Broadcast Journalist of the Year

John Humphrys (Today Programme, BBC Radio 4)

Business Journalist of the Year

Tom Bergin (Reuters)

Scoop of the Year

Miles Goslett (The Oldie) – Savile abuse scandal

Liz MacKean and Meirion Jones (Newsnight, BBC2) – Savile abuse scandal

Mark Williams-Thomas (Exposure, ITV) – Savile abuse scandal

Blog of the Year

Fleet Street Fox (Susi Boniface)

Arts Reviewer of the Year

Chris Tookey (Daily Mail)

Daily Newspaper of the Year

The Times

Sunday Newspaper of the Year

Mail on Sunday

Edgar Wallace Award

Caitlin Moran

For more information, check out our 2013 Awards feature here.

The forum, organised by the charity on phobias TOP UK, will be on Wednesday 13 March at One Alfred Place, off Store Street, London WC1E 7EB, from 17:30 to 19:30.

TOP UK has over 25 years established a network of self-help therapy groups around the country, run by ex-sufferers. Ex-sufferers and experts will discuss the latest research into treating these conditions at the forum which will be chaired by TOP UK patron Carole Stone. Speakers will include TOP UK co-founder Professor Isaac Marks, consultant psychiatrist  Dr Lynne Drummond and Conservative MP for Broxbourne Charles Walker who is a former OCD sufferer.

Research commissioned for the TOP UK Forum shows that just over a quarter of the UK population consider themselves to suffer from OCD, and 53 per cent consider themselves to suffer from a phobia.

Places are limited and there will be a strict guest list in place. Please RSVP by Monday 11th March to; kate.oreilly@londonpressclub.co.uk

Link for map of the venue: http://www.onealfredplace.co.uk/contact-us

In 2011, Fondation EurActiv and the Robert Bosch Stiftung launched an innovative training programme to help young journalists gain experience in European Union policies. The third edition of this programme will run from Spring 2013 and applications are now open.

The programme is set up as follows:

1. Phase I: One-week seminar in Brussels for 12 selected journalists (11 to 15 March 2013)
2. Phase II: Five week work experience in Brussels for 6 out of 12 of those journalists, including a visit to a Strasbourg parliament session. (Group 1: 22 April to 26 May 2013 and Group II: 03 June to 07 July 2013)

The Brussels seminar (phase I) will give participants the opportunity to discover the main parts of the European Institutions, participate in a press conference and meet foreign correspondents focused on EU policies. Through training sessions, participants will get a first understanding of ‘how to turn EU stories local – and local stories European’ and how to ‘source the EU’. Other topical issues concerning the most significant European policy areas will be brought closer to the fellows through presentations by and discussions with international experts on the subject.

Based on journalists’ active participation, their basic understanding of EU institutions and policy making, their capacity to find relevant angles to story ideas and their networking capacities shown during the seminar, six journalists will be selected for the phase II: a five week work experience with Fondation EurActiv in Brussels.

This intense training phase will provide a unique opportunity to live and breathe EU journalism right in the centre of Europe within a team of experienced, international reporters.

During the training weeks, journalists will continue to produce stories for their home media. They will have the chance to cover both areas of their own expertise (related to their home media) or unrelated policy areas if they wish. In addition, a guided trip to a Strasbourg European parliamentary week will be organised and the training period in Brussels should coincide with a EU Summit.

Regular coaching will be provided from the EurActiv’s managing editor, as well as external coaches from other Brussels based media. Journalists will continue to be employed by their sending media, which will benefit from their added EU reporting knowledge during and after the training. Journalists should be in very regular contact with their editors in order to integrate their story (ideas) into the daily work of the home media.

All twelve participants will become members of the EU Journalism alumni network, with regular updates and opportunities to work on EU related stories together with other journalists who have participated in the programme. An alumni networking event to meet all fellows of the first three years of the programme will be organized in Sept/Oct 2013.

