RTS Television Journalism Awards 2021

Royal Television Society has unveiled it's nominations for 2021, as below. Because they cover a range of topics and networks, I thought it might be better having a separate thread to discuss.

Winners to be announced 24 February.

https://rts.org.uk/article/nominations-rts-television-journalism-awards-2021-announced

Thoughts?

Breaking News

Coronavirus - Boris Johnson rushed to hospital BBC News for BBC News Channel
London Bridge Attack Sky News
Beirut Blast Al Jazeera English

Camera Operator of the Year

Dan Morgan Sky News
David McIlveen - BBC News at Ten BBC News for BBC One
Natalie Thomas Reuters Video News for Thomson Reuters News

Current Affairs – Home

Hunting the People Smugglers (Exposure) David Modell Productions for ITV
In Cold Blood (Exposure) Darlow Smithson Productions for ITV
Panorama - The Forgotten Frontline BBC Panorama for BBC One

Current Affairs – International

Into the Red Zone Sky News
This World - Italy's Frontline: A Doctor's Diary BBC TV Current Affairs London, Mongoose Pictures & PBS Frontline for BBC Two
BBC News Arabic - The Schools that Chain Boys BBC News Arabic for BBC iPlayer

Daily News Programme of the Year

BBC Breakfast BBC News for BBC One
BBC News at Ten BBC News for BBC One
ITV News at Ten ITN/ITV News for ITV

Digital Award

Being Black At Cambridge BBC News for BBC News Online / BBC iPlayer
Go There - Fear and anxiety in the epicenter of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak CNN
Need To Know - 2019 UK General Election Series ntk.network

Interview of the Year

The Andrew Marr Show - Andrew Marr and the Chinese Ambassador BBC News for BBC One
Channel 4 News - Ciaran Jenkins / Michael Gove ITN for Channel 4
CNN Tonight - Sara Sidner Interviews Minneapolis Police Chief with Floyd Family Live CNN

Nations and Regions Current Affairs

Disclosure: Scotland's Lockdown BBC Scotland for BBC One Scotland
Spotlight - The Killings of the Three Scottish Soldiers BBC Northern Ireland
Unequal Force? A BBC London Special BBC London for BBC One

Nations and Regions News

ITV News Calendar - Jack Charlton Tribute ITV Yorkshire for ITV
Coronavirus in London: Who’s hit the hardest? BBC London for BBC One
ITV News West Country - The toppling of Colston ITV News for ITV

Nations and Regions Presenter of the Year

Hannah Miller - Granada Reports ITV News Granada for ITV
Riz Lateef BBC London for BBC One
Charlene White - ITV News London ITN/ITV News for ITV

Network Presenter of the Year

Clive Myrie - BBC News at 10; BBC News at One; BBC News Channel BBC News for BBC One and BBC News Channel
John King CNN
Victoria Derbyshire BBC News for BBC News Channel, BBC Two & BBC One

News Channel of the Year

BBC News Channel
CNN International
Sky News

News Coverage – Home

Covid and the care home crisis BBC News for BBC One
Covid UK Sky News
The Tavistock's Gender Identity Development Service – Newsnight BBC Two

News Coverage - International

The Death of George Floyd CNN
A Warning from Italy Sky News
Beirut Explosion - ITV News ITN/ITV News for ITV

News Technology

The Trump data leak - Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4
BBC News Online: What Covid-19 means for you BBC News for BBC News Online
Sky News Remote: Life after Lockdown Sky News

Scoop of the Year

Abuse in British Gymnastics – ITV News ITN/ITV News for ITV
Free School Meals BBC Breakfast for BBC One
Inside Italy's Red Zone Sky News

Specialist Journalist of the Year

Gary Gibbon - Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4
Nick Martin Sky News
Victoria Macdonald - Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4

Television Journalist of the Year

Alex Crawford Sky News
Clive Myrie BBC News for BBC News Channel
Robert Moore - ITV News ITN/ITV News for ITV

Young Talent of the Year

Rianna Croxford BBC News for BBC One and BBC News Channel
Fadi Al Halabi - Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4
Renata Brito - Video Journalist The Associated Press

I think it would be nice for CNN's John King and ITV's Charlene White and Robert Moore to win.
They stand out to me. John's (and CNN in general) election coverage was great and Robert's reporting on the insurrection was very good.
I would like to see CNN International win the "channel of the year". Sky and BBC presentation is becoming stale, although there has been some great journalism on all 3 channels.

Special reports from Covid wards by Fergus Walsh, and separately from the States about election issues by Clive Myrie were "sit up and watch" moments on News at Ten for me (as well as Hugh Pym's explainers) so I hope the programme gets recognised.

(I know I dissed the BBC News advert in another thread, but the 10pm news is still an excellent flagship in my view)

The network presenter of the year is interesting, snubbing the big names. If Huw were to ever leave the Ten though I think Clive Myrie would be by far the best choice to take the lead role.

Clive Myrie praising John King.

Very kind. What we do most of all is about truth and trust ... grateful and humbled that @RTS_media judges would nominate me alongside such trusted voices as @CliveMyrieBBC & @vicderbyshire https://t.co/TsWQMByY3y

— John King (@JohnKingCNN) February 1, 2021

Clive inadvertently dissing Victoria there then, although as Clive and John praise each other Victoria has posted a thread of her "best bits".

Sooo happy to be nominated for Network Presenter of the Year at the Royal Television Society’s TV Journalism Awards. Here are some of the bits that went into the the entry expertly put together by @MrRobertTimothy & Mel Parry...

— Victoria Derbyshire (@vicderbyshire) February 1, 2021

What period do these nominations cover?

Not sure. Well hopefully not November and December, when she was stuck in a castle!

As referenced in the Sky News thread, the winners have been announced.