Comment watchers Editorial Intelligence today announced the winners of the inaugural comment awards.
They are:
Best Comment Pages
Winner: The Times
Commentariat of the Year
Winner: Martin Wolf, Financial Times
Cultural Commentator
Winner: Johann Hari, The Independent
Diary Comment Page
Winner: Londoner’s Diary, London Evening Standard
Best Environment Comment
Winner: Camilla Cavendish, The Times
Financial Commentator
Winner: Alex Brummer, Daily Mail
Magazine Commentator
Winner: Alex Brummer, New Statesman
Media Commentator
Winner: Peter Preston, The Observer
Online Commentator (independent blogger)
Winner: Iain Dale, Iain Dale’s Diary
Online Newspaper Blog
Winner: FT Alphaville, Financial Times
Poison Pen: Polemicist of the Year
Winner: Richard Littlejohn, Daily Mail
Political Commentator
Winner: Fraser Nelson, The Spectator and News of the World
Chairman’s Choice Award chosen by Sir Christopher Meyer
Winner: Matthew Parris, The Times
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