BBC’s Simon McCoy returns to host this year’s Kent Press and Broadcast Awards ceremony. Entries are now open to celebrate and reward regional and local journalism, with a category sponsored by Digitom for the sixth year in a row.
Published: January 2020
Afternoon Live journalist Simon McCoy will return to present this year’s Kent Press & Broadcast Awards ceremony at The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Canterbury on Friday 18th September, after proving extremely popular when he first hosted in 2018.
Simon McCoy said: “It’s something of a shock to be asked to present this year’s awards – because I’ve done it before and it means they’re asking me back!”
The not-for-profit awards are organised by Tunbridge Wells based PR and marketing agency Maxim, Account Director Rachel Knight commented “It’s very much a case of ‘being back by popular demand’ as we had overwhelmingly positive feedback when Simon first hosted the ceremony. His sense of humour and popularity, combined with a clear passion for local journalism, made it an easy choice to ask him back.”
This year sees the introduction of the ‘Golden Pen’ award where the panel of independent judges will pick their favourite story, in addition to the usual 15 categories. Tom Chown, Founder and Creative Director at Digitom said: “2020 sees us celebrate our 10th anniversary of storytelling and we can’t wait to see the cream of Kent’s talented broadcasters receive the recognition they deserve this summer.”
Kent Press & Broadcast Awards 2020 categories:
- Kent Newspaper of the Year, sponsored by Southeastern
- Kent Photographer of the Year, sponsored by Brachers
- Kent Feature Journalist of the Year, sponsored by MHA MacIntyre Hudson
- The Neil Bell Kent Sports Journalist of the Year, supported by Kent Cricket
- Kent Designer of the Year
- Kent New Journalist of the Year, sponsored by EKC Group
- Programme of the Year, sponsored by Digitom Video Production
- Best Use of Digital Media, sponsored by Eurotunnel
- Kent Magazine of the Year, sponsored by Stagecoach South East
- Kent Columnist of the Year
- Kent Print Journalist of the Year
- Kent Broadcast Journalist of the Year, sponsored by DFDS
- Kent News Website of the Year, sponsored by Port of Dover
- Kent Media Innovation of the Year, sponsored by BAE Systems
- Commitment to the Community, sponsored by Saga
