Newscaster of the Year - 2019

Best News Programme : Channel 4 News
Best News Channel : LBC News
Best Presenter/Anchor : Christian Fraser
Most Improved Performer : Bianca Nobilo of CNNI
Hard as Nails : Simon McCoy
Best Weather Presenter : David Braine
Best Biz presenter : Richard Quest, CNNI
Best Regional Anchor : Kylie Pentelow, ITV News West Country
Award for still sustained perfect delivery after all these years : Alistair Stewart
Slight disappointment : BBC News Reith "revamp"
Most Missed but not necessarily deceased : Zeinab Badawi
Best visuals/graphics/music package : The Nine, BBC Scotland
Overall Top of the Pops : Simon McCoy

Best News Programme : BBC News (easy to watch, authorative)
Best News Channel : LBC News (great to listen to - just wish my DAB radio could pick up the signal)
Best Presenter/Anchor : Martine Croxall (unshakable!)
Most Improved Performer : Carrie Gracie (never really been a fan, but I’m warming to her as she’s become a regular during daytimes on the NC)
Hard as Nails : Kay Burley (she really needs to let her guests get a word in edgeways!)
Best Weather Presenter : Laura Tobin
Best Biz presenter : Richard Quest (though I wish he was on his show a bit more!)
Best Regional Anchor : none really stand out to me, especially where I live.
Award for still sustained perfect delivery after all these years : Alistair Stewart (wasted on ITV’s pittance weekend bulletins IMO)
Slight disappointment : Newsnight relaunch (they really botched it)
Most Missed but not necessarily deceased :
Best visuals/graphics/music package : BBC News (although some new titles would be nice!)
Overall Top of the Pops : Simon McCoy (great to watch!)

Best News Programme : Paris Direct / Live From Paris (France 24, FR/EN)
Best News Channel : Franceinfo / Sky News
Best Presenter/Anchor : Agnès Wuthrich and Darius Rochebin (RTS) / Sarah Hewson and Niall Paterson (Sky News)
Most Improved Performer : Kimberley Leonard
Hard as Nails : Entire presenting team of Channel 4 News
Best Weather Presenter : Sally Williams ITV News London
Best Biz presenter : Bloomberg's London presenting team plus Scarlet Fu, Caroline Hyde and Amanda Lang
Best Regional Anchor : Catherine Gonier-Cléon (France Télévisions) / Sally Taylor (BBC)
Award for still sustained perfect delivery after all these years : Alastair Stewart
Slight disappointment : Euronews (was doing so well then Raw Politics cancelled and operations scaled back)
Most Missed but not necessarily deceased : Mark Barton
Best visuals/graphics/music package : RTS Le 12h45, Le 19h30
Overall Top of the Pops : Emily Maitlis

Best News Programme : Beyond 100 days
Best News Channel : DW
Best Presenter/Anchor : Kylie Pentelow
Most Improved Performer : Duncan Golestani
Hard as Nails : Piers Morgan
Best Weather Presenter : Sally Williams
Best Biz presenter : Victoria Fritz
Best Regional Anchor : Lucrezia Millarini
Award for still sustained perfect delivery after all these years : Alastair Stewart
Slight disappointment : BBC Reith
Most Missed but not necessarily deceased : Nicholas Owen
Best visuals/graphics/music package : France 24
Overall Top of the Pops : ITV News

Best News Programme : CNN New Day
Best News Channel : CNN Domestic
Best Presenter/Anchor : Sophie Raworth
Most Improved Performer : Rebecca Jones
Hard as Nails : Emily Maitlis
Best Weather Presenter : Carol Kirkwood
Best Biz presenter : Ben Thompson
Best Regional Anchor : Riz Lateef
Award for still sustained perfect delivery after all these years : Mary Nightingale
Slight disappointment : Lukwesa Burak
Most Missed but not necessarily deceased : Nicholas Owen
Best visuals/graphics/music package : BBC News
Overall Top of the Pops : Sophie Raworth

Best News Programme : Afternoon Live
Best News Channel : BBC News channel
Best Presenter/Anchor : Huw Edwards
Most Improved Performer : Rita Chakrabarti
Hard as Nails : Niall Paterson
Best Weather Presenter : Lucy Verasamy
Best Biz presenter : Sally Bundock
Best Regional Anchor : Becky Jago
Award for still sustained perfect delivery after all these years : George Alagiah
Slight disappointment : Carrie Gracie
Most Missed but not necessarily deceased : Gill Sans (only joking) Maxine Mawhinney
Best visuals/graphics/music package : Franceinfo
Overall Top of the Pops : Martine Croxall and/or Christian Fraser

