This morning at RIBA, the second EI Commentariat Awards took place hosted by the legendary Peter York. The shining knight of C4 News, Jon Snow gave the best speech for a guest giving away an award commentating on the lack of women on short lists and the lack of women winning awards.........I was a judge as I was last year. (I'm also a Board member of e.i.)
Editorial Intelligence announces the winners of
The Comment Awards 2010 at RIBA, London.
www.commentawards.com
www.editorialintelligence.com
London, 21st October 2010.
Editorial Intelligence, the media, analysis and networking business (www.editorialintelligence.com), has announced the winners of The Comment Awards 2010, celebrating the work of the finest print and online commentators and their editors over the past year – the second of their kind in the UK following the inaugural Comment Awards in 2009.
The winners of the 13 categories, and the Chair’s Choice award, were announced over a champagne breakfast at RIBA, London this morning in front of over 200 guests including the shortlisted candidates, category judges and a plethora of opinion formers across media, politics, business, academia and public life.
The ceremony was hosted by social commentator and ei associate Peter York and attended by Chair of the Judges Baroness Helena Kennedy QC.
Category judges included Diane Abbott MP, Shadow Minister for Public Health; Greg Hands MP, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer; Sir John Hegarty, Chairman and Worldwide Director of Bartle Bogle Hegarty; David Rowan, Editor, Wired UK; Nigel McNelly, MD, Opus Corporate Finance and Luke Syson, Head of Research, National Gallery.
The ceremony was filmed and will be available on eiTV – www.commentawards.com and www.editorialintelligence.com.
The Comment Awards were held in association with lead awards partner Jaguar Land Rover, corporate partner Barclays, and category sponsors as listed below.
See www.commentawards.com for further information on our category judges and sponsors.
The Comment Awards 2010 – Winners
Best Comment Pages – Sponsored by the ei Digest
Winner: The Times
Commentariat of the Year – Sponsored by Jaguar Land Rover
Winner: Simon Jenkins, London Evening Standard and The Guardian
Best Blogger – Sponsored by Race Online 2012
Winner: Nick Robinson, BBC
Best Blog Site – Sponsored by Talk About Autism
Winner: Comment is free, The Guardian and The Observer
Cultural Commentator – Sponsored by Somerset House Trust
Winner: Mark Lawson, The Guardian
Best Diary Page – Sponsored by Atlantic Books
Winner: Londoner’s Diary, London Evening Standard
Environment Commentator – Sponsored by Green Thing (Dothegreenthing.com)
Winner: Johann Hari, The Independent
Financial Commentator – Sponsored by Nationwide
Winner: Anatole Kaletsky, The Times
Foreign Commentator – Sponsored by the British Council
Winner: Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
Magazine Commentator (including trade media, weeklies and monthlies) - Sponsored by the APA
Winner: Christopher Hitchens, Vanity Fair
Media Commentator – Sponsored by BT
Winner: Jeff Jarvis, The Guardian
Political Commentator – Sponsored by Weber Shandwick
Winner: Daniel Finkelstein, The Times
Westminster Villager (Political Sketch) – Sponsored by Policy Exchange
Winner: Quentin Letts, Daily Mail
Chair’s Choice – Chosen by Baroness Helena Kennedy QC alone, as Chair of the Judges
Winner: Simon Kelner, The Independent
ENDS
For more information, please contact Lucy Tatton-Brown
lucy@editorialintelligence.com / DL: 020 7759 1853
Notes to Editors:
1) Editorial Intelligence is a media, analysis and networking business which runs an opinion former network including a range of thought leader events – the ei Club - for individuals and corporate members alike, and has a varied annual special events and publishing programme: www.editorialintelligence.com.
2) Further details for the The Comment Awards 2010 including eligibility and judging criteria are on www.commentawards.com. Nominations were open 1st June 2010 – 31st July 2010 inclusive.
3) The judging process has been monitored for fairness by Baroness Helena Kennedy QC as chair of the judges.
4) Awards partner: Jaguar Land Rover; corporate partner: Barclays; category sponsors include APA, Atlantic Books, British Council, BT, the ei Digest, Green Thing, Nationwide, Policy Exchange, Race Online 2012, Somerset House Trust, Talk About Autism and Weber Shandwick.