Midlands Media Awards launched with new categories
BIRMINGHAM Press Club has launched its Midlands Media Awards for 2013 with new categories for Blogger of the Year and Best News Website.
And it has been announced that Birmingham Airport will again be the main sponsor for the awards which take place in June.
In a nod to technology, for the first time ever, journalists, photographers and broadcasters throughout the Midlands will be able to submit their entries on-line.
Press Club chairman Ed James said: “The media sector is a fast-moving and rapidly-changing industry and we have acknowledged that by paying due regard to the digital age.”
James, breakfast presenter on Heart FM, added: “The awards evening is the Press Club’s flagship event – and one that is eagerly-awaited by everyone, not just those in the media industry but by our many supporters as well.”
Paul Kehoe, CEO of Birmingham Airport, said: “We’re delighted to be supporting this important Midlands media event for the seventh year. The awards programme has gone from strength to strength and gives the deserved recognition to talent that is so prevalent in our region within the dynamic world of 24 hour news.”
Now in their 12th year, the awards recognise the achievements of journalists and photographers working within the region’s newspapers, magazines, digital platforms, television and radio.
TheBusinesDesk.com contributor John Duckers was joint winner of the Business Journalist of the Year award last year, an award that was won the year before by TheBusinessDesk.com deputy editor Duncan Tift.
