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Thursday 28 April 2016 BAFTA INTRODUCTION and BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORMHP’S OFMARKETING KATE MCDOUGLE World Thursday 28 April 2016 BAFTA MEET THE JUDGES IAN KIRBY Ian is Head of Media at MHP and a former Political Editor of the News of the World. ADAM BATSTONE Adam is MHP’s Head of Digital at MHP and a former Senior Editor at the BBC News website. MHP have been recognising and celebrating the best young talent in UK media since 2012 PETER CAMPBELL and this year’s awards at BAFTA in London Peter is the were a welcome reminder of the fantastic Motor Industry Correspondent new talent within the industry. for Financial Times The 30 to Watch awards have a deserved reputation for and winner of a Gold picking out the young journalists who are making a difference. Award in MHP’s 30 Many of our former winners are becoming household names and to Watch 2013. respected figures in their own right, both in the UK and overseas. I’d like to thank the judging team for their continued enthusiasm EMILY ASHTON and commitment to recognising the hard work of young journalists; Emily is a our clients and guests who nominated journalists and joined us on Senior Political the night - but most of all, thank you to our shortlisted journalists Correspondent for whose work helps make the UK media industry the best in the BuzzFeed News and world. Congratulations to you all. an MHP 30 to Watch 2013 Gold Award INTRODUCTION KATE MCDOUGLE winner. MHP’S DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SOPHY RIDGE Sophy is the Senior Political Correspondent for Sky News and won an MHP 30 to Watch Gold Award in 2012. By Ian Kirby – Head of Media at MHP, former Political Editor of the News of the World MHP’S 30 TO WATCH: BREAKING STORIES AND SHAPING THE FUTURE OF UK MEDIA INTRODUCTION Last month, Piers Morgan told journalists that print newspapers have 20 years “tops” left and instructed us all to “get used to it”. A look at the journalists recognised in these awards suggests Piers may have, uncharacteristically, overstated his argument for comic effect. hile the media that last year’s 30 to Watch have Sophy Ridge of Sky News, Emily Wjournalists use may evolve been promoted over the last Ashton of Buzzfeed and Peter and the places where their stories 12 months. Campbell of the FT. appear may change, there’s no The 30 to Watch are picked Our Gold Award winners doubt the public’s demand for from a long list drawn up by stood out because their stories news is growing all the time. MHP’s 160-strong team of fundamentally led to change – And the people who are breaking communications specialists, change in the reputation of those stories are changing. When who nominate young journalists massive international institutions, I was 24 I joined the Westminster they work with and admire. Our changes to how news is obtained Lobby as the Liverpool Echo’s internal judging panel, which and changes in perceptions political editor. I was 10 years includes former journalists about who should hold senior younger than any of my from The Telegraph, The Mail positions in news organisations. colleagues. Now I would be on Sunday and the BBC, We would like to thank all of regarded as an elder statesman! pick out those who stand the journalists who made the New, enquiring minds are looking out for their fearless and list and we look forward to at stories afresh, challenging innovative journalism. watching them as their careers institutions and innovating all The final 30 to Watch are all deservedly blossom. the time. Rightly so, it’s no longer journalists who are breaking good enough to simply print stories others rush to follow a story in a newspaper. and have become specialists NEW, ENQUIRING At MHP we think the people who in their field. MINDS ARE LOOKING are changing the way the media Finally, we brought together AT STORIES AFRESH, operates need to be properly our judges to choose the Gold CHALLENGING recognised. We’re proud that Award winners. This year the INSTITUTIONS AND these awards give the winners a panel included three former INNOVATING ALL career boost – and hopefully a 30 to Watch Gold winners – pay rise too! Fourteen of THE TIME By Adam Batstone – Head of Digital at MHP, former Senior Editor at the BBC News website BRAVE, CLEVER AND INVENTIVE: 30 TO WATCH GIVES US PLENTY TO CHEER A quick glance down the list of MHP’s 30 To Watch reveals something of a paradox. In many respects everything has changed in the UK media landscape, as influential titles boasting huge audiences continue to emerge as quickly as the digital world changes. But within that fast-moving environment, there are constants which would be easily recognisable to journalists from centuries past. eorge Orwell famously reporting, who are now so The judges were looking for Gworked as a journalist at skilled in using new tools and creativity, tenacity and sheer