We’re thrilled to announce that The Asian Today are among the finalists for this year’s Best Publication of the Year Award at the Asian Media Awards. It’s a huge honour that we’re incredibly proud of.
The other finalists have also been announced and they are among some of the biggest names in media and the Asian community.
The awards aims to celebrate everyone in the Asian media industry, recognising those who have raised bar and gone above and beyond in areas of journalism, radio, TV and production.
Good luck to everyone nominated!
For the full list, look below.
List of Finalists
Journalist of the Year
Mobeen Azhar
Ashish Joshi
Malik Neer
Kim Sengupta
Anita sethi
Divya Talwar
Regional Journalist of the Year
Arif Ansari
Rahila Bano
Sangeeta Bhabra
Asma Day
Rajiv Popar
Balvinder Sidhu
Outstanding Young Journalist of the Year
Kaamil Ahmed
Naina Bhardwaj
Raveena Ghattura
Sana Sarwar
Jasmine Takhar
TV Report of the Year
Transplants and Trafficking (BBC West and BBC one)
Climate in Crisis (ITV news)
Mixed Faith Marriage Protests (ITV Central)
Bigorexia (BBC Asian Network)
The Asian women stopped from becoming counsellors (BBC Newsnight)
Best Website of the Year
Asian Culture Vulture
Biz Asia Live
Desi Blitz
Sister-hood
Best Blog of the Year
British Asian podcast
Jetsetchick
Saurav Dutt
Jay Shetty
Creative Media Award of the Year
SubhanAllah Campaign (Islamic relief)
What I really really want Campaign (Sterling media)
Love Thy Neighbour- Carlisle Floods (Penny Appeal)
The world chat cricket campaign (Here and now 365)
Entouraaj Brand and Events Campaign
IP Man 3 (ethnic reach)
Media Professional of the Year
Samir ahmed
Farzana Baduel
Natasha Mudhar
Anjna Raheja
Salim Uddin-Khandakar
Media Agency of the Year
Media Moguls
Media Hive
Delicious PR
Ethnic Reach
Here and Now 365
Best Investigation of the Year
The City with No Water (Unreported world)
Still Smiling: the women fighting back after acid attacks (BBC)
Radicals (BBC)
ISIS: The British women supporters unveiled (Poppy Begum, Channel 4)
Forced Marriage Cops (Directed by Anna Hall, True Vision for Channel 4)
Best TV Character of the Year
Fiona Wade as Priya Sharma in Emmerdale
Nitin Ganatra as Masood Ahmed Ahmed in Eastenders
Asim Chaudhry as Chabuddy G in People Just do Nothing
Qasim Akthar as Zeedan Nazir in Coronation Street
TV Channel of the year
Color
Hum tv
Star Plus
Zee TV
Best TV Programme of the Year
Murdered by my father
The Asian provocateur
Welcome to the mosque
Radio Station of the Year
BBC Asian network
Lyca radio 1458
Sunrise radio
Regional Radio Station of the Year
Asian Star radio
Panjab radio
Sabras radio
Sunrise Yorkshire
Best Radio Show of the Year
Bobby Friction
Preeya Kalidas
Noreen Khan
Shabnam Sahi
Sunny and Shay
Radio Presenter of the Year
Anita Anand
Anushka Arora
Yasmeen Khan
Nihal
Tommy Sandhu
Publication of the Year
Asian express
Asian wealth magazine
Eastern eye
Pukaar Magazine
The Asian Today
Best Stage Production of the Year
Bring on the Bollywood
Laila: the musical
Love, bombs and apples
The diary of a Hounslow Girl
Wipers