Royal Television Society announces Journalism Award nominations
FEBRUARY 8, 2023 11.54 EUROPE/LONDON BY BROADBAND TV NEWS CORRESPONDENT

Al Jazeera English, BBC News and Sky News are all in the running for the RTS News Channel of the Year award.

The Royal Television Society has published the shortlist for the RTS Television Journalism Awards 2023.

The awards celebrate creativity and excellence in journalism across the 20 competitive categories. The BBC leads the way with 26 nominations, followed by ITV with 14 and Sky News with nine.

New for this year is the Political Journalist of the Year category, for which Paul Brand and Anushka Asthana have been nominated for ITV1, along with Beth Rigby for Sky News.

Replacing the Digital Award, the Innovation Award and On Demand Journalism category saw a range of high-quality and informative submissions. The Innovation Award includes nominations for Ros Atkins On…Explainers for BBC News, BBC News: Undercover Voters for BBC Newsnight and Here’s The Story for ITV News Digital.

Ukraine Front Line Medics for BBC News, Should I Tell You I’m Trans? Disclosure for BBC iPlayer and The Saudi Prince: How Dangerous is MBS? for The Economist on YouTube all received nods for the On-Demand Journalism category.

Simon Bucks, Chair of the RTS Television Journalism Awards, said: “The quality of the entries this year was the highest I can remember, a reflection of an immense and challenging twelve months for all news providers. There were so many huge and important stories, covered across the board with dedication, integrity, skill and enterprise. The result was a wide range of first-class entries, any one of which would be a brilliant winner in its category, further highlighting that the Television Journalism Awards remain the Gold Standard in outstanding video journalism.”

The awards ceremony will take place on March 1, 2023 at the London Hilton on Park Lane and will be hosted by Dan Walker, 5 News.

Full list of nominees:
Breaking News

Liz Truss Resigns – BBC News for BBC News Channel
Death of HM the Queen – BBC News for BBC One
Russian Invasion of Ukraine – CNN International
Camera Operator of the Year

Darren Conway, DC, BBC News for BBC One
Natalie Thomas – Reuters
Mstyslav Chernov – The Associated Press
Current Affairs – Home

Abuse of Power – Tim Westwood – BBC News & BBC Current Affairs for BBC Three
The Post Office Scandal – Panorama BBC Current Affairs for BBC One
The Crossing – Exposure DM Documentary Productions for ITV1
Current Affairs – International

Under Poisoned Skies – BBC World News BBC News Arabic Investigations for BBC News Arabic
Mariupol – The People’s Story – Panorama Top Hat Productions / Hayloft Productions for BBC One
Afghanistan – No Country For Women – Exposure Quicksilver Media for ITV1
Innovation Award

Ros Atkins On… Explainers – BBC for BBC News Channel, BBC World News, BBC News at Six & Ten
BBC News: Undercover Voters – BBC Newsnight – BBC News for BBC One / BBC Two / BBC World & BBC News Channel
Here’s The Story – ITV News Digital – ITN / ITV News for ITV News digital / ITV1
Nations and Regions Factual

Spotlight – The Babymaker Uncovered – BBC NI for BBC One Northern Ireland
The Great Ferries Scandal – Disclosure BBC Scotland for BBC One Scotland
The Hidden World of Football – BBC Wales Investigates BBC Wales for BBC One Wales
Nations and Regions News

The East Kent Hospitals Baby Scandal – ITV Meridian East *– ITV Meridian for ITV
Manchester Arena Inquiry – Emergency Response – Granada Reports – ITV News for ITV
Dying On The Streets: News Special – UTV Live UTV
Nations and Regions Reporter of the Year

Colin Campbell – BBC South East Today – BBC South East for BBC One
Rags Martel – ITV London News – ITN / ITV News for ITV1
Amy Welch – ITV News Granada Reports – ITV Granada for ITV
Network Daily News Programme of the Year

BBC News at Ten – BBC News for BBC One
Channel 4 News – ITN for Channel 4
Sky News at Ten – Sky News
Network Interview of the Year

Lukashenko Rosenberg – BBC News for BBC News Channel
Jason Farrell interviews Leona Whitworth – Sky News
Beth Rigby Interviews Prime Minister Boris Johnson – Sky News
Network Presenter of the Year

Clive Myrie – BBC News for BBC One
Huw Edwards – BBC News for BBC One
Susanna Reid – Good Morning Britain ITV Studios for ITV1
Network Television Journalist of the Year

Jeremy Bowen – BBC News for BBC One
Paul Brand – ITN / ITV News for ITV1
Stuart Ramsay – Sky News
News Channel of the Year

Al Jazeera English
BBC News Channel
Sky News
News Coverage – Home

NHS On The Brink – Newsnight – BBC News for BBC Two
Partygate – ITV News – ITN / ITV News for ITV1
Violence Against Women and Girls – Sky News
News Coverage – International

War in Ukraine – BBC News for BBC One
Ukraine: On The Frontline – Sky News
20 Days in Mariupol – The Associated Press
On-Demand Journalism

Ukraine Front Line Medics – BBC News for BBC
Should I Tell You I’m Trans? Disclosure – iPlayer Shorts – BBC Scotland for BBC iPlayer
The Saudi Prince: How Dangerous is MBS? – The Economist – Economist Films for YouTube
Political Journalist of the Year

Paul Brand – ITV News – ITN / ITV News for ITV1
Anushka Asthana – ITV News – ITN / ITV News for ITV1
Beth Rigby *– Sky News
Scoop of the Year

Pincher: What the PM Knew – BBC News for BBC
Partygate – ITV News – ITN / ITV News for ITV1
20 Days in Mariupol – The Associated Press
Specialist Journalist of the Year

Michael Buchanan – BBC News for BBC One
Paraic O’Brien – The Refugee and Migrant Crises Channel 4 News – ITN for Channel 4
Dan Rivers – War Crimes – ITV News ITN / ITV News for ITV1
Young Talent of the Year

Marianna Spring, Disinformation and Social Media Correspondent – BBC News for BBC One and BBC Two
Inzamam Rashid – Sky News
Vasilisa Stepanenko, Ukraine War – The Associated Press