Television Journalism Awards 1998

RTS Television Journalism Awards

Current Affairs - Home

Winner: Dispatches - Inside the ALF, David Monaghan Productions for Channel 4
Nominee: Joe Public - Congregation, Pendragon Productions for Channel 4
Nominee: Panorama - Bent, BBC News

Current Affairs - International

Winner: Correspondent Special - The Serbs' Last Stand, BBC News
Nominee: Panorama - When Good Men Do Nothing, BBC News
Nominee: Dispatches - Saddam's Secret Time Bomb, Roberts & Wykeham Films for Channel 4

Interview

Winner: Lunchtime News - Dermot Murnaghan Interviews Peter Mandelson, ITN News for ITV
Nominee: Jonathan Dimbleby Interviews Clare Short, LWT
Nominee: Panorama - The Spy's Story, The Plot to Kill Gadaffi, BBC News

Judges' Award

Winner: World in Action, Granada Television

News - Home

Winner: GMTV - Drumcree: Portadown Divided, Reuters for GMTV
Nominee: Coverage of the Omagh Bomb, BBC News
Nominee: News at Ten - Mandelson Resignation, ITN News for ITV

News - International

Winner: Nine O'Clock News - The Massacre at Drenica, BBC News
Nominee: Nine O'Clock News - Niger Delta Explosion, BBC News
Nominee: News at Ten - Heroin Trade, ITN News for ITV

News Event

Winner: Good Friday Agreement, BBC News
Nominee: Strikes Against Iraq & The Impeachment Hearings, CNN
Nominee: Omagh Bombing, Sky News

Production

Winner: Resources Location Facilities: Live Broadcasts from The Gulf, BBC News
Nominee: The State of Israel, First Circle Films & Israel Goldvicht for Channel 4
Nominee: Omagh, Reuters for GMTV

Programme of the Year

Winner: News at Ten, ITN News for ITV
Nominee: Nine O'Clock News, BBC News
Nominee: Live at Five, Sky News

Regional Current Affairs

Winner: Frontline Scotland - The Ghost of Piper Alpha, TV6 Production for BBC Scotland
Nominee: Week In Week Out - What's Your Poison?, BBC Wales
Nominee: UTV Live Insight - Punishment Beatings, Ulster Television

Regional Daily News Magazine

Winner: London Tonight, London News Network for Carlton Television
Nominee: North East Tonight with Mike Neville, Tyne Tees Television
Nominee: BBC Wales Today, BBC Wales

Specialist Journalism

Winner: Just Television, Channel 4
Nominee: Michael Brunson: ITN News, ITV
Nominee: Science Unit: Channel 4 News, ITN News for Channel 4

Television Journalist

Winner: David Loyn: BBC News
Nominee: Bill Neely: ITN News, ITV
Nominee: Matt Frei: BBC News

Television Technician

Winner: Nikki Millard: BBC News
Nominee: Desmond Wright: Reuters
Nominee: Robert Waweru: Reuters

Young Journalist

Winner: Peter Lane: 5 News, ITN
Nominee: Gabriel Range: ITN, Mentorn Barraclough Carey
Nominee: Emma Hurd: Sky News

 

Winners