITV News Central for ITV1
  • Who Cares For The Carers? - ITV News Meridian ITV News Meridian for ITV1

Nations and Regions Reporter of the Year

  • Jonathan Brown - Knife Crime Investigation - ITV News Calendar ITV Yorkshire for ITV1
  • Gareth Wilkinson - UTV Live UTV
  • Antoine Allen - ITV News London ITN/ITV News for ITV1

Network Daily News Programme of the Year

  • Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4
  • News at Ten ITN/ITV News for ITV1
  • BBC News at Ten BBC News for BBC One

Network Interview of the Year

  • Harry: The Interview - Stand alone ITN Productions for ITV1
  • Christiane Amanpour interviews Siamak Namazi CNN Worldwide
  • BBC's Lucy Williamson interviews Andrew Tate - BBC News BBC News for BBC One

Network Presenter of the Year

  • Susanna Reid - Good Morning Britain ITV Studios for ITV1
  • Laura Kuenssberg - Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg Laura Kuenssberg: State of Chaos BBC News for BBC One and BBC Two
  • Matt Frei - Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4

Network Television Journalist of the Year

  • Paul Brand - ITV News ITN/ITV News for ITV1/ITVX
  • Secunder Kermani - Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4
  • Orla Guerin - BBC News BBC News for BBC One

News Channel of the Year

  • Sky News
  • Al Jazeera English
  • BBC News Channel

News Coverage - Home

  • Lucy Letby: Catching a Child Killer - ITV News ITN/ITV News for ITV1/ITVX
  • Nowhere to Go: Britain's Homeless Emergency - ITV News ITN/ITV News for ITV1
  • Challenging Police Culture - Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4 News

News Coverage - International

  • Myanmar: Hidden War Sky News
  • War in Ukraine: Hope, Death and Defiance - BBC News BBC News for BBC
  • One
  • Israel-Gaza War - BBC News BBC News for BBC One and BBC News Channel

On-Demand Journalism

  • Stealing Ukraine's Children: Inside Russia's Camps - VICE News VICE UK - YouTube/VICE News
  • Endometriosis: My Search For A Cure - Off Limits Sky News
  • Adrift - APNews.com The Associated Press

Political Journalist of the Year

  • Colin Mackay STV News for STV
  • Sam Coates, Deputy Political Editor Sky News
  • Beth Rigby, Political Editor Sky News

Scoop of the Year

  • Dr Ravi Jayaram - The Doctor Who Caught a Killer - ITV News ITN/ITV News for ITV1/ITVX
  • Russell Brand: In Plain Sight - Dispatches Hardcash Productions for Channel 4
  • Baby Formula: A Hidden Crisis Sky News

Specialist Journalist of the Year

  • Jason Farrell, Home Editor Sky News
  • Daniel Hewitt ITV News ITN/ITV News for ITV1
  • Nick Martin, People & Politics Correspondent Sky News

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The nominations have been announced for the RTS Television Journalism Awards 2024, in partnership with Wolftech and Dataminr.