Media Awards: BSME Awards 2015, the shortlist

NOT for the first time, the Glasgow-based editor of The Big Issue magazine (UK-wide and incorporating Scottish, Welsh, South-west England and England editions) has been nominated for a prize at awards celebrating magazine editorship.

Paul McNamee is nominated in the Lifestyle brand category of this year’s British Society of Magazine Editors Awards.

The winners will be announced in November.

The shortlist reads (with nominations for the following still to be revealed: cover of the year – business, cover of the year – consumer, campaign of the year and Innovation/brand-building initiative of the year):

Business brand – monthly or less frequent

Lysanne Currie – Director, Institute of Directors
Amy Duff – economia, Progressive Customer Publishing
Calum Di Lieto – HR Grapevine, Executive Grapevine International Ltd
Rachel Barnes – Marketing, Haymarket
Robert Jeffery – People Management, Haymarket
Nigel Praities – Pulse, Cogora

Business brand – weekly/fortnightly/more frequent

Rory Olcayto – Architects’ Journal, Emap
Anna Winston – Dezeen, Dezeen Limited
Damian Wild – Estates Gazette, RBI
Emma Maier – Inside Housing, Ocean Media Group Limited
Jenni Middleton – Nursing Times, Emap
Adam Leyland – The Grocer, William Reed Business Media

Branded content – business

Tim Hulse – Business Life (British Airways), Cedar Communications
Michael Jones – Foodservice Consultant (FCSI), Progressive Customer Publishing
Oliver Parsons – Modus, Sunday
Helen Wright – PRO Hair & Beauty, The River Group
Lee Hibbert – Professional Engineering, Caspian Media

Branded content – consumer

Simon Kurs – easyJet Traveller, Ink
Les Jones – Elsie Magazine, Elsie Magazine
James Charlton – Forever Sports, Haymarket
Toby Skinner – N by Norwegian, Ink
Helena Lang – Sainsbury’s Magazine, Seven
William Sitwell – Waitrose Kitchen, John Brown Media

Entertainment brand

Lucie Cave – Heat, Bauer Media Group
Ben Preston – Radio Times, Immediate Media
Steven Corbett – TV Magazine, News UK
Colin Tough – What’s On TV, Time Inc. UK

Lifestyle brand

Gillian Carter – BBC Good Food, BBC Worldwide/Immediate Media
Tim de Lisle – Intelligent Life, The Economist Group
Suzanne Imre – Livingetc, Time Inc. UK
Paul McNamee – The Big Issue, The Big Issue
Ed Grenby – The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, News UK
Tony Chambers – Wallpaper*, Time Inc. UK
Jill Starley-Grainger – Which? Travel, Which? Ltd

Special interest brand

Rob Attar – BBC History Magazine, Immediate Media
Charlie Turner – BBC TopGear, Immediate Media
Mark Hedges – Country Life, Time Inc. UK
Richard Headland – Which?, Which? Ltd
Gareth Shaw – Which? Money, Which? Ltd

Men’s brand

Matthew Todd – Attitude, Attitude Media
Dylan Jones – GQ, The Condé Nast Publications Limited
Martin Robinson – ShortList, ShortList Media Ltd
Mark Hedley – Square Mile, Square Up Media

Women’s brand – monthly or less frequent

Catherine Westwood – Essentials, Time Inc. UK
Trish Halpin – Marie Claire, Time Inc. UK
Lucy Yeomans – Porter, Net-A-Porter.com
Sue James – woman&home, Time Inc. UK

Women’s brand – weekly/fortnightly/more frequent

Sinead McIntyre – Fabulous, News UK
Rosie Nixon & Ruth Sullivan – HELLO!, HELLO!
Ali Hall – Look, Time Inc. UK
Lisa Smosarski – Stylist, ShortList Media Ltd
Karen Livermore – Woman, Time Inc. UK
Diane Kenwood – Woman’s Weekly, Time Inc. UK

Youth and children’s Bbrand

Steph Cooper – CBeebies, Immediate Media
Ruth Cassidy – Something Special, Immediate Media
Frank Tennyson – Toxic, Egmont UK

Newspaper / current affairs brand

Andrew Barker – ES Magazine, London Evening Standard
Sue Matthias – FT Weekend Magazine, The Financial Times Ltd
Malik Meer – G2, Guardian Media Group
Melissa Denes – Guardian Weekend, Guardian Media Group
Gillian De Bono – How To Spend It, The Financial Times Ltd
Nicola Jeal – The Times Magazine, News UK
Sue Peart – YOU Magazine, DMG Media

