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2008 - Newscaster of the Year, Etc....

(December 2008)

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PR
Primetime
Best Programme: ITV Evening News
Best News Channel: Sky News
Best Presenter/Anchor: Katie Derham (ITV News/ITV London)
Most Improved Performer: Geraint Vincent (ITV News)
Hard As Nails: Jeremy Paxman (BBC Newsnight )
Best Weather Presenter: T.Schaf (BBC News)
Best Regional Anchor: Philippa Tomson (ITV Tyne Tees)
Award for sustained perfect delivery after all these years: Mary Nightingale (ITV News)
Slight disappointment(s): Nina Hossain (ITV News), Five News revamp, ITV Lunchtime News
Deserving of a special mention: Mike Neville / Carol Barnes.
MA
Manxy
Best Programme : BBC News at 10
Best News Channel : BBC News
Best Presenter/Anchor : Jon Sopel
Most Improved Performer : Stuart Flinders
Hard as Nails : Jeremy Paxman
Best Weather Presenter : Daniel Corbett.
Best Biz presenter : Juliette Foster.
Best Regional Anchor : Gordon Burns - NWT
Award for still sustained perfect delivery after all these years : Gordon Burns
Slight disappointment : News 24 being renamed BBC News
Deserving of a special mention : Carol Barnes and Bob Friend .
MI
mizzb
Best Programme : ITV News At Ten
Best News Channel : No Award
Best Presenter /Anchor : Andrew Stevens
Most Improved Performance: Julie Etchingham
Hard as Nails : Barbara Plett
Best Weather Presenter : Trai Anfield
Best Regional Anchor : Jemma Woodman
Award for sustained delivery : Jon Snow
Disappointments : ITV News carve ups / Some of Five news' presentation.
Deserving of a special mention : Sir Trevor MacDonald
LR
Lost The Remote
Best Programme : Channel 4 News
Best News Channel : Sky News
Best Presenter/Anchor : Chris Roberts (Sky News)
Most Improved Performer : Mark Austin (ITV News)
Hard as Nails : Jeremy Paxman (BBC Newsnight)
Best Weather Presenter : Francis Wilson (Sky News)
Best Business Presenter : Michael Wilson (Sky News)
Best Regional Anchor : Tim Curtis (Anglia News West)
Award for still sustained perfect delivery after all these years : Tim Curtis (Anglia News West)
Slight disappointment : ITV News at Ten (ITV News)
Deserving of a special mention : Krishnan Guru-Murthy (Channel 4 News)
PE
penguin_kevin
jrothwell97 posted:
Best Business Presenter: The Shouty Australian Man on Breakfast (BBC News)


I think you mean Aaron H. (forgot his full surname) right?

Best Programme: BBC World News America
Best News Channel: BBC WN / AJE (dunno who's better but both are excellent)
Best Presenters: Anjali Rao (CNNI, based in Hong Kong), George Alagiah
Best Presenting Pair : Sian & Bill (Breakfast) / David Eades + Lucy Hockings (BBC WN double-header)
Best Business Presenter: Tanya Beckett
Best Sports Presenter: Adnan Nawaz
Best Weather Presenter: Daniel C., Mari Ramos (CNNI)
Best Improvement: Matt Frei
Award for Fair Coverage: BBC / AJE
Award for Extensive Coverage: CNN (Mumbai / US 2008)
Channels / Programmes needing improvement: AJE (too boring and rigid timetable), CNN (too much CNNUS), Sky News Sunrise (why on the mezz while there's a rotating desk down there?!)
Sustainability after all these years: Alistair Yates
Greatest disappointment: Loss of "24"
Desparately in need of relaunch: CNNI (a whole lotta mess!!)
Worth special mentioning: Sir Trevor McDonald, Ted Koppel
FG
Funky Guy
Best News Reader Geraint Vincent
Best Hunk Geraint Vincent
SH
Showbizguru
I always think the best newsreaders are the ones whose names you can't remember because they happen to think the news they read from an autocue is actually more important than them.
So in that sense anyone from the BBC News Channel will do for me.

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