FINALISTS ANNOUNCED IN
Kent Press & Broadcast Awards 2020
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
2020 was the year we went virtual...
Due to Covid-19 and lockdown restrictions, we couldn't hold a face-to-face awards ceremony in 2020 so we did it virtually and then presented the winners with their trophies afterwards. The good news is you can watch the ceremony again below.
You can watch the winners receive their trophies in the film below. Thanks to sponsor Digitom Video Production for filming and producing the video under Covid-19 restrictions.