the BBC before gaining fame techniques to make their hard work. So hats off to Ben as a writer. His novel 1984 work stand out too. Riley-Smith of The Telegraph painted a gloomy picture of for his fearless reporting of the Of course not everything is a world of state-controlled Scottish referendum campaign perfect. Squeezed budgets media and new technology and to Tyrone Francis from ITV mean projects may not get OPINION to limit communication and News who helped put together commissioned and young reduce liberty. But the reality a memorable bulletin on the journalists’ salaries typically do we see in the work of those Paris attacks having arrived in not reflect the level of skills they young journalists whose work a city in turmoil with few need to possess to succeed. we celebrated at BAFTA was resources and even less time. But despite this, the real currency a truer reflection of how is great stories, clever content Our gold winners were new methods are enabling ideas and inventive ways of picked because we felt they significant change in how harnessing technology to had each broken the mould news is gathered and shared. create a compelling narrative. in a significant way. Rossalyn We should be reassured that Warren, of Buzzfeed harnessed So this year’s 30 to Watch there are so many young people the power of WhatsApp to track come from familiar names like committed to carrying on the migrants fleeing Syria and Lee The Times, the BBC and The great tradition of original Price combined wit with old Plymouth Herald but also from style campaigning journalism some less well known titles like to challenge football clubs to The Tab, The Pool and PA’s new cut ticket prices. digital service Snappa. OPINION Larisa Brown joins the small WE SHOULD BE but distinguished list of female correspondents who have REASSURED THAT triumphed in the traditionally THERE ARE SO MANY male-dominated world of YOUNG PEOPLE defence reporting. Darren COMMITTED TO McCaffrey trumped his rivals with his tenacious work around CARRYING ON THE Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow GREAT TRADITION cabinet choices – his work OF ORIGINAL was memorable and revealing REPORTING to anyone who watched Sky News. The judges felt that Simon Murphy’s work for the Mail on Sunday on how charities raise money and George Arbuthnott’s Sunday Times reports on the Fifa scandal were excellent examples of high impact journalism. Congratulations to all our winners and thank you for keeping George Orwell’s vision the stuff of fiction. THE VIRTUAL QUEUES OF APPLICANTS SNAKING FROM THE DOORS OF THE OFFICES OF NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES AND INTERNET PUBLISHERS SHOW NO SIGN OF SHORTENING OPINION THE VIRTUAL QUEUES OF APPLICANTS SNAKING FROM THE DOORS OF THE OFFICES OF NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES AND INTERNET By Peter Campbell – Motor Industry Correspondent for the Financial Times and 30 to Watch judge PUBLISHERS SHOW NO SIGN OF SHORTENING ESTATE AGENTS, BIN MEN AND REPORTERS: THE ENDURING APPEAL OF A CAREER IN JOURNALISM Estate agents and car salesmen may not be in the top flight of the public’s affection, but they can be thankful for one thing – at least they’re not journalists. Yet the virtual queues of applicants snaking from the doors of the offices of newspapers, magazines and internet publishers show no sign of shortening. OPINION t remains remarkable that politician snorting cocaine leads no-one else has, seeing your Ia career that ranks just to being ushered into a national name on the front page – below rubbish collection for newsroom. So those who have there’s nothing else like it. job satisfaction remains so made it in have already scored But who notices? The news oversubscribed. In the year I a major achievement. cycle – which is now hourly or graduated there were 33,000 Even once in, it can be even shorter – moves on. The people leaving university with a intensely frustrating. bottomless well of enthusiasm degree or masters in journalism. that all young journalists Yet the number of graduate I remember driving 400 miles are required to draw on can places available on national across Scotland to speak to sometimes run dry. newspapers could be counted an elderly couple, only to learn on a single pair of hands. that the previous evening they That’s why it’s important had been airlifted to a hospital to recognise those who The explosion of the internet as in Glasgow – where I had left make it – whose slog often a publishing platform has also 12 hours earlier. On another goes unrewarded. Public led to openings that were never occasion, I spent the entire congratulations from a group available before (BuzzFeed was morning knocking on front of senior and experienced still a cat joke directory in the doors of a council estate until journalists is a well-earned year I was scouting for work).
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