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Alan Formby-Jackson
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Location: Evening Gazette, Middlesbrough, UK
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Fri Mar 18, 2005 3:23 am
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The red tops come out on top.
Dominic Ponsford reports from pressgazette.co.uk
| Quote: | News International-owned tabloids swept the board at the British Press Awards as the News of the World was named Newspaper of the Year for the first time.
The NoW also picked up the prizes for Scoop of the Year and Young Reporter of the Year. The Sun\'s haul of five trophies also included the prizes for best reporter and front page.
The judging panel of regional, national and broadcast editors is understood to have been unanimous in its decision to give the top prize to the NoW recognising a prodigious run of scoops for the paper in 2004. These included breaking news of sexual affairs involving football manager Sven Goran Eriksson, Home Secretary David Blunkett and footballer David Beckham - the last of which was named scoop of the year.
NoW editor Andy Coulson said afterwards: "I'm just really pleased for this lot [the staff] they've worked bloody hard. Our job's a pretty simple one, that's to break great stories.
"I think we had a great spread of stories - a great sports story with Sven, a great political story with Blunkett and a good old-fashioned tabloid scoop with Beckham."
Veteran Sun political editor Trevor Kavanagh was named reporter of the year and his story "Hutton Report Leaked" was named best front page. He put the secret of his success down to "pure luck and enjoyment of the job". |
http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/?t=article&l=news_international_red_tops_sweep_the_board_at_british_press_awards |
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