Selection criteria:

• A minimum of THREE and no more than FIVE years of journalism experience
• Currently employed by a media outside Brussels and full support of their employer to participate in the programme
• Austrian, British, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French German, Greek,  Italian, Polish, Slovak or Spanish nationality
• Availability for one week in March 2013 and 5 weeks as of 22 April or 03 June 2013
• Strong interest in European issues
• Very good oral and written English

To apply for this exciting journalistic experience, please apply by no later than 7 March 2013 with the following documents:

• CV and motivation letter in English
• Letter of reference from management of ‘sending’ media, clearly stating editor’s commitment to release journalists from physical presence in their media, while maintaining working relationship
• Three published articles showing excellent writing in mother tongue, ideally including one with EU relevance

Please send all the above to selection@euractiv.com stating ‘RBSG – EU Journalism Fellowship’ in the subject line.

Participants will be reimbursed for travel costs and living expenses in Brussels. Support in finding accommodation for the 5-week stay in Brussels will be given.

For a list of Frequently Asked Questions on the training programme, please click here.

More information on the Robert Bosch Stiftung can be found at: http://www.bosch-stiftung.de/content/language1/html/31188.asp

The LPC has been offered a limited number of tickets for this event. If you would like to attend, please email Kate O’Reilly at the LPC office.

The Jimmy Saville case has generated huge amounts of media coverage and debate in recent months. People have been shocked at the scale of the abuse perpretrated and how it remained unreported for so long. The shocking nature of the allegations against Jimmy Saville and recent high profile cases of child sexual exploitation have brought the subject of sexual abuse back to the foreground.

It is important that we do not just view Saville as a historical anomaly. We know that children are still being abused today and that they are growing up in a world that is very different from the 1970s.

Saville – where do we go from here? provides guests with a real opportunity to explore what lessons can and should be leardned from Saville. During an hour-long Question Time-style debate we will explore how best we can protect and prevent children from suffering abuse, and discuss topical issued such as child sexual exploitation, online pornography and the sexualisation of our culture.

Panel members include:

• Lord Black of Brentwood, Executive Director of the Telegraph Media Group, panel Chair
• Peter Watt, Director of Child Protection, NSPCC, and co-author Yewtree report
• Dr Linda Papadopoulos, Psychologist
• Claire Perry MP, special advisor to the Prime Minister on preventing the sexualisation of childhood
• A commentator from The Telegraph tbc.

Doug Wills is Managing Editor of the London Evening Standard, The Independent, Independent on Sunday and i. He said today: “The London Press Club is vital to the media in these challenging times, and it is more important than ever that we extol the best of journalism.

“I am delighted to confirm that we plan to continue with the prestigious London Press Club Awards celebrating media excellence. The club will also continue to organise the annual Press Ball which provides much needed funds for the Journalists’ Charity.

“In what I hope will be an exciting new era for the club we will be looking at ways of expanding the club’s support for all journalists in London and strengthening links with international journalists whether based here or visiting the capital.”

After six years as London Press Club chairman Steve Oram said: “Following in Professor Donald Trelford’s footsteps was always going to be a tough job. I have found the role immensely enjoyable and thank all my board colleagues and all those who have supported me throughout my tenure.”

The London Press Club was formed in 1882 and aims to provide support for journalists through a variety of events, encourage journalistic standards and maintain the Freedom of the Press.

Doug Wills began his career as a reporter with Thomson Regional Newspapers going on to several regional newspapers before working in London from 1987. He held a number of executive positions with the Evening Standard and was appointed Managing Editor in 2005, and then Group Managing Editor in 2011.

St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street, London EC4

Monday 10^th December, 6.30pm (Please be in your seat by 6.20 at the latest)

Join other communications groups for a Christmas Carol Concert at St Bride’s Church and share in a programme of traditional and contemporary carols, readings and music, including the renowned St.Bride’s Choir, guest performers, Aisling Agnew (Flute) and Matthew McAllister (Guitar).

Christmas Message by radio and television broadcaster, Chris Tarrant.

This is the one time in the year when the whole of the communications industry, irrespective of professional or religious affiliations, can come together and sing with one voice! Members are encouraged to bring along family and friends to the Service.

Please note that while this event is free please email Kate O’Reilly on info@londonpressclub.co.uk  if you would like to come to the Carol Service, as allocated seating is always snapped-up early.

