Newscaster of the Year - 2010

Best News Programme - WORLD NEWS TODAY WITH ZEINAB BADAWI
Best News Channel - BBC WORLD NEWS
Best News Presenter - ZEINAB BADAWI
Best Regional Presenter - ASAD AHMAD (BBC LONDON NEWS)
Best Regional Programme - BBC WALES TODAY
Best Presenting Team - JON SOPEL AND EMILY MAITLIS
Regional Weather Presenter - WENDY HURRELL (BBC LONDON NEWS)
Most Improved Performer - CHRIS ROGERS
Best Report - CARRIE GRACIE (WHITE HORSE VILLAGE FOR BBC NEWSNIGHT)
Hard as Nails - TIM WILLCOX
Most Outrageous Incident - EVERY TIME JON SOPEL WINDS SOMEONE UP!!!
Biggest Disappointment - MARYAM MOSHIRI (who in all fairness is quite good but she ought to at least look like she's enjoying it!)
Best Theme Music - IMPACT ASIA
Best General Pres. - BBC NEWS GRAPHICS
Sorely missed (but not necessarily deceased!) - (soon to be) JONATHAN CHARLES
OTT Award - OWEN THOMAS
Overall Top of the Pops - THE NEWSNIGHT TEAM
News Story of the Year - CHILE MINERS
Outstanding Contribution to TV News for the Year - TIM WILLCOX IN CHILE

Best News Programme – ITV NEWS AT 6.30
Best News Channel – BBC NEWS (best of a not-so-great bunch.)
Best News Presenter – JULIE ETCHINGHAM
Best Regional Presenter – JOHN MACKAY
Best Regional Programme – STV NEWS AT SIX
Best Weather Presenter – SEAN BATTY
Most Improved Presenter in 2010 – ANDREA BENFIELD
Hard as Nails – JON SOPEL
Over the Top – ALASTAIR STEWART (but we love him for it.)
Biggest Disappointment – ITV NEWS "REALIGNMENT" (1 year on, it looks stale and cold. Theme music is OK, though.)
Best Theme Music – AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (sombre, yet refreshing.)
Best General Pres. (Graphics / Astons / Etc.) – SKY NEWS
Sorely Missed (but not necessarily deceased!) – BEN SHEPHARD (in the mornings - how shallow of me...)
Overall Top of the Pops – ALASTAIR STEWART
TV Forumer of the Year – GAVIN SCOTT (he brings a bit of class to the forums.)
News Story of the Year – THE MINERS/UK ELECTIONS
Outstanding Contribution to TV News for the Year or Special Mention – TIM WILLCOX IN CHILE

Best News Programme – Newsnight
Best News Channel – BBC News for reports; Sky News for live coverage
Best News Presenter – Emily Maitlis
Best Regional Presenter – None
Best Regional Programme – Who watches them?
Best Weather Presenter – Liam Dutton
Most Improved Presenter in 2010 – Laura Kuenssberg
Hard as Nails – Kay Burley
Over the Top – Jon Kay
Biggest Disappointment – ITV News
Best Theme Music – RT
Best General Pres. (Graphics / Astons / Etc.) – Sky News
Sorely Missed (but not necessarily deceased!) – John Suchet
Overall Top of the Pops – Susanna Reid
TV Forumer of the Year - Roger Mellie
News Story of the Year - The General Election
Outstanding Contribution to TV News for the Year- Tim Willcox and Matt Frei in Chile
Special mentions - Paul Mason and Jonathan Beale

