BBC News wins web innovation award for general election coverage

Anthony Thomas and Saeed Kamali Dehgahan, joint winners in the Journalist of the Year category

The BBC News website's UK general election coverage was recognised with a Foreign Press Association Media Awards last night.

The Election 2010 team won the web innovation prize of the General Election Live site, which acted as a hub for live blog, video and news coverage, beating competition from the Guardian's Eyewitness iPad app and Sky News' Fallen Heroes site.

Anthony Thomas and Saeed Kamali Dehgahan, who won the TV Feature/Documentary Award for 'For Neda' about the life and death of Iranian protestor Neda Agha-Soltan, were jointly named as Journalist of the Year.

Channel 4 News took home two FPA Media Awards with Nick Martin winning TV News Story of the Year for 'Mexican Girls' and international editor Lindsey Hilsum taking the environment prize for her report on extraction of essential minerals for low carbon technologies by workers in China.

Winners
TV News Story of the Year
Nick Martin, 'Mexican Girls' (Channel 4 News)

TV Feature/Documentary
Antony Thomas and Saeed Kamali Dehghan, 'For Neda' (Mentorn and HBO)

Radio
Tim Whewell and Keith Morris, 'Crossing Continents: Uganda' (BBC Radio Current Affairs)

Financial/Economic
James Sterngold, 'Who Cares About Another $200 Million' (Bloomberg Businessweek)

Environment
Lindsey Hilsum, 'Rare Earth, China', (Channel 4 News)

Web Innovation
BBC News website Election 2010 team, General Election Live, (BBC News Website)

Sports
Alex Perry, 'Playing the Rebel Game' (TIME)

Travel/Tourism
Horatio Clare, 'Rock of Ages' (Conde Nast Traveller)

Feature Print/Web
Dan McDougall, 'The Return of the Bloody Diamonds' (Live Magazine, Mail on Sunday)

Print & Web News
Ed Crooks, 'BP: Inside Story' (FT Weekend Magazine)

Woman Journalist of the Year
Marie Colvin, 'Swift and Bloody: the Taliban's revenge' (Sunday Times)

FPA Member
Catherine Mayer, 'Here Comes the Junior Partner' (TIME)

Journalist of the Year (Winner of Winners)
Antony Thomas and Saeed Kamali Dehghan, 'For Neda' (Mentorn and HBO)

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