Julian Finney of Getty Images showed his versatility by winning both the Canon sports portfolio and the football portfolio categories at the Bri…
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Month: February 2019
Canon photographer of the year Mark Thompson’s winning gallery
New SJA photographer of the year Mark Thompson of Getty Images won two categories at the British Sports Journalism photography awards sponsored by Can…
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A double act, some new names and a tragic accident shape broadcast awards
A double act, some new names, and a tragic accident shaped the broadcast section of the 2018 SJA British Sports Journalism Awards, sponsored by Canon …
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British Sports Journalism photography awards with Canon: the winners
If the pre-awards talk on Twitter was anything to go by, SJA 2018 Sports Photographer Mark Thompson was the unanimous choice of his peers to lift the …
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New faces, familiar faces, and the year of the dinosaur: 2018 writing awards highlights
The prizes have been collected, the hangovers receded, mortgage taken out for the bar bill and now it’s time to look back at the highlights. There w…
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Media release: Winners at the British Sports Journalism awards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Monday February 25 2019 Paul Hayward of The Telegraph, Mark Thompson of Getty Images and ITV Sport’s Ed Chamberlin and Fra…
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FROM THE PRESS BOX: Spurs v Wolves, half a century on
PHILIP BARKER watched his first big football match on February 22 half a century ago. How time flies. Fifty years on, it has come as rather a s…
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Rolling back the years to 1969 and the BBC’s search for a sports commentator
As the countdown to next week’s British Sports Journalism awards gathers pace, PHILIP BARKER dips into the archives and reveals how the BBC went…
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The British Sports Journalism awards…1948/9 style!
As we look forward to the 2018 British Sports Journalism awards next Monday, PHILIP BARKER takes a few liberties and presents his 1948/9 version. Seve…
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British Sports Journalism photography awards with Canon: sports picture of the year gallery
Seventh heaven…the sports picture of the year gallery in the 2018 British Sports Journalism photography awards, sponsored by Canon. Such i…
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