Best News Program – Jeff Randall Live
Best News Channel – Sky News
Best News Presenter – Anna Botting
Best Regional Presenter – Suzie Fowler Watt
Best Regional Programme – Look East
Best Weather Presenter – The mighty Tomasz Schafernaker
Most Improved Presenter in 2010 – Jayne Secker
Hard as Nails – Emma Hurd
Over the Top – Glenn Beck
Biggest Disappointment – Loosing Skynews.com. I like 1 hour Jeff Randall, but have Skynews.com as well.
Best Theme Music – Thin crop to select from. Probably BBC World version of the Countdown
Best General Pres. (Graphics / Astons / Etc.) – CNN
Sorely Missed (but not necessarily deceased!) – Chris Roberts, Lisa Burke
Overall Top of the Pops – Jeremy Thompson
TV Forumer of the Year - None of you. Would obviously be Martin Stanford if he was on.
News Story of the Year - The Miners
Best chemistry – Simon McCoy and Carrie Gracie
Pleasant return to our screens – Emma Crosby
Outstanding Contribution to TV News for the Year or Special Mention - Tim Willcox In Chile

Best News Program – Channel 4 News
Best News Channel – BBC News
Best News Presenter – Anna Botting
Best Regional Presenter – Stewart White
Best Regional Programme – Look East
Best Weather Presenter – Rob McElwee
Most Improved Presenter in 2010 – Clive Myrie
Hard as Nails – Alex Crawford
Over the Top – Tomasz Schafernaker
Biggest Disappointment – Sky News relaunch
Best Theme Music – Channel 4 News
Best General Pres. (Graphics / Astons / Etc.) – BBC News
Sorely Missed (but not necessarily deceased!) – Chris Roberts
Overall Top of the Pops – Mark Austin
News Story of the Year - UK General Election
Outstanding Contribution to TV News for the Year or Special Mention - Tim Willcox for Chilean Miners' Rescue coverage.

You've missed the point, you don't make up your own categories, you use the form used by the first poster.

That's a bit prescriptive isn't it?

Yes, but when the votes are calculated it will mean the categories won't correspond.

Not rellay bothered to be honest

You say Mark Austin deserves a special award for being the best journalist on television. Surely that could come under 'overall top of the pops' category. You're A sad individual.

Best News Program – Afternoon Live (as controversial as it may be, it's the one I watch most)
Best News Channel – Sky News
Best News Presenter – Jeremy Paxman
Best Regional Presenter – Lucy Meacock
Best Regional Programme – Wales Today
Best Weather Presenter – Rob McElwee
Most Improved Presenter in 2010 – Lorna Dunkley
Hard as Nails – Jeremy Paxman
Over the Top – Richard Quest - but it's to be expected!
Biggest Disappointment – The loss of CNN's fantastic brand
Best Theme Music – Newsnight/Jeff Randall Live
Best General Pres. (Graphics / Astons / Etc.) – CNN
Sorely Missed (but not necessarily deceased!) – Trevor!
Overall Top of the Pops – Julie Etchingham
News Story of the Year - Wikileaks scandal
Best chemistry – Jon Sopel and Emily Maitlis
Pleasant return to our screens – Julia Somerville
Outstanding Contribution to TV News for the Year or Special Mention - Emma Murphy in Haiti

Best News Program – CNN International: International Desk
Best News Channel – CNN International
Best News Presenter – Zeinab Badawi
Best Regional Presenter – Not gonna lie... don't watch a single bit of regional news.
Best Regional Programme – ^^
Best Weather Presenter – Tomasz Schafanaker!
Most Improved Presenter in 2010 – Emma Crosby really came into her own after GMTV.
Hard as Nails – Lyse Doucet!
Over the Top – Tamsin Lucia Khan! Shut. Up. Woman.
Biggest Disappointment – Kay Burley.
Best Theme Music – Al Jazeera... never tires.
Best General Pres. (Graphics / Astons / Etc.) – Al Jazeera, again
Sorely Missed (but not necessarily deceased!) – Penny Smith!
Overall Top of the Pops – Lyse Doucet for sheer brilliance!
TV Forumer of the Year - Ginofish, for making me feel that i'm not quite as immature as I thought I was.
News Story of the Year - Chilean Miner Rescue.
Outstanding Contribution to TV News for the Year or Special Mention - Definitely our Tim in Chile!