BSME Awards

The 2008 Shortlist

The shortlist for the 2008 BSME Awards is as follows:


EDITORS OF THE YEAR

Business & professional magazines (non-weekly)
James Baxter – Legal Business
Richard Cree – Director
Theresa Dowling – FX
Emma Godfrey – Midwives
Matthew Gwyther – Management Today
Janet Kersnar – CFO Europe
Richard Lofthouse – CNBC European Business
Dickon Ross – Engineering & Technology
Andrew Sawers – Financial Director
Corinne Short – The Practitioner
Andrew Simms – Soldier

Business & professional magazines (weekly)
Giles Barrie – Property Week
Michael Burton – The MJ
Denise Chevin – Building
Nick Edwards – Construction News
Adam Leyland – The Grocer
Brian McKenna – Computer Weekly
Murdo Morrison – Flight International
Kate Murray – Inside Housing
Antony Oliver – New Civil Engineer
Liz Roberts – Nursery World
Danny Rogers – PR Week
Richard Siddle – Harpers Wine & Spirit

Entertainment & celebrity magazines
Mark Dinning – Empire
Gill Hudson – Radio Times
Allan Jones – Uncut
Conor McNicholas – NME
Colin Tough What's on TV

Customer magazines (business readership)
Melody Bartlett – The Marketer
Kate Cornish – Roger
Stuart Knott – Contact
Siân Phillips – Teachers
David Roberts – Galerie Papers, What's Next
Anna Ronay – Ethos
Paul Simpson – DCM

Customer magazines (consumer readership)
David Burton – Camouflage
Bill Dunn – Liv
Chris Hatherill – Dream
Alec Marsh – Private Banking
Michelle Pamment – Your M&S
Susannah Pearce – Your family
Sue Robinson – Sainsbury's Magazine
Ramsay Short – Ryanair
William Sitwell – Waitrose Food Illustrated
Kerry Smith – High Life

Lifestyle magazines
Deborah Barker – Homes & Gardens
Tony Chambers – Wallpaper*
Matthew Drennan – Delicious Magazine
Mary Frances – Weight Watchers
Clare Gogerty – Coast
Mark Hedges – Country Life
Suzanne Imre – Living Etc
Sarah Miller – Condé Nast Traveller
Maureen Rice – Psychologies
Susy Smith – Country Living
Rod Stanley – Dazed & Confused

Men's magazines
Michael Brook – T3
Dylan Jones – GQ
Jeremy Langmead – Esquire
Pete Muir – Men's Fitness
Anthony Noguera – FHM
Morgan Rees – Men's Health

Newspaper magazines
Gillian De Bono – How To Spend It
Gerard Greaves – Live
Allan Jenkins – Observer Magazine
Michele Lavery – Telegraph Magazine
Tim Lewis – Observer Sport Monthly
Merope Mills – Weekend
Gill Morgan – The Times Magazine
Anna Murphy – Stella Magazine
Sue Peart – YOU Magazine

Special interest & current affairs magazines
Jon Adams – Digital Photo
William Cash – Spear's Wealth Management Survey
Matthew D'Ancona – The Spectator
Michael Elliott – Time
Elaine Griffiths – Prima Baby & Pregnancy
Chas Hallett – Autocar
Michael Harris – Golf Monthly
Deborah Joseph – Condé Nast Brides
Amanda McCracken – Boat International
Nick Pigott – The Railway Magazine
Hugo Wilson – Classic Bike

Women's magazines (monthly or less frequent)
Sam Baker – Red
Jules Barton-Breck – Essentials
Lorraine Candy – Elle
Louise Chunn – Good Housekeeping
Louise Court – Cosmopolitan
Jo Elvin – Glamour
Trish Halpin – In Style
Sue James – woman&home
Marie O'Riordan – Marie Claire
Alexandra Shulman – Vogue
Lucy Yeomans – Harper's Bazaar

Women's magazines (weekly or fortnightly)
Jane Bruton – Grazia
Lisa Burrow – Closer
John Dale – Take a Break
Ali Hall – Look
Jackie Hatton – Woman
Valery McConnell – Yours

Youth magazines
Beccy Bland – Sparkle World
Annabel – Brog Sugar
Peter Hart – Top Of The Pops Magazine
Siobhan Keeler – Charlie & Lola
Paddy Kempshall – CBeebies Weekly
Moray Laing – Dr Who Adventures
Helen Ward – e.kids

