Sky Information has been named Information Channel of the 12 months for the seventh consecutive 12 months on the Royal Tv Society journalism awards – as political editor Beth Rigby was awarded Political Journalist of the 12 months.

The jury stated Sky was given the award for “the great manner it lined the primary information tales of the 12 months each within the UK and around the globe”.

Rigby was described as “the stand-out winner” amongst stiff competitors as she was named Political Journalist of the 12 months.

“She is at all times thrilling to look at and her packaging is great, at all times asking the questions we’re all yelling on the telly,” the jury stated.

Beth Rigby explains what happens tonight at 7pm in the Commons and why it matters
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Sky Information political editor Beth Rigby

Sky Information and its associate Tortoise Media have been additionally awarded the Innovation Award for his or her “pioneering work” on the Westminster Accounts, a publicly out there instrument to offer voters the possibility to discover how a lot their MP earned above their base wage for the reason that final election, how a lot they’ve declared in donations – and from whom.

The jury praised their “public service journalism that opened up an opaque world, was modern and made out there to everybody.”

Jonathan Levy, Sky Information govt editor, stated: “Thirty-five years on it is nice that the Sky Information crew remains to be getting recognised for its breaking information, eyewitness journalism and clarification and evaluation.

“In an more and more aggressive area we by no means take something with no consideration.”

Presenter Kay Burley stated: “Thirty-five years of breaking information. Nothing has modified and all the pieces has modified.

“We proceed to nurture the insatiable beast of rolling TV information. Now we additionally feed podcasts and digital journalism to a worldwide viewers of tens of tens of millions.

“We’re grateful to the judges for recognising our continued contribution on this aggressive area the place we’re stored continually on our toes; we by no means take something with no consideration.”

Different winners included Good Morning Britain’s Susanna Reid, who was named Community Presenter of the 12 months, whereas Martin Lewis was honoured with the RTS Particular Award.

Hardcash Productions was given two awards for its investigation Russell Model: In Plain Sight, which aired on Channel 4’s Dispatches.

Channel 4 Information was named Community Each day Information Programme of the 12 months, whereas BBC World received the worldwide information protection award and ITV Information took residence the award for residence information protection.

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