A complimentary mince pie and a pay bar will be available at The Press House Wine Bar, to the rear and underneath the Church at 1 St Bride’s Passage. The London Press Club will have its own dedicated area, so look out for our logo, and arrange to meet your friends and colleagues for some Christmas cheer!

• From the desert sand dunes and mountains of Mexico to the fast-track proving grounds of leafy Warwickshire
• London Press Club Ball, Thursday October 11, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London

Exclusive and exotic adventures with two of the most hotly anticipated new cars of the year – the luxurious Range Rover 4X4 and the sexy Jaguar F-Type roadster  – are the star money-can’t-buy charity auction highlights of this year’s London Press Club Ball.

And that’s BEFORE the two new British-built vehicles – from the Ball’s automotive sponsor Jaguar Land Rover –  go on sale to the general public next year following their unveiling at this September’s Paris Motor Show.

But book your place at the London Press Club Ball now because only the last few tables are left and seats are running out fast.

NEW RANGE ROVER DRIVING ADVENTURE IN MOROCCO

All new Range Rover

In a stunning coup for the Ball, a  winning charity auction bid will win you and a partner or friend the chance to drive the all-new Range Rover in November  BEFORE it goes on sale in 2013 in the UK – in a three-day, two night adventure across North Africa. In true Range Rover luxury you and a friend are invited to join an exclusive Jaguar Land Rover group to put this fantastic all-new car through its paces on and off-road. You will drive through amazing scenery  from the Moroccan Coast to the highest mountain track in the Atlas Mountains, staying at the luxury Sofitel in Essaouira and the stunning Palais Namaskar in Marrakesh. http://www.palaisnamaskar.com/eng/welcome/

But check your diaries carefully before bidding. The dates for the exclusive VIP trip for two to Morocco to drive the new Range Rover are strictly November 9 to 11,  2012 – and they are fixed and not flexible.

THE JAGUAR F-TYPE EXPERIENCE

Jaguar F-Type

One of the most hotly anticipated new cars of the decade is the all-new Jaguar F-type – spiritual successor to the legendary E-Type of the Swinging Sixties. You and a partner or friend could be the first to experience this amazing new two-seater sports car with a top speed nearing 190mph that goes on sale next year with prices from around £55,000.  Jaguar’s chief test driver Mike Cross will show you just how amazing it is at Jaguar Land Rover’s proving ground in the Midlands.  And Jaguar’s award-winning design director  Ian Callum will show you behind the scenes at the firm’s normally tightly locked-shut design studios – and share some of the secrets of  prototypes the team are working on.

The London Press Club has been running the annual press Ball for the past eight years and has so far raised more than £250,000 for the Journalists’ Charity.

The Ball is a glittering, upmarket event attended by chief executives, editors, journalists, television presenters and programme makers from the major national newspaper, online, TV and broadcast companies.

Kate Silverton

This year’s London Press Club Ball will again be hosted in the Great Hall of London’s Natural History Museum by TV presenter and journalist Kate Silverton, with the fierce bidding overseen by celebrity auctioneer Steve Jones.

The Ball is supported by all the major newspaper groups.

Patron of this year’s Ball is Lord Black of Brentwood, executive director of the Telegraph Group.

BARCLAYS  is the ball’s main sponsor for the fifth year in succession.

PADDY POWER is sponsoring the pre-reception.

JAGUAR LAND ROVER, as well as providing the star ‘money-can’t buy’ auction prizes,  is making a generous £15,000 donation to the  Journalists’ Charity.

EASYJET is sponsoring the raffle

CAMELOT is also an associate sponsor

London Press Club Ball chairman Philippa Kennedy OBE  said: ‘This is the eighth time the London Press Club has run the annual press ball and it has so far has raised more than £250,000 for the Journalists’ Charity.

‘The highlight of the evening is the fabulous ‘money can’t buy’ auction which includes fabulous exotic holidays and events.  The top item this year is a fantastic Range Rover adventure in Morocco, with the fabulous Jaguar F-Type experience accelerating hard on its heels.’

Journalists’ Charity chairman Bill Hagerty said: ‘The London Press Club Ball has become  firmly established in the UK media’s social calendar – and it’s all in a good cause.

