RTS JOURNALISM AWARDS: 2021 WINNERS ANNOUNCED

The virtual celebrations were hosted by Mishal Husain, Presenter, BBC Radio 4 and BBC News at Ten.

Chair of the Awards, Simon Bucks, said: "This has been an incredibly challenging year for all journalists and news organisations. Despite the difficulties of covering the Covid-19 pandemic, all the broadcasters who enter these awards have distinguished themselves with some remarkable coverage and every one of the nominees would have been a worthy winner...

"Moreover, many of them were not about the Coronavirus, but a range of other important stories which in any normal year would have dominated the agenda. I congratulate them all. I am also immensely proud that despite all the constraints the RTS has managed to run the Television Journalism Awards so successfully."

The Winners

Network Presenter Of The Year

Winner: Clive Myrie (BBC News)

News Channel Of The Year

Winner: Sky News

Scoop Of The Year

Winner: Free School Meals (BBC Breakfast)

Nations & Regions News

Winner: Coronavirus In London: Who's Hit The Hardest (BBC London)

Nations & Regions Presenter

Winner: Hannah Miller (ITV News Granada)

Current Affairs - International

Winner: The Schools That Chain Boys (BBC News Arabic)

Nation & Regions Current Affairs

Winner: Unequal Force? (BBC London)

Current Affairs - Home

Winner: The Forgotten Frontline (BBC Panorama)

Judges' Award

Winner: Technical Teams

Outstanding Contribution

Winner: John Ryley (Sky News)

Camera Operator Of The Year

Winner: David Mcllveen (BBC News)

News Technology

Winner: The Trump Data Leak (Channel 4 News)

Digital Award

Winner: Need To Know - The 2019 UK General Election Series (Seth Goolnik & Warren Nettleford)

Young Talent Of The Year

Winner: Renata Brito (Video Journalist, The Associated Press)

News Coverage - International

Winner: A Warning From Italy (Sky News)

News Coverage - Home

Winner: Covid UK (Sky News)

Breaking News

Winner: Beirut Blast (Al Jazeera English)

Daily News Programme

Winner: ITV News At Ten (ITV News/ ITN)

Interview Of The Year

Winner: Andrew Marr and The Chinese Ambassador (BBC News)

Specialist Journalist Of The Year

Winner: Nick Martin (Sky News)

Television Journalist Of The Year

Winner: Clive Myrie (BBC News)