Best News Programme : The Nine
Best News Channel : BBC News
Best Presenter/Anchor : Martine Croxall
Most Improved Performer : Rebecca Jones
Hard as Nails : Kay Burley
Best Weather Presenter : Tomasz Schafernaker
Best Biz presenter : Ben Bland
Best Regional Anchor : Peter Levy... I guess
Award for still sustained perfect delivery after all these years : Mary Nightingale
Slight disappointment : Everything Reith but the titles
Most Missed but not necessarily deceased : Bounce
Best visuals/graphics/music package : The Nine, The Seven, Seven Days, The Edit, etc. (duh )
Overall Top of the Pops : Simon McCoy

Best News Programme : RTÉ News: Six-One
Best News Channel : BBC News Channel
Best Presenter/Anchor : Ray Kennedy (RTÉ News)
Most Improved Performer : Ben Bland (BBC News)
Hard as Nails : Claire Byrne (RTÉ Claire Byrne Live)
Best Weather Presenter : Joanna Donnelly (Met Eireann)
Best Biz presenter : Rico Hizon (BBC World)
Best Regional Anchor : Sharon Thomas (ITV London)
Award for still sustained perfect delivery after all these years : Alastair Stewart
Slight disappointment : The graphics used for RTÉ's European Parliament Report is way out of date. They need to revamp it as soon as possible because it looks dated.
Most Missed but not necessarily deceased : -
Best visuals/graphics/music package : RTÉ News. It has become a huge improvement since their news studio was revamped last January. Their news wall is the best part of it because it looks amazing when it's completely covered with pictures of their latest stories. When The Weeks in Politics comes up on Sundays. The studio & the main desk when it uses the lighting & logo looks fantastic.
Overall Top of the Pops : Huw Edwards

Best News Programme : Channel 4 News
Best News Channel : Al Jazeera English
Best Presenter/Anchor : Simon McCoy
Most Improved Performer : Rebecca Jones
Hard as Nails : Emily Maitlis
Best Weather Presenter : Tomasz Schafernaker
Best Biz presenter : Ben Bland
Best Regional Anchor : Don't watch enough
Award for still sustained perfect delivery after all these years : Huw Edwards
Slight disappointment : Kay Burley @Breakfast; all domestic news outlets (to varying extents) for Brexit overload
Most Missed but not necessarily deceased : Nik Gowing, or Lyse Doucet in the studio
Best visuals/graphics/music package : Franceinfo (slightly less since the revamp)
Overall Top of the Pops : Afternoon Live/Simon/various fill-ins, on in the background every afternoon!

Best News Programme: Afternoon Live
Best News Channel: BBC News Channel
Best Presenter/Anchor: Simon McCoy
Most Improved Performer: Rebecca Jones
Hard as Nails: Emma Barnett
Best Weather Presenter: Tomasz
Best Biz Presenter: Ben Bland
Best Regional Anchor: Anne Davies (don't really watch enough TBF)
Award for still sustained perfect delivery after all these years: George Alagiah
Slight disappointment: BBC News not using the Reith overlay to launch a new set of titles and music
Most missed but not necessarily deceased: Maxine Mawhinney
Best visuals/graphics/music package: BBC regional news
Overall Top of the Pops: Simon McCoy

Best News Programme: The Briefing
Best News Channel : BBC World
Best Presenter/Anchor : Ubercool Karin Giannone & Philippa Thomas
Most Improved Performer : Ben Bland
Hard as Nails : Emily Maitlis
Best Weather Presenter : Carol Kirkwood
Best Biz presenter : Sally Bundock
Best Regional Anchor : John MacKay
Award for still sustained perfect delivery after all these years : Alastair / David Eades
Slight disappointment : BBC World Programming - “overbranding overload” - give us more “World News”
Most Missed but not necessarily deceased : Shereen Nanjiani / Maxine Mawhinney
Best visuals/graphics/music package : BBC World visuals / ITN Music
Overall Top of the Pops : Martine Croxall / Alastair Stewart tie.

Best News Programme : BBC World News bulletins
Best News Channel : BBC World News
Best Presenter/Anchor : Hala Gorani
Most Improved Performer : Bianca Nobilo
Hard as Nails : Stephen Sackur
Best Biz presenter : Sally Bundock
Award for still sustained perfect delivery after all these years : Kay Burley
Slight disappointment : Sky News' continuous degradation of studios and presentation style
Most Missed but not necessarily deceased : CNN's old weather team (Mari Ramos, Jenny Harrison, Guillermo Arduino etc)
Best visuals/graphics/music package : CNN International
Overall Top of the Pops : Richard Quest