RTS Television Journalism Awards 2011 Nominees

The Royal Television Society has announced the shortlist for the RTS Television Journalism Awards 2011.

The awards, hosted by ITV News presenter Mark Austin, will take place on Wednesday 22 February 2012 at the London Hilton, Park Lane.

The nominees are:

Camera Operator of the Year

Darren ‘DC’ Conway, BBC News

Raul Gallego Abellan, AP Television News, APTN Global Video Wire

Stuart Webb, Channel 4 News, ITN for Channel 4 News

Current Affairs – Home

Dispatches: Lessons in Hate and Violence, Hardcash Productions for Channel 4

Panorama: Undercover Care, BBC Current Affairs for BBC One

Dispatches: How to Buy a Football Club, Vera Productions for Channel 4

Current Affairs – International

Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields, ITN for Channel 4

Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark, Al Jazeera English

This World: Spain’s Stolen Babies, BBC Current Affairs for BBC Two

Innovative News

Confronting The Looters, Sky News

Sky News for iPad, Sky News

The Stream: Bahrain, Al Jazeera English

Nations and Regions Current Affairs and News Event

Inside Out South West: Multiple Sclerosis – CCSVI, BBC South West

Week In Week Out: Cash for Qualifications, BBC Wales

Insight: The Resurrection of Brendan Smyth, UTV Insight

Nations and Regions News Programme

Calendar, ITV Yorkshire

ITV London Tonight, ITN for ITV London

Granada Reports, ITV Granada

News Channel of the Year

Al Jazeera English

BBC News Channel

Sky News

News Coverage – Home

UK Riots, Sky News

Phone Hacking, Newsnight BBC Two

The Summer Riots, ITN for Channel 4 News

News Coverage – International

Disaster in Japan, ITN for Channel 4 News

Libya, Sky News

Misrata, ITN for ITV News

News Programme of the Year

BBC News at Ten, BBC News for BBC One

Channel 4 News, ITN for Channel 4 News

Newsnight, BBC Two

Presenter of the Year

Mark Austin, ITV News, ITN for ITV News

Anna Botting, Sky News

Jon Snow, Channel 4 News, ITN for Channel 4 News

Scoop of the Year

Panorama: FIFA’s Dirty Secrets, BBC Current Affairs for BBC One

The Fall of Tripoli, Sky News

Panorama: Undercover Care, BBC Current Affairs for BBC One

Specialist Journalist of the Year

Jeremy Bowen, Middle East Editor, BBC News

Faisal Islam, Channel 4 News, ITN for Channel 4 News

Paul Mason, Newsnight, BBC Two

Television Journalist of the Year

Alex Crawford, Sky News

Alex Thomson, Channel 4 News, ITN for Channel 4 News

Richard Watson, Newsnight, BBC Two

The Independent Award

Somali Olympic Dreams, Jamal Osman for ITN/Channel 4 News

People and Power: Seeds of Change, Elizabeth C Jones and Caroline Pare for Al Jazeera English

FIFA’s Dirty Secrets, Andrew Jennings for BBC One

Young Journalist of the Year

Joe Casey, BBC Panorama, BBC Current Affairs for BBC One

Rohit Kachroo, ITV News, ITN for ITV News

Tim Lawton, Channel 4 News/True Vision, ITN/True Vision for Channel 4 News

Judges’ Award

The winner will be announced at the ceremony.

Lifetime Achievement

The winner will be announced at the ceremony.