The controversial Dispatches Undercover Mosque programme has been nominated for a Royal Television Society Television Journalism Award.
The Channel 4 programme, which was subject to a police investigation that was subsequently dropped and also vindicated by the regulator Ofcom, is up for the national current affairs programme title.
Another Dispatches programme, Meeting the Taliban, is up for the international current affairs award. Its maker, Sean Langan has already won a Rory Peck Award for his initial documentary on the subject, Fighting the Taliban. Dispatches will be pitted against Panorama’s Taking on the Taliban and China’s Stolen Children, a True Vision production for Dispatches about child trafficking in the country.
Al Jazeera English is up for news channel of the year in its first year of broadcasting and will be up against BBC News 24 and last year’s winner Sky News.
The awards will be presented on Wednesday 20 February 2008 at a ceremony at the London Hilton, hosted by ITV News at Ten’s Julie Etchingham.
Nominations in full:
Camera Operator of the Year
Dai Baker – Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4
Darren Conway – BBC News BBC News for BBC One
Garwen McLuckie Sky News
Current Affairs – Home
TV’s Dirty Secrets – Panorama BBC Current Affairs for BBC One
Undercover Mosque – Dispatches Hardcash Productions for Channel 4
The Great Granny Chart Invasion – Power To The People BBC Current Affairs for BBC Two
Current Affairs – International
China’s Stolen Children – Dispatches Special A True Vision Production for Channel 4
Meeting The Taliban – Dispatches October Films for Channel 4
Taking On The Taliban – Panorama BBC Current Affairs or BBC One
Innovation
Sky.com News Sky News
Your News – Five News BSkyB for Five
School Report BBC News / BBC News Interactive
Multimedia
Burma BBC News
The Floods BBC News / BBC Nations and Regions
Nations and Regions Current Affairs
Gone In 60 Seconds: The Bike Crime Wave – The London Programme
ITV London
The Pit Bull Sting – Spotlight BBC Northern Ireland
Bomb Damage – West Eye View ITV West
Nations and Regions News Coverage
Flooding Special – The West Tonight ITV West
The Lesley Molseed Trial – Granada Reports ITV Granada
Devolution Day – BBC Newsline BBC Northern Ireland
News – Home
Exploited Workers – Ten O’clock News BBC News for BBC One
The Crevice Trial: Links To 7/7 – Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4
Translation Costs – Ten O’clock News BBC News for BBC One
News – International
Iraq: Apache Company – Channel 4 News ITN & Guardian Films for Channel 4
Undercover In Zimbabwe – Newsnight BBC for BBC Two
Afghanistan: Taliban Embed – Al Jazeera English News Hour Al Jazeera English
News Channel of the Year
Al Jazeera English
BBC News 24 BBC News for BBC News 24
Sky News
News Event
Battle of Gaza Reuters Television
Ipswich Murders – ITV News ITN for ITV1
Terror Attacks Sky News
News Programme of the Year
Five News 1730 BSkyB for Five
Ten O’clock News BBC News for BBC One
ITV Evening News ITN for ITV News
Presenter of the Year
Jeremy Paxman – Newsnight BBC for BBC Two
Jon Snow – Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4
Stewart White BBC Look East
Scoop of the Year
The Hunt For Captain Nairac – Spotlight BBC Northern Ireland
MTAS: Security Breaches – Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4
Northern Rock – BBC News BBC News for BBC News 24 & BBC One
Specialist Journalist
Martin Brunt Sky News
Martin Geissler – ITV News ITN for ITV1
Nick Robinson – BBC News BBC News for BBC One & BBC News 24
Television Journalist of the Year
Alex Crawford Sky News
Emma Hurd Sky News
John Ray – ITV News ITN for ITV1
Young Journalist of the Year
Nima Elbagir – More4 News / Channel 4 News ITN for Channel 4/More4
Hamish Macdonald – Al Jazeera English News Hour Al Jazeera English
Haru Mutasa – Al Jazeera English News Hour Al Jazeera English
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