BBC London 2012 editor joins Online Media Awards judging panel as entry deadline looms
BBC London 2012 editor Mark Coyle is among a host of high-profile journalists to join the judging panel for the Online Media Awards.
Supported by the Society of Editors, Press Association, NUJ and Hold the Front Page, the awards will recognise the best talent and technology in online journalism.
The judging panel will review entries into 17 categories including Online Editor of the Year, Best Site for news-led Journalism and Best Campaigning/Investigative Journalism.
Media owners, publishers and editors can submit their entries until midnight tomorrow (23 March) at www.onlinemediaawards.net.
The new additions to the judging panel are:
• Mark Coyle, Editor of BBC London 2012 who is leading the editorial development, design, production and management of non-sport Olympic content, including the Olympic torch relay and London Festival 2012
• Liz Vercoe, the former Deputy Editor of the Radio Times
• Maria Eftimiades, the former New York Bureau Chief at People magazine
• Mark McSherry, former editor/writer for Reuters, South China Morning Post, Bloomberg, Scotsman Publications, Sunday Times Scotland, Glasgow's Sunday Herald and The New Zealand Herald
• Maggie Hall, former editor/writer for Daily Mirror, for the News of the World, Today, the Sunday Mail and in the US, the Enquirer, the Globe and People magazine
• Matt Storin, former editor of the Boston Globe and the Chicago Sun-Times
• Bill Hagerty, former writer and editor of the Daily Mirror, the Sunday Mirror and the People
• Elaine Whitfield Sharp, journalist and lawyer who founded Michigan Lawyers Weekly, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and Lawyers’ Weekly USA
They join a judging panel that already includes:
• Nick Blunden, Global Managing Director and Publisher, The Economist online
• Nick Wrenn, VP, CNN International Digital Service
• Noel Young, Owner, ReportBoston.com
• David Mill, former editor Online Editor of the Daily Record and Sunday Mail
• Mark Tipper, Creative Director at Fortune Cookie
• Jim Chisholm, Advisor to many of the World's leading news publishing organisations
• David Banks, Columnist for Press Gazette, Newcastle Journal; editor of The Clarion
• Paul Linford, Publisher and Editor, HoldtheFrontPage
• Ron Laytner, Managing Editor at Editinternational
For further information and to register for the awards go to www.onlinemediaawards.net or contact Katy Thomson at katy.thomson@carnyx.com