The virtual celebrations were hosted by Mishal Husain, Presenter, BBC Radio 4 and BBC News at Ten.

This year, the ‘Judges’ Award’ was given to all the technical teams in recognition of the ingenuity, innovation and speed they demonstrated this year to keep journalism on the air.

In individual awards, the BBC led the way, taking home nine wins across the 19 categories including ‘Scoop of the Year’ for BBC Breakfast’s Free School Meals, as well as ‘Interview of the Year’ for The Andrew Marr Show’s interview with the Chinese Ambassador, which the jury described as “a masterclass in technique, gutsy and went for the jugular”. ITV News at Ten took home the 'Daily News Programme of the Year' award, and ‘Television Journalist of the Year’ was awarded to Clive Myrie, BBC News, as well as ‘Network Presenter of the Year’ for his versatile, measured and compelling style.

Sky News garnered five awards this evening, receiving ‘News Channel of the Year’, as well as John Ryley being recognised with the prestigious ‘Outstanding Contribution Award’ for his impressive 30-year career, working for many of the UK’s major broadcasters throughout his tenure and effecting genuine change in the industry.

Chair of the Awards, Simon Bucks, said: “This has been an incredibly challenging year for all journalists and news organisations. Despite the difficulties of covering the Covid-19 pandemic, all the broadcasters who enter these awards have distinguished themselves with some remarkable coverage and every one of the nominees would have been a worthy winner.  Moreover, many of them were not about the Coronavirus, but a range of other important stories which in any normal year would have dominated the agenda. I congratulate them all.”

“I am also immensely proud that despite all the constraints the RTS has managed to run the Television Journalism Awards so successfully.”

See the full list of winners and nominees here.

Watch the awards below:

WINNERS

Breaking News

WINNER - Beirut Blast Al Jazeera English

Nominees:

• Coronavirus - Boris Johnson rushed to hospital BBC News for BBC News Channel
• London Bridge Attack Sky News

 

Camera Operator of the Year - David McIlveen

WINNER - BBC News at Ten BBC News for BBC One

Nominees:

• Dan Morgan Sky News
• Natalie Thomas Reuters Video News for Thomson Reuters News

 

Current Affairs – Home

WINNER - Panorama - The Forgotten Frontline BBC Panorama for BBC One

Nominees:

• Hunting the People Smugglers (Exposure) David Modell Productions for ITV
• In Cold Blood (Exposure) Darlow Smithson Productions for ITV

 

Current Affairs – International

WINNER - BBC News Arabic - The Schools that Chain Boys BBC News Arabic for BBC iPlayer

Nominees:

• Into the Red Zone Sky News
• This World - Italy's Frontline: A Doctor's Diary BBC TV Current Affairs London, Mongoose Pictures & PBS Frontline for BBC Two

 

Daily News Programme of the Year

WINNER - ITV News at Ten ITN / ITV News for ITV

Nominees:

• BBC Breakfast BBC News for BBC One
• BBC News at Ten BBC News for BBC One

 

Digital Award

WINNER - Need To Know - 2019 UK General Election Series Seth Goolnik & Warren Nettleford ntk.network

Nominees:

• Being Black At Cambridge BBC News for BBC News Online / BBC iPlayer
• Go There - Fear and anxiety in the epicenter of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak CNN

 

Interview of the Year

WINNER - Andrew Marr and the Chinese Ambassador - The Andrew Marr Show BBC News for BBC One

Nominees:

• Channel 4 News - Ciaran Jenkins / Michael Gove ITN for Channel 4
• CNN Tonight - Sara Sidner Interviews Minneapolis Police Chief with Floyd Family Live CNN

 

Nations and Regions Current Affairs

WINNER - Unequal Force? A BBC London Special BBC London for BBC One

Nominees: 

• Disclosure: Scotland's Lockdown BBC Scotland for BBC One Scotland
• Spotlight - The Killings of the Three Scottish Soldiers BBC Northern Ireland

 

Nations and Regions News

WINNER - Coronavirus in London: Who’s hit the hardest? BBC London for BBC One

Nominees:

• ITV News Calendar - Jack Charlton Tribute ITV Yorkshire for ITV
• ITV News West Country - The toppling of Colston ITV West Country for ITV

 

Nations and Regions Presenter of the Year

WINNER - Hannah Miller - Granada Reports ITV News Granada for ITV

Nominees:

• Riz Lateef BBC London for BBC One
• Charlene White - ITV News London ITN / ITV News for ITV

 

Network Presenter of the Year

WINNER - Clive Myrie - BBC News at Ten; BBC News at One; BBC News Channel BBC News for BBC One and BBC News Channel

Nominees:

• John King CNN
• Victoria Derbyshire BBC News for BBC News Channel, BBC Two & BBC One

 

News Channel of the Year

WINNER - Sky News

Nominees:

• BBC News Channel   
• CNN International      

 

News Coverage – Home

WINNER - Covid UK Sky News

Nominees:

• Covid and the care home crisis BBC News for BBC One
• The Tavistock's Gender Identity Development Service – Newsnight BBC Two

 

News Coverage – International

WINNER - A Warning from Italy Sky News

Nominees:

• The Death of George Floyd CNN
• Beirut Explosion - ITV News ITN / ITV News for ITV

 

News Technology

WINNER - The Trump data leak - Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4

Nominees:

• BBC News Online: What Covid-19 means for you BBC News for BBC News Online
• Sky News Remote: Life after Lockdown Sky News

 

Scoop of the Year

WINNER - Free School Meals BBC Breakfast for BBC One

Nominees:

• Abuse in British Gymnastics – ITV News ITN / ITV News for ITV
• Inside Italy's Red Zone Sky News

 

Specialist Journalist of the Year

WINNER - Nick Martin Sky News

Nominees:

• Gary Gibbon - Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4
• Victoria Macdonald - Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4

 

Television Journalist of the Year

WINNER - Clive Myrie BBC News for BBC News Channel

Nominees:

• Alex Crawford Sky News
• Robert Moore - ITV News ITN / ITV News for ITV

 

Young Talent of the Year

WINNER - Renata Brito - Video Journalist The Associated Press

Nominees:

• Rianna Croxford BBC News for BBC One and BBC News Channel
• Fadi Al Halabi - Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4

 

Judges’ Award

WINNER - Technical Teams

“The pandemic and lockdown forced the industry to devise new ways of content gathering, and in the frontline were hundreds of colleagues – the technical and engineering teams - whose contributions are rarely recognised in these awards.

They not only had to innovate at speed, often they were the only people who routinely had to go to work despite the personal risks.

As one juror said pithily “they kept journalism on the air.””

Outstanding Contribution

WINNER - John Ryley, Sky News

“The Outstanding Contribution award goes to a journalist who really has done what it says on the tin – effected genuine change in our business.  I have witnessed it first-hand over 30 years. He has worked for all three of the major UK broadcasters.  His style is innovative, idiosyncratic. 

His integrity, influence and authority, colossal.”