Newscaster of the Year

My Votes for 2006:

Newscaster of the Year: ALASTAIR YATES
News Programme of the Year: CNN TODAY
News Channel of the Year: CNNI
Rising Star: MANISHA TANK
Hard as Nails: LYSE DOUCET
Most Improved Performance: EMMA CROSBY
TV News Moment of the Year: TOSS UP BETWEEN MOIRA'S BREAKFAST FAREWELL AND THE TAXI DRIVER WHO ENDED UP LIVE ON NEWS 25.

My Votes :

Newscaster of the Year: Nicholas Owen
News Programme of the Year: BBC Breakfast
News Channel of the Year: BBC News 24
Rising Star: Jules George
Hard as Nails: James Mates
Most Improved Performance: Kate Silverton
TV News Moment of the Year: Mistaken Identity of the Taxi Driver put on air on News 24

Newscaster of the Year: BILL TURNBULL
News Programme of the Year: NEWS 24 TONIGHT
News Channel of the Year: BBC NEWS 24
Rising Star: JULIA GEORGE
Hard as Nails: DARREN JORDAN
Most Improved Performance: JULIA GEORGE
TV News Moment of the Year: THE TAXI DRIVER WHO ENDED UP LIVE ON NEWS 24.

Newscaster of the Year: 'Big' Al Yates
News Programme of the Year: BBC Breakfast
News Channel of the Year: Sorry - I must say it's BBC News 24
Rising Star: Aaron Heslehurst (He'll be hurt if I dont mention him somewhere! )
Hard as Nails: Jon Sopel (for his coverage of the Paris riots)
Most Improved Performance: Susanna Reid
TV News Moment of the Year: Really difficult to decide on this one - must give it some more thought. I'd quite like it to be a more serious one though, and I'm sure there's one that brought together so many people in one minute....
AH! Yes! Big Moira leaving Breakfast.

Newscaster of the Year: George Alagiah
News Programme of the Year: The 10 O'Clock News
News Channel of the Year: BBC News 24
Rising Star: Emily Maitlis and Carrie Gracie
Hard as Nails: Jonathan Charles
Most Improved Performance: Susanna Reid
TV News Moment of the Year: Israel-Lebanon Conflict (if that can be classed as a 'Moment'!)

Newscaster of the Year: TIM WILCOX
News Programme of the Year: NEWSNIGHT
News Channel of the Year: BBC NEWS 24
Rising Star: LOUSIE MINCHIN
Hard as Nails: DARREN JORDAN
Most Improved Performance: DECLAN CURRY
TV News Moment of the Year: GUY GOMA ON N24

Newscaster of the year: Colin Brazier
News programme of the year: ITV Evening News
News Channel of the year: Sky News
Rising Star: Manisha Tank
Hard as nails: Jeremy Thompson
Most improved performance: Samantha Simmonds
TV News moment of the year: N24 taxi driver mix-up

EDIT: SPELLING AND GRAMMAR

Newscaster of the Year: Jon Snow
News Programme of the Year: Channel 4 News
News Channel of the Year: BBC News 24
Rising Star: Faye Barker
Hard as Nails: Kay Burley
Most Improved Performance: Kate Silverton
TV News Moment of the Year: I suppose it has to be Guy Goma.

Newscaster of the Year: Tim Willcox
News Programme of the Year: News 24 Tonight
News Channel of the Year: BBC News 24
Rising Star: Emily Maitlis, Tony Campion
Hard as Nails: Jon Sopel (Paris riots)
Most Improved Performance: Karin (Business)
TV News Moment of the Year: Tim Willcox in TVC car park doing a live feature/interview in a car, before driving off without seatbelt on )

Newscaster of the Year: Becky Anderson (Commended: Manisha Tank)
News Programme of the Year: Business International (CNN)
News Channel of the Year: CNNI
Rising Star: Faye Barker, or Karin Giannone.
Hard as Nails: Becky Anderson. Again.
Most Improved Performance: Suzanne Virdee
TV News Moment of the Year: Guy Goma.

My own categories:
Newsreading Plank: James Mates
Missing pieces: Leyla Daybelge & Juliette Foster
Best Relaunch: AlJazeera
Business: Manisha Tank
Best couple: Simon McCoy and Kate Silverton

Newscaster of the Year: Jeremy Thompson
News Programme of the Year: ITV's late news
News Channel of the Year: n/a
Rising Star: Phillip Reay-Smith
Hard as Nails: Nicholas Owen
Most Improved Performance: James Mates
TV News Moment of the Year: Nicholas Owen's surprise move to BBC
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Must-Try-Harder Newscasters: Phil Gayle & Romilly Weeks [joint winners]
Absolutely Dreadful Newscaster: Natasha Kaplinsky.

So, overall, ITN has got my vote for this year.

Newscaster of the Year: Huw Edwards
News Programme of the Year: BBC Ten O'clock News
News Channel of the Year: BBC News 24
Rising Star: Louise Minchin & Jon Sopel
Hard as Nails: Jeremy Thompson
Most Improved Performance: Jane Hill or Kate Silverton
TV News Moment of the Year: The birth of the fabulously excellent Storyfix

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Other categories:
Newsreading Plank: George Alagiah or Peter Sissons
Business: Jamie Robertson
Best couple: Louise Minchin & Jon Sopel
Sports: Dan Walker
Best non-news programme on a news channel: Click