Thursday 28 April 2016 BAFTA INTRODUCTION AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORMHP’S OFMARKETING KATE MCDOUGLE world. Congratulations to you all. whose work helpsmake theUKmediaindustry thebest inthe the night-butmost ofall,thankyou to ourshortlisted journalists our clientsandguests whonominated journalists andjoineduson and commitment to recognising thehard work ofyoung journalists; I’d like to thankthejudgingteam for theircontinued enthusiasm respected figures intheir own right,bothintheUKand overseas. Many ofourformer winnersare becoming householdnamesand picking outtheyoung journalists whoare makingadifference. The 30to Watch awards have adeserved reputation for new talentwithintheindustry. were awelcome reminder ofthefantastic and thisyear’s awards at BAFTA inLondon the best young talentinUKmediasince 2012 MHP have beenrecognising andcelebrating

MEET THEJUDGES ADAM BATSTONE News of theWorld. Political Editor ofthe at MHPandaformer Ian isHeadofMedia IAN KIRBY Award in2012. to Watch Gold won anMHP 30 for Sky News and Correspondent Senior Political Sophy isthe SOPHY RIDGE winner. 2013 GoldAward an MHP30to Watch BuzzFeed News and Correspondent for Senior Political Emily isa EMILY ASHTON to Watch 2013. Award inMHP’s 30 and winnerofaGold for FinancialTimes Correspondent Motor Industry Peter isthe PETER CAMPBELL News Editor at theBBC and aformer Senior of Digitalat MHP Adam isMHP’s Head website. 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). I had the name of a young boy boost to confidence among Still, anyone trying to get a who had been stabbed on a those who are bringing fresh toe in the door faces daunting street corner. blood to an industry that many odds. A lucky break – being wrongly believe is dying. Any illusions of standing in front in the right place at the right of the Houses of Parliament Seeing the incredible standard time – can provide the launch opining to TV cameras faded being set by journalism’s pad for a career. But for many pretty fast. Sometimes you do youngest recruits gives me there is no lucky break, no catch the wild goose and when it great hope for its future. magic moment when being the comes together – getting a story only person to witness a senior  I WAS THRILLED TO WIN A GOLD AWARD! Rossalyn Warren

FIND WHAT YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT AND REALLY DIG INTO IT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. Jessica Hamzelou ON THE NIGHT

I HAD A LOVELY TIME AND WAS THRILLED TO GET AN AWARD! Tara Mulholland BE AN ABSOLUTE NUISANCE WITHOUT BEING A NUISANCE AND IF YOU CAN STRIKE THAT BALANCE THEN YOU HAVE MADE IT IN THE INDUSTRY. Tyrone Francis ON THE NIGHT

PROUD TO BE IN THE #30TW. STILL CAN’T BELIEVE I MADE THE LIST. STILL BUZZING ABOUT IT. Seb Joseph

THANK YOU SO MUCH! VERY HONOURED! Jamie Clifton THE GOLD WINNERS of thisaward. makes hersodeserving to impress, anditisthis which audience that canbesodifficult to engageandresonate withan judges’ eye. Herstories continue which particularlycaughtour trying to escape viaWhatsApp of how oneSyrian refugee was it was herreporting onthestory presence onsocialmedia,while particularly notablefor her and breaking stories. Sheis innovative methodsofreporting across theboard for her R BUZZFEED WARREN ROSSALYN ossalyn was commended earned cash. saving football fans theirhard- food anddrinkat allstadiums, reducing theprice oftickets, League andFootball League football teams across thePremier Football’, whichresulted inall influence theBBC’s ‘Price of however. This bookwent onto Lee hashadthemost influence on thePremier League’ iswhere Sun. Hisbook‘Turning my back as well Editor asGames for The most prominent features writers L THE SUN LEE PRICE ee hasbecome oneofthe , situation inSyria. her recent reporting onthe on theground, andespecially judges for tenacious reporting particularly backed by our Syria to Libya. Larisawas from Brexit to Iraq, andfrom different politicalenvironments, news stories across anumberof and Defence space –breaking made hernameinthePolitical in Money Mail,Larisahasnow starting at the DailyMailin2011 The DailyTelegraph. After schemes at theDailyMailand Peter Sands,whorunstraining Larisa was championedby LARISA BROWN THE GOLD WINNERS Times’ he Sunday GEORGE GEORGE ARBUTHNOTT TIMES THE SUNDAY gaining recognition In addition to his award-winning for year last slavery, campaign on modern quickly become has now George and his investigative for known which campaigning journalism, some of the has seen him break over in sport stories biggest as being As well year. the past a part of T broke that team investigative was scandal, George the FIFA breaking for also responsible of extent the extraordinary year. the doping scandal last SKY NEWS NEWS SKY is diligent, hard-working Darren reporting. in his and relentless commended particularly He was reporting his judges for our by cabinet skills during the shadow persistently – for negotiations the situation as Corbyn following and especially during unfolded ensuring of silence’, his ‘long walk on the front stayed Darren that the entire throughout foot in It is this persistence process. both in front getting the story which and behind the camera such a deserving Darren makes winner. gold award DARREN DARREN MCCAFFREY he Mail , as well as prompting as prompting , as well on Sunday judges The tangible change. Simon particularly commended on stories news his breaking for in which his the charity sector, all have reports investigative had a huge impact on the way money. charities raise SIMON MURPHY SIMON SUNDAY MAIL ON made a name Simon has quickly his industrious himself for for journalism, adopting to approach including a number of tactics reporting filming and undercover he gets the story. that ensure to has seen Simon break work This T across stories numerous LUKE JONES SEB PAYNE JESSICA HAMZELOU BBC FINANCIAL TIMES NEW SCIENTIST Producer Digital Comment Editor Biomedical News Reporter AMELIA BUTTERLY CONRAD LUKE LYTHGOE BBC NEWSBEAT QUILTY-HARPER PRESS ASSOCIATION Online Journalist GQ Staff Writer on Snappa desk News Editor JAMIE ROSS DARREN MCCAFFREY BUZZFEED TYRONE FRANCIS SKY NEWS Scotland Correspondent ITV NEWS Political Correspondent Broadcast Journalist ROSSALYN WARREN TARA MULHOLLAND BUZZFEED VICKI OWEN SKY NEWS Staff Writer MAIL ON SUNDAY Social Media Producer Business Correspondent LARISA BROWN KATE MCCANN THE 30 TO WATCH 2016 WATCH THE 30 TO DAILY MAIL SIMON MURPHY THE TELEGRAPH Political and Defence Correspondent MAIL ON SUNDAY Senior Political Correspondent Reporter ANDY PEARCE MARION DAKERS FINANCIAL NEWS DAILY TELEGRAPH Asset Management Reporter Financial Services Editor THE 30 TO WATCH 2016

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