‘The Journalists’ Charity has been helping journalists in need and their families for nearly 150 years. It is the industry’s own charity for those who are working, or have worked, in print, on air or online.’

A spokesman for Jaguar Land Rover said: ‘Jaguar Land Rover is pleased to be supporting the London Press Club Ball in support of the Journalists’ Charity at an exciting time for the company and for the launch of the new Range Rover and Jaguar F-Type. ’

TABLE BOOKINGS
More details and table bookings at: www.thepressball.com

Tickets £195.00 plus VAT each
LPC/ IAPC individual member rates £150 including VAT

Tables of 10 – £1,950 per table plus VAT
Tables of 12 – £2,340 per table plus VAT

For table or individual bookings please contact:

Entire Affair, Audit House, 260 Field End Road, Ruislip Middlesex HA4 9LT

Tel: 020 8429 7520 / 7530 Fax: 020 8429 7521

Email: lpc@entireaffair.com

:: The Journalists’ Charity  is the leading charity for all journalists in need- in print, on air and online  – there to assist them, their partners and dependants with grants and other forms of financial assistance where possible.
Founded in 1864 and with Charles Dickens a founding supporter, the charity currently spends about £1million a year giving grants to journalists in need and running residential care  homes. Journalists’ Charity is the working name of the Newspaper Press Fund.
Patron: Her Majesty The Queen. President: Lord Rothermere.

www.journalistscharity.org.uk

:: The London Press Club is one of the world’s oldest press clubs and acts as a forum for journalists, business people, legislators and others, as well as hosting the newspaper industry’s prestigious annual awards.

www.londonpressclub.co.uk

PRESS CONTACT:

Journalists’ Charity/ LPC Ball :  Charity trustee and LPC director Ray Massey – ray.massey@dailymail.co.uk

Ambassador Louis B Susman will be speaking at the London Press Club’s ‘American Embassy Evening’ at the Telegraph building, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DTon Tuesday 13th November 2012. We are delighted that this event is now being sponsored by the Telegraph Group.

The evening will start at 6.30pm with a drinks reception and nibbles and the opportunity to network and mingle with the Ambassador and his team. The formal proceedings will commence at 7.15pm with the introduction followed by the Ambassador’s speech (on the record) and conclude with questions and answers under the Chatham House rule.

Security on entry to the Telegraph Building is rigorously controlled and only those on the guest list will be admitted. Further information will be given when you have booked. It is also required that we are cleared from the building by 9pm so the event will finish at 8.45 pm sharp.

Numbers are severely restricted and the event is next week and we would therefore ask you to respond immediately if you would like to attend. We will need all names by close of play this Friday. There is no charge for this event.

More information from the LPC office: info@londonpressclub.co.uk

How to write a best e-seller – September 20th

Many journalists are also published authors – or aspire to be. But publishing is changing rapidly as fastest-selling-ever adult fiction title FIfty Shades of Grey, originally self-published e-stories, demonstrates. What’s the difference between a print and digital bestseller, and is self-publishing the way to go?

Chair: Alexandra Campbell, author and novelist (as Nina Bell)
Panellists include Catherine Ryan Howard, author of Self-Printed: The Sane Person’s Guide to Self-Publishing and expert on how to e-publish yourself; Philip Jones, deputy editor of the Bookseller and Futurebook, and agent Anthony Topping of Greene & Heaton agency, a committee member of the Association of Agents, who have been monitoring e-publishing on behalf of agents and their authors.

How to freelance in a digital age – October 24th

Does the perfect pitch now include pictures, video and audio, or can you still rely on great ideas and your contacts? How are personal websites and social media like Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook changing the way freelances find work?

Chair: Gill Hudson, Editor Reader’s Digest and PPA Editor of the Year 2011

Panellists include Lorraine Candy, editor in chief of Elle; Charlie Beckett, director of LSE’s media think tank, Polis and a former C4 and BBC news editor; Joanna Moorhead who writes for Guardian and is editor at Mumsnet, and David Nicholson, founder of freelancejournalist.co.uk, an online team of freelances

Contact wijuk@aol.com for more information.