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BAD PRESS AWARDS 2017
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Because a bad press is worse than bad sex...
Every year the Bad Press Awards will seek nominations for some of the most transparently inaccurate and inflammatory newspaper stories, sponsored content on news sites, and self serving conflicts of interest in the media.
After a call for nominations to end in April 2018, a team of judges will then select a shortlist, with the winners in each category to be announced in early at the next Byline Festival in a ceremony hosted by John Cleese.
TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY
The Byline Festival also hosted the first Gavin MacFadyen Memorial Award to be presented annually to a publisher or journalist who has helped a whistleblower expose the truth.
This year's winner was Private Eye.
Find out more at the Whistler Site.
Gavin's commitment to supporting whistleblowers, not only the famous ones but ALL whistlers from all sectors, is a timely reminder of what REAL investigative journalism is, and can achieve.
#beajournalistlikeGavin
In honour and celebration of Gavin's life and achievements.
An annually award by The Whistler will be a given to journalists or publishers who have helped whistleblowers expose the truth.
Please join us for the Award presentation on Saturday 3rd June 2017 at 11.30am at The Byline Festival 2nd-4th June 2017
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"Go out and tell the truth!"
For all the fun, this prize giving is a serious campaign to out the worst of the press, raise standards and keep the media honest by holding them to account.
For this reason, the Bad Press Awards is part of a not-for-profit community interest company, The Byline Foundation, dedicated to help communities misrepresented and under-represented in journalism.
AWARDS
“As the year of Brexit, Migrant Hatred and attacks on Hijab wearing news reporters, 2016 should be a bumper year for the Bad Press Awards”
“Though the Bad Press Awards should be as fun and satirical as the Bad Sex awards or the Raspberries, it’s deadly serious”
“In the end, this is all about supporting good journalism, with profits from the event reinvested in grants for newcomer and student journalists”
