Jury Panels

Broadcast Journalist Of The Year

Sorious Samura, Filmmaker, Insight News Television (Chair)
Maggie Eales, Senior Vice President, Turner Broadcasting
Vin Ray, Director, College of Journalism, BBC
Lyndall Stein, Director, Concern Worldwide (UK)

Radio Documentary Award

Baroness Amos, Chair of the Royal African Society, House of Lords (Chair)
Neil Gardner, Creative Director/Executive Producer, Electric Airwaves
Pins Brown, Ethical Trade Consultant
Lorna Clarke, Festival Director, BBC Electric Proms
Louise Hill, Press Officer, Merlin

TV Documentary Award

Christopher Hird, Managing Director, Dartmouth Films (Chair)
Marilyn Gaunt, Filmmaker, Factotum Films
Marc Isaacs, Filmmaker
Maxine Watson, Executive Producer, Documentaries Commissioning Group, BBC

Press Award

Stephen Jukes, Dean, The Media School, Bournemouth (Chair)
Brendan O’Malley, Freelance Journalist and Consultant
Michael Yorke, Filmmaker and Anthropologist, Upside Films
Neera Dhingra, Head of Media, VSO

New Media Award

Andy Bell, Managing Director, Mint Digital (Chair)
Pete Cranston, Independent Consultant
Emily Renshaw-Smith, Director VC2, Current TV
Jonathan Spencer, Senior Media Officer, Tearfund

Local Media Award

Dorothy Byrne, Head of News and Current Affairs, Channel 4 (Chair)
Dr. Terence Wright, Reader in Theoretical Studies in Visual Art School of Art & Design, University of Ulster
Nick Mathiason, Business Correspondent, The Observer
Lorraine Healy, Development Awareness Officer, DFID

Popular Features Award

Donna Taberer, Commissioning Editor, Entertainment & Features, Sky One, Two and Three (Chair)
Phil Harding, Journalist and Media Consultant, Hardingmedia.com
Chris Shaw, Senior Programme Controller, News, Current Affairs and Documentaries, Five TV
Kate Wills, PR Manager, Christian Aid

MDGs Award

Roger Graef, Chief Executive, Films of Record, (Chair)
Myles Wickstead, Former Head of Secretariat, Commission for Africa and Visiting Professor, International Relations, Open University
Joseph Warungu, Editor, African News & Current Affairs, BBC World Service
Reijo Kemppinen, Head of the Representation in the United Kingdom, European Commission

Children’s Rights Award

Virginia Crompton, Executive Producer, BBC World Class (Chair)
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Presenter, Channel 4 News
Kate Brown, Student and Campaigner, Beauchamp College
Lara Schlotterbeck, Head of Media Relations, UNICEF

Environment Award

Dr Joe Smith, Senior Lecturer, Social Sciences Faculty, The Open University (Chair)
Cherry Farrow, Media Consultant
Sandra Kabir, Executive Director, BRAC UK
David Glover, Commissioning Editor, Science, Channel 4
Fiona Callister, Head of Media, CAFOD

International Premiere Award

Angus Macqueen, Filmmaker, Ronachan Films (Chair)
Jerry Rothwell, Filmmaker
Theo Sowa, Independent Advisor and Consultant
Sharon Goulds, Head of Communications, Plan UK