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Bastiat Prize fund increases to £43,000
This year's journalism prize launched with an increased prize fund of $70,000 (£43,000) as it celebrates its 10th anniversary
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 21/06/11Red wins consumer magazine award at PPAs
Red's publisher Hachette Filipacchi scored three awards on the night, just behind TSL Education with four wins
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 16/06/11British journalists take joint win in European cancer reporting awards
Times science editor Mark Henderson and freelance health reporter Victoria Lambert will both receive a prize of €7,500
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 14/06/11Times digital subs product wins Launch prize at AOP awards
Judges called News International's digital subscription product "a gutsy move, uniting the whole company together in a single vision, resulting in a beautiful end product"
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 10/06/11Digital and mobile categories introduced for 2011 WAN-IFRA young reader awards
The World Young Reader Prizes, run by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, recognise news outlets reaching out to young people
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 06/06/11Egyptian and Lebanese journalists win Samir Kassir press freedom awards
Lebanese journalist Habib Battah who took second prize in the European Union award's first year, was one of the winners
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 03/06/11Guardian correspondent wins Amnesty award for Egyptian uprisings coverage
Jack Shenker won the Gaby Rado Memorial Award for his reports from Egypt, including details of his own arrest
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 25/05/11Newspaper Awards 2011: Guardian takes home digital prizes for website and datablog
Newspaper won Best Use of New Media for its datablog and Digital News Service of the Year for guardian.co.uk
Posted by Joel Gunter on 25/05/11Jenni Russell wins 2011 Orwell Prize for Journalism
Russell was praised by judges of the political journalism prize for her 'overriding humanity' and 'empathy for the world beyond Westminster'
Posted by Joel Gunter on 17/05/11Evening Standard named Daily Newspaper of the Year at London Press Awards
Standard took home two awards at the event and the Sunday Times won Scoop of the Year for its report on FIFA
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 11/05/11Amnesty announces shortlist for 20th annual Media Awards
The UK's Bureau of Investigative Journalism has been shortlisted in the Digital Media category for its coverage of the Iraq War Logs
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 04/05/11European Commission launches 2011 Lorenzo Natali Prize
The prize is awarded for excellence in written, radio and TV journalism on the theme of development, democracy and human rights across the world
Posted by Joel Gunter on 03/05/11Imprisoned Iranian journalist named laureate of UNESCO press freedom prize
Golden Pen Award winner Ahmad Zeidabadi has been made laureate of the UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize while serving a six-year prison sentence
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 08/04/11Regional Press Awards shortlists extended in response to quality of entries
More than 750 entries were submitted to the awards, with seven shortlists lengthened to spare 'impossible' decision of choosing six
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Marketing, sales and circulation roles will be recognised in the PTC New Talent Awards alongside editorial
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 29/06/11