RTS Television Journalism Awards 2018 – The Results

RTS Awards

The 2018 Royal Television Society Television Journalism Awards will take place tonight at the London Hilton, Park Lane.

BBC News presenter Reeta Chakrabarti will be handing out the awards from around 9pm as the coveted News Channel of the Year award will once again be contested by BBC News Channel, CNN International and Sky News.

The Daily News Programme of the Year will go to either ITV News at Ten, Victoria Derbyshire Programme or BBC News at Ten and Channel 4 News’ Jonathan Miller will battle it out with BBC News’ Orla Guerin and Sky News’ Stuart Ramsay for Television Journalist of the Year.

We will update this page from around 9-9.30pm as the results come in.

The Results – winners in bold

Television Journalist of the Year
Jonathan Miller – Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4
Orla Guerin – BBC News BBC News for BBC One
Stuart Ramsay Sky News

Specialist Journalist of the Year
Chris Cook – BBC Newsnight BBC Two
Jason Farrell Sky News
Michael Crick – Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4

Interview of the Year
Victoria Derbyshire Programme – Football Abuse Revelations BBC Two
Newsnight – Grenfell: Emily Maitlis interviews Theresa May BBC Two
A Nolan Show Investigation: The Arlene Foster and Jonathan Bell Interviews BBC One Northern Ireland

Daily News Programme of the Year
ITV News at Ten ITN for ITV
Victoria Derbyshire Programme BBC Two
BBC News at Ten BBC News for BBC One

Breaking News
Grenfell Tower Fire – Sky News
Manchester Terror Attack – Sky News
Good Morning Britain – Grenfell Tower Fire ITV Studios Daytime for ITV

The Independent Award
Battle for Mosul – Channel 4 News Nine Finger Productions for Channel 4
Dispatches – Undercover: Britain’s Cheap Clothes Blakeway Productions for Channel 4
Unreported World: Africa’s Perfect Storm Quicksilver Media for Channel 4

News Coverage – Home
Victoria Derbyshire Programme – Football Abuse Revelations BBC for BBC Two
Knife and Gun Crime Uncovered – BBC News BBC News for BBC One
The Grenfell Tower Fire – BBC Newsnight BBC Two

News Coverage – International
Rohingya Crisis – Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4 News
The Demise of ISIS – ITV News ITN for ITV
Yemen – BBC News BBC News for BBC One

Young Talent of the Year
Nawal Al-Maghafi BBC News for BBC One
Ashley John-Baptiste – Victoria Derbyshire Programme BBC Two and BBC News
Helen-Ann Smith Sky News

News Technology
NHS Tracker – BBC News BBC News for BBC
CNN VR CNN International
Innovative Use of 360 Video During Ground Combat in Mosul The Associated Press

Camera Operator of the Year
Mstyslav Chernov – The Associated Press
Olivier Sarbil – Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4
Antonio Denti – Reuters World News Service Reuters Video News

Current Affairs – Home
Grenfell Tower: The 21st Floor – BBC Newsnight BBC Two
Primodus: The Secret Drugs Scandal Sky News
Undercover: Britain’s Immigration Secrets – Panorama BBC Panorama for BBC One

Nations and Regions Current Affairs
BBC Scotland Investigates – Humans for Sale BBC Scotland for BBC One Scotland
Inside Out – An Inside Out Special: Operation Sanctuary BBC News English Regions for BBC One NE & Cumbria
The Hunt for Classroom Extremists BBC News English Regions for BBC One (West Midlands)

Current Affairs – International
North Korea: Murder in the Family – This World BBC Current Affairs for BBC Two
Syria’s Disappeared: The Case Against Assad – Channel 4 Dispatches Afshar Films for Channel 4
The Rohingya Crisis: The Tula Toli Massacre – Newsnight BBC Two

Nations and Regions Presenter of the Year
Mark Carruthers – Political Programmes BBC One Northern Ireland
Nina Hossain – ITV News London ITN for ITV News
Roger Johnson – BBC North West Tonight BBC North West for BBC One

Nations and Regions News
Meridian Tonight – Camber Sands ITV Meridian News for ITV
Granada Reports – Manchester Arena Bomb ITV Granada for ITV
ITV News London: Grenfell Tower ITN for ITV News

Scoop of the Year
Rohingya Refugee Crisis Sky News
Libya Slave Market CNN International
Priti Patel Resignation BBC News for BBC One

News Channel of the Year
BBC News Channel
CNN International
Sky News

Network Presenter of the Year
Victoria Derbyshire – Victoria Derbyshire Programme BBC Two
Julie Etchingham – ITV News & Current Affairs ITN for ITV
Andrew Neil – BBC News for BBC One and BBC Two

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