LAUNCH OF THE YEAR

Mandy Appleyard – Fabulous Magazine
Sarah Bale – Upload
Simon Brew – denofgeek.com
Ross Burridge – igizmo
Ian Foster – Match Of The Day
Phil Hilton – Shortlist
Mark Hooper – Electric!
Julian Linley – Heatworld.com
Katy Holland & Martine Gallie – yourfamily.org.uk
Maria Milano – instyle.co.uk
Sarah O'Neill – In The Night Garden
Gill Morgan & Tina Gaudoin – Luxx

BUSINESS MAGAZINE WEBSITE OF THE YEAR

Paul Grant – Young Professional
Iain O'Neil – propertyweek.com
Andre Rickerby – drapersonline.com
Alex Smith – building.co.uk
Damian Wild – AccountancyAge.com

CONSUMER MAGAZINE WEBSITE OF THE YEAR
Carla Bevan – marieclaire.co.uk
James Dyer – Empire Online
Bernadette Fallon – allaboutyou.com
Caroline Hire – bbcgoodfood.com
Dolly Jones – vogue.com UK
Camilla McPhie – GQ.com
Eoin McSorley – Monkey Magazine
David Moynihan – nme.com
Claudia Plant – NET-A-PORTER.COM

ART DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Marissa Bourke – Elle
Jon Butterworth – Camouflage
Jonathan Clayton-Jones – Grazia
Gene Cornelius – Management Today
Robin Derrick – Vogue
Shem Law – Radio Times
David McKendrick – Esquire
Jamie McPherson – High Life
Matt Phare – Shortlist
Meirion Pritchard – Wallpaper*
Tom Usher – Harper's Bazaar

INNOVATION/BRAND BUILDING INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR

Denise Chevin (Building) – Building Good Employers Guide, an independent listing of top fifty employers in construction
John Dale (Take a Break) – chums4mums, a social network for new mothers
Mark Hedges (Country Life) – the Advent Calendar front cover, a fully functional advent calendar incorporated into the front cover of the magazine
Allan Jenkins (Observer Magazine) – Observer Organic Allotment, a sustainable gardening project
Stuart Knott (Contact) – Contact Sensory Issue, a special edition to engage and stimulate the senses
Jeremy Langmead (Esquire) – Esquire Cover Versions, a collaboration of Esquire's long history through a new and suitably iconic campaign of collectors' covers
Julian Linley (Heatworld.com) – Heatworld and Heat Radio
Conor McNicholas (NME) – NME Awards Big Gig, a multimedia event gig for 15,000
Susy Smith (Country Living) – Hot Chicks, a poultry pin-ups centrefold

CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
Paul Allen (Computeractive) – Crystal Clear Broadband, proving discrepancy between advertised and actual broadband speeds
Amanda Baillieu (Building Design) – Rescue Robin Hood Gardens, to save Robin Hood Gardens from demolition
Denise Chevin (Building) – Safer Skyline, to improve crane safety in the wake of a series of fatal accidents
Rachel Downey (Nursing Times) – Time Out For Training, to raise awareness of the negative impact of cuts to training for nurses
Clare Gogerty (Coast) – Save The Seaside Postcard, to get everyone sending postcards again
Jo Haynes (Pulse) – Save Our Surgeries, to prevent imposition of polyclinics on local communities
Gary Paragpuri (Chemist & Druggist) – Stop The Switch, to fight against draconian plans to remove cough and cold remedies from pharmacy sale
William Sitwell (Waitrose Food Illustrated) – Save Our Bacon, a consumer campaign highlighting the plight of British pig farmers
Gordon Thomson (Time Out) – Time Out's Mayoral Campaign: Time Out's Editor At Large runs for London Mayor

THE FIONA MACPHERSON NEW EDITOR OF THE YEAR

Mandy Appleyard – Fabulous Magazine
Carla Bevan – marieclaire.co.uk
Tony Chambers – Wallpaper*
Sam Haddad – Cooler
Stuart Knott – Contact
Kieran Long – The Architects' Journal
Alec Marsh – Private Banking
Jheni Osman – BBC Focus
Gary Paragpuri – Chemist & Druggist
Matt Swaine – Trail
Richard Thompson – MEED

2008 EDITORS' EDITOR OF THE YEAR
Giles Barrie – Property Week
Jane Bruton – Grazia
Louise Court – Cosmopolitan
Michael Harvey – BBC Top Gear
Sue James – woman&home
Nicola Jeal – Observer Food Monthly/Observer Woman
Allan Jones – Uncut
Jeremy Langmead – Esquire
Conor McNicholas – NME
Morgan Rees – Men's Health
Maureen Rice – Psychologies
Alexandra Shulman – Vogue
Lucy Yeomans – Harper's Bazaar

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