Judges at the radio journalism awards, presented by Sky News Sunrise presenter Charlotte Hawkins, named Capital FM East Midlands as Best News team, congratulating it for "an outstanding piece of journalism" in its entry piece.
Declan Harvey of the LBC 97.3/Global Newsroom was named Young Journalist of the Year, praised by the judges for the "great attention-grabbing colour-pieces, creative packages and obvious understanding of the importance of multi-platform work, delivered with tremendous panache".
Other winners included Isle of Wight Radio which scooped Best Original News Story for a report on legal highs, Katie Collins of Real Radio North West who was named Reporter of The Year and Paul Lockitt of Key 103 who was awarded the Newsreader of The Year prize.
"The winners represent the very best in radio journalism; in particular they illustrate what commercial radio news teams can achieve from relatively few resources through their flexibility, work-ethic and commitment to listeners," Tim Molloy, IRN managing director said in a release.
"They are the unsung heroes of commercial radio and the reason why the IRN Awards are back after a two year absence, so hearty congratulations to the winners and runners up, commiserations to the other nominees and a huge thank you to everyone who entered."
Radio Today has a selection of audio interviews with the winners of the awards, as well as Hawkins, the chair of judges Andy Ivy and GMG Radio’s James Rea, on its blog.
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