Kent Press & Broadcast Awards Results
We received 139 entries for the Kent Press & Broadcast Awards 2020 - not bad during a pandemic! After considering each individual entry, the panel of judges met (via Zoom, obviously) to decide on the results, which are listed below. Due to Covid-19, this year's ceremony was held virtually on Friday 20 November.
Best Use of Digital Media, sponsored by Eurotunnel
Winner - Lizzie Massey, BBC South East
Highly Commended – Stuart Maisner, BBC South East Digital
Finalists
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Andy Robinson, Kent Live
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KentOnline
Kent Magazine of the Year
Winner – 'cene magazine
Highly Commended – The Margate Mercury
Finalists
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Bygone Kent
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Isle Magazine
The Neil Bell Kent Sports Journalist of the Year, supported by Kent Cricket
Winner – Juliette Parkin, BBC South East Today
Highly Commended – Joe Coshan, KMTV
Finalists
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Ben Watts, BBC Radio Kent
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Matthew Panting, KM Media Group
Commitment to the Community, sponsored by Saga
Winner – The Isle of Thanet News
Highly Commended – kmfm – Project Kent
Finalists
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Sevenoaks Sport & Wellbeing Magazine
Kent Design(er) of the Year
Winner – Jonathan Brewer, BBC South East Today
Highly Commended – Jim Lyons, 'cene magazine
Finalists
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Anna Hamer, BBC South East Today
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Dave Hobday, Medway Messenger
Kent Media Innovation of the Year, sponsored by BAE Systems
Winner – Mark Simmonite, KMTV
Highly Commended – James Dunham, ITV Meridian
Finalists
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Jo Burn, BBC Radio Kent
Kent Feature Journalist of the Year (print), sponsored by MHA MacIntyre Hudson
Winner – Jack Dyson, Kentish Gazette
Highly Commended – Lauren MacDougall, Kent Live
Finalists
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Lydia Chantler-Hicks, Kentish Gazette
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Marijke Hall, Thanet Extra
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Mike Gunnill, Bygone Kent
Kent Feature Journalist of the Year (broadcast), sponsored by MHA MacIntyre Hudson
Winner – Claudia Sermbezis, BBC South East Today
Highly Commended – Joe Coshan, KMTV
Finalists
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Piers Hopkirk, BBC South East Today
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Samuel Supple, Inside Out South East
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Yvette Austin, BBC South East Today
Kent Photographer of the Year, sponsored by Brachers
Winner – Andy Jones, freelance
Highly Commended – Lewis Durham, freelance
Finalists
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Andy Aitchison, freelance
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Frank Leppard, freelance
Kent Columnist of the Year
Winner – Jane Wenham-Jones, The Isle of Thanet News
Highly Commended – Mary Harris, Kent and Sussex Courier
Finalists
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Melissa Todd, The Isle of Thanet News
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Seb Reilly, The Isle of Thanet News
Kent Print Journalist of the Year
Winner – Lydia Chantler-Hicks, Kentish Gazette
Highly Commended – Marijke Hall, Thanet Extra
Finalists
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Chloe Holmwood, Sheerness Times Guardian/Sittingbourne News
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Jack Dyson, Kentish Gazette
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Simon Finlay, Downs Mail
Kent Broadcast Journalist of the Year
Winner – Josie Hannett, BBC South East Today
Highly Commended – Sarah Saunders, ITV News Meridian
Finalists
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Yetunde Yusuf, BBC South East Today
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Zoie O'Brien, BBC South East Today
Kent News Website of the Year, sponsored by Port of Dover
Winner – KentOnline
Highly Commended – The Isle of Thanet News
Finalists
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Kent Live
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Shepway Vox
Kent Newspaper of the Year, sponsored by Southeastern
Winner – Kentish Gazette
Highly Commended – Kent Messenger
Finalists
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East Kent Mercury
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The Isle of Thanet News
Kent Programme of the Year, sponsored by Digitom Video Production
Winner – BBC South East Today
Highly Commended – ITV News Meridian
Finalists
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Kent Non-League Podcast
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KMTV – Kent Decides
Kent New Journalist of the Year, sponsored by EKC Group
Winner – Brad Harper, Kentish Gazette
Highly Commended – Megan Carr, Gravesend Messenger / Dartford Messenger / Medway Messenger
Finalists
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Brittany Tijou-Smith, Kent & Sussex Courier Newspaper Series
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Isabelle Miller, Kent Tonight
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Katya Fowler, Kent Tonight
Judges' Special Awards
The Golden Pen Award – Shepway Vox
The Golden Microphone Award – Samuel Supple