Awards 2008 - the jury panels

Broadcast Journalist Of The Year

Sorious Samura, Filmmaker, Insight News Television (Chair)

Maggie Eales, Senior Vice President, Turner Broadcasting

Vin Ray, Director, College of Journalism, BBC

Lyndall Stein, Director, Concern Worldwide (UK)

Radio Documentary Award

Baroness Amos, Chair of the Royal African Society; House of Lords (Chair)

Neil Gardner, Creative Director/Executive Producer, Electric Airwaves

Pins Brown, Ethical Trade Consultant

Lorna Clarke, Festival Director, BBC Electric Proms

Louise Hill, Press Officer, Merlin

TV Documentary Award 

Christopher Hird, Managing Director, Dartmouth Films (Chair)

Marilyn Gaunt, Filmmaker, Factotum Films

Marc Isaacs, Filmmaker

Maxine Watson, Executive Producer, Documentaries Commissioning Group, BBC

Press Award 

Stephen Jukes, Dean, The Media School, Bournemouth (Chair)

Brendan O’Malley, Freelance Journalist and Consultant

Michael Yorke, Filmmaker and Anthropologist, Upside Films

Neera Dhingra, Head of Media, VSO

New Media Award

Andy Bell, Managing Director, Mint Digital (Chair)

Pete Cranston, Independent Consultant

Emily Renshaw-Smith, Director VC2, Current TV

Jonathan Spencer, Senior Media Officer, Tearfund

Local Media Award

Dorothy Byrne, Head of News and Current Affairs, Channel 4 (Chair)

Dr. Terence Wright, Reader in Theoretical Studies in Visual Art School of Art & Design, University of Ulster

Nick Mathiason, Business Correspondent, The Observer

Lorraine Healy, Development Awareness Officer, DfID

Popular Features Award  

Donna Taberer, Commissioning Editor, Entertainment & Features, Sky One, Two and Three (Chair)

Phil Harding, Journalist and Media Consultant, Hardingmedia.com

Chris Shaw, Senior Programme Controller, News, Current Affairs and Documentaries, Five TV

Kate Wills, PR Manager, Christian Aid

MDGs Award

Roger Graef, Chief Executive, Films of Record, (Chair)

Myles Wickstead, Former Head of Secretariat, Commission for Africa and Visiting Professor, International Relations, Open University

Joseph Warungu, Editor, African News & Current Affairs, BBC World Service

Reijo Kemppinen, Head of the Representation in the United Kingdom, European Commission

Children’s Rights Award 

Virginia Crompton, Executive Producer, BBC World Class (Chair)

Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Presenter, Channel 4 News

Kate Brown, Student and Campaigner, Beauchamp College

Lara Schlotterbeck, Head of Media Relations, UNICEF

Environment Award

Dr Joe Smith, Senior Lecturer, Social Sciences Faculty, The Open University (Chair)

Cherry Farrow, Media Consultant

Sandra Kabir, Executive Director, BRAC UK

David Glover, Commissioning Editor, Science, Channel 4

Fiona Callister, Head of Media, CAFOD

International Premiere Award

Angus Macqueen, Filmmaker, Ronachan Films (Chair)

Jerry Rothwell, Filmmaker

Theo Sowa, Independent Advisor and Consultant

Sharon Goulds, Head of Communications, Plan UK