The Irish Times has received 33 nominations for this year’s Irish Journalism Awards.
National news titles will compete across 23 categories covering reporting, investigations, commentary and digital storytelling.
The awards, held in association with NewsBrands Ireland and supported by Google News Initiative, will take place on November 12th at the Round Room in Dublin’s Mansion House.
Last year’s overall winner was The Irish Times foreign reporter Sally Hayden, who is nominated under three categories this year.
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Irish Times London Correspondent Mark Paul and Irish Times Investigations Reporter Conor Gallagher are also nominated three times.
The Irish Times has four nominations in arts journalism and criticism – Lara Marlowe, Chris McCormack, Mark Paul and Philip Watson – and four nominations in feature writing: Keith Duggan, Rosita Boland, Mark Paul and Sally Hayden.
It has three nominations in digital innovation: Mark Hennessy’s Common Ground, exploring the evolving relationship between the islands of Britain and Ireland; Immersive storytelling incorporating The Irish Times investigation into the export of alumina from Aughinish, Co Limerick, to Russia; Head of Audience David Labanyi for developing conversations with young audiences on different platforms.
The Irish Times also received three nominations in video featuring Enda O’Dowd, Alan Betson and a joint project by Hannah McCarthy and Emmanuel Balam.
NewsBrands Ireland chief executive Ann Marie Lenihan said the shortlisted work demonstrated the resources required to produce original journalism.
“The breadth and quality of work on this year’s shortlist is a powerful reminder of what goes into producing original journalism of this depth. Behind every investigation, interview and carefully reported story is significant time, expertise and investment,” she said.