Digital editor – business

Anna Winston – Dezeen, Dezeen Limited
Raymond Doherty – economia, Progressive Customer Publishing
Charlotte McEleny – Marketing, Haymarket
Fran Entwistle – Nursing Times, Emap

Digital editor – consumer

Simon Collis – Cycling Weekly, Time Inc. UK
Pat Riddell – natgeotraveller.co.uk, APL Media
Tim Glanfield – radiotimes.com, Immediate Media
Michelle Sammet – spikes.iaaf.org, Haymarket
Marc McLaren – Stuff.tv, Haymarket

Digital editor – branded content

Jan Masters – Harrods Magazine, Harrods Magazine
Helen Bazuaye – Ikeafamilylivemagazine.com, August Media
Sarah Alcock – Sainsburysmagazine.co.uk, Seven
Charlotte Swift – Theclub.ba.com, Cedar Communications
Dan Jude – Virgin Media Presents, Redwood

The Fiona Macpherson New Editor of the Year

Rory Olcayto – Architects’ Journal, Emap
Sinead McIntyre – Fabulous, News UK
Charlotte Moore – InStyle, Time Inc. UK
Rachel Barnes – Marketing, Haymarket
Pippa Jacks – TTG, TTG Media
Claire Warren – Work., Haymarket

Art director – business

Chris Rowe – Director, Institute of Directors
Sarah Barnett – economia, Progressive Customer Publishing
Chris Gardner – Estates Gazette, RBI
Christie Ferdinando – Modus, Sunday
Simon Esterson – Pulp, Eye Magazine Limited
Martin Tullett – Work., Haymarket

Art director – consumer monthly or less frequent

Chris Lupton – Empire, Bauer Media Group
Matthew Hasteley – Foodism, Square Up Media
Paul Solomons – GQ, The Condé Nast Publications Limited
Graham Black – Intelligent Life, The Economist Group
Jennifer McNally – My VIP (Pets at Home), John Brown Media
Sarah Douglas – Wallpaper*, Time Inc. UK
David Dowding – woman&home, Time Inc. UK

Art director – consumer weekly/fortnightly/more frequent

Mark Leeds and Paul Tansley – FT Weekend Magazine, The Financial Times Ltd
Maggie Murphy – Guardian Weekend, Guardian Media Group
Kevin Fay – ShortList, ShortList Media Ltd
John Mahood – Sport, UTV Sport
Natasha Tomalin – Stylist, ShortList Media Ltd
Shazia Chaudhry – The New Review, Independent Print Ltd
Matt Curtis – The Sunday Times Magazine, News UK

Launch of the year

Emily Wright – Estates Gazette Investor Guides, RBI
Charlotte Richards and Karen Livermore – Fit & Well, Time Inc. UK
Emily Sheffield – Miss Vogue Online, The Condé Nast Publications Limited
John L. Walters – Pulp, Eye Magazine Limited
Isobel McKenzie-Price – theROOMedit, Time Inc. UK
Kevin Sutcliffe – VICE News, Vice Media

Columnist – special interest and business brand

Rich Newton – Business Life (British Airways), Cedar Communications
Deirdre Hipwell – Estates Gazette, RBI
The Secret Chef – Foodservice Consultant (FCSI), Progressive Customer Publishing
Liz Hamson – Property Week, Metropolis
Adam Leyland – The Grocer, William Reed Business Media

Columnist – consumer and general interest brand

Tom Parker-Bowles – Event, DMG Media
Robert Macfarlane – Intelligent Life, The Economist Group
Anita Bhagwandas – Marie Claire, Time Inc. UK
Alison Graham – Radio Times, Immediate Media
Eva Wiseman – The Observer Magazine, Guardian Media Group
Katie Glass – The Sunday Times Magazine, News UK
Caitlin Moran – The Times Magazine, News UK

Scoop of the year

Will Hurst – Architects’ Journal
Steve Fowler – Auto Express
Lewis Kingston – Autocar
Mark Griffiths – Country Life
Harriet Agnew and Patrick Jenkins – FT Weekend Magazine
Patrick Foster – Radio Times
Medyan Dairieh – VICE News

Editors’ editor of the year

Phil Alexander – MOJO, Q and Kerrang!, Bauer Media
Andy Dixon – Runner’s World, Hearst-Rodale
Sue Matthias – FT Weekend Magazine, The Financial Times Ltd
Caroline McGinn – Time Out London, Time Out London
Lucy Yeomans – Porter, Net-A-Porter