Judging is currently underway for the 2018 Journalism Awards.
A mammoth 1,200 entries need to be trickled down to just 26 winners across categories including news, analysis, reporting, opinion, features, business, investigative journalism, politics, campaigning journalism, sport, crime, and digital excellence.
The 2018 independent judging panel is made up of a range of high profile journalists, media experts and editors, chaired by Jerry Kennelly. Full list of judges is below.
The awards will take place in Dublin’s Mansion House on November 15th.
Geraldine Kennedy, former editor of The Irish Times
Mairead Lavery, Editor Irish Country Living
Michael Foley, Professor Emeritus at the School of Media, DIT
Tim Vaughan, former Irish Examiner editor
Catriona Loughran, Media Relations Manager with Concern Worldwide. Previously worked at the Irish Daily Star for five years as a news and showbiz reporter
Mick McCaffrey, Head of News TV3, former Sunday World
Fiona Hynes, Head of Communications for Special Olympics Europe Eurasia. Former INM news editor.
Siobhan O’Connell, Director of Business Plus magazine
Dave O’Connell, Editor Connaught Tribune
Trevor White, Director of the Little Museum of Dublin, former editor The Dubliner magazine
Brendan Keenan, former Business Editor, Irish Independent
PJ Cunningham, former Sunday Tribune Sports editor
Siobhan Cronin, Southern Star News Editor
Maeve Dineen, Chair Financial Ombudsman. Former Business Editor Irish Independent
Gavan Becton, Editor Meath Chronicle
Willie Kealy , former Deputy Editor Sunday Independent
Hannah Louise Dunne, Editorial Director at Radical Creative Agency. Former showbiz reporter with Mail and Independent
Fiona Stack – Radio Kerry and ex Newstalk
Orlaith Carmody, Media Trainer. ex RTE News Reporter
Aileen O’ Toole, Digital Strategist and co-founder of the Sunday Business Post
Bernadette O’ Sullivan, NUI Galway
Jane Suiter, Director of the Institute for Future Media and Journalism (FuJo) and Associate Professor in the School of Communications, DCU
