Our Alan is one of Kent's best
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Messenger reporter Alan Watkins has
been named one of the best in the county.
Alan, who works at the Gravesend
and Dartford Messengers, was named the Shepherd Neame Best
Newspaper or Online Journalist of the Year at an award’s ceremony
on Friday.
His stories about a long-running
row about a youth club, plus his recollections of notorious killer
Fred West, were picked out for praise.
Alan’s
award wasn’t the KM Group’s only success at the Kent Media Awards,
held at the Shepherd Neame brewery in Faversham.
Angela Cole, chief reporter at the
Kent Messenger in Maidstone, was highly commended in the same
category as Alan, and Medway Messenger journalist Dan Bloom also
received a commendation in the W F Deedes Young Journalist of the
Year category.
The judges were particularly
impressed with his story about 83-year-old George Gibbs, Britain’s
oldest jobseeker, who went against advice from his doctor in his
search for employment.
Tributes were also paid to veteran
broadcaster Bob Holness, a former judge of the Kent Media
Awards.
Monday, January